Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Watch can prove beneficial for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) too. While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is slated to make tons of money from the Apple Watch, other companies are also looking forward to monetize through it, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) being one of them. Apart from providing other internet services, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is also one of the major content creator and distributor on the internet. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Watch has almost all the multimedia capabilities that a smartphone has, which is fairly exciting for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). Adam Cahan, Senior Vice President of Emerging Products at Yahoo…
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Ritesh Anan
Ritesh Anan is a full-time derivatives trader. Though he firmly believes in the power of Technical Analysis, he is also a lifelong student of macroeconomics. In his free time, he reads anything and everything that comes from Robert J. Shiller, George Soros and Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) is a favorite among merger and buyouts speculators. The company got listed in 2008 and due to its relatively smaller size, when compared to other media companies, it is considered by many as an ideal takeover target. Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) runs some of the most well known lifestyle media brands, which includes Food Network, Cooking Channel and Travel Channel, among others. Ken Lowe, CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (NYSE:SNI) was recently on CNBC, where he discussed about consolidation in media industry and whether his company would be open for a takeover. “Consolidation…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of those companies, that sets its eye on a goal and then goes on to achieve it. So, it’s really surprising that it failed so miserably in making its smartphone, Fire, a hit. While most people in Media and on the Street were busy talking and glorifying the new devices that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) launched recently, a post on Business Insider shed light on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Fire phone debacle and what other companies can learn from it. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) slashed the price of its Fire phone to a whopping $0.99 (with a two…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced today that it has launched support for Shopping campaign in AdWords scripts. Shopping campaign is a different campaign type of Product Listing Ads (PLA) that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had launched, which streamlines the process of managing campaigns, bidding on products, reporting on performance, for marketers. The company informed about the launch in one of the posts on its Ads Developer Blog page. According to the post, the current release enables users to work with their existing shopping campaigns, create product partitions and manage them, and run shopping reports. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s AdWords script team asked the…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is trying real hard to diminish the popularity of SnapChat. Earlier this year, the company came with its content sharing app ‘Slingshot’ that worked on a give and take model, such that users needed to upload their own content before they could view the posts from their friends. Slingshot failed to capture users’ attention and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is now back to square one in its mission of dethroning Snapchat. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is now planning to launch the same feature that made Snapchat such a hit. Fox Business’ Liz MacDonald recently reported on the new feature…
Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) is coming on the radars of stock pickers, owing to the potential of growth of the big data industry, in which the company operates. Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) is one of the first few companies that saw tremendous potential in big data and made it their focus. The company specializes in data visualization, which involves creation and study of the visual representation of data. Even though Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA)’s current earnings are pretty low, the Street expects it to improve gradually. Fox Business anchor Charles Payne recently discussed why he thinks that Tableau Software Inc…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has launched new cloud-first media services for its Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform. The new media services include HD-quality live streaming, end-to-end content protection capabilities and a new indexing service, which will simplify the indexing of audio and video content thereby making it easier for users to search for them. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveiled these new features to Azure Media Services yesterday, a day before the opening of International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), followed by a press release on its website. According to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Azure Media Services allows customers to move the infrastructure behind hosting, managing and…
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has always had a warm relationship with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and with the launch of Apple Pay, those ties are going to strengthen even more. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple Pay is being regarded by many as a product that will revolutionize digital transactions and almost every company that is selling goods directly to consumer has taken note of that. For The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Apple Pay can mean that customers don’t have to wait in long queues for transactions at its theme park, making their experience even more pleasant. Jay Rasulo, CFO of The…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and the Alibaba Group are all over the news as the IPO for the Chinese e-retailer approaches fast, but how much is the Alibaba Group really worth? Well, the pricing of the IPO suggests the company is valuing itself at nearly $160 billion, if experts on the Street are to be believed, the company will be valued at above $200 billion when it gets listed. That must make Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) shareholders really happy as the company holds over 20% stake in the Alibaba Group. Carlos Kirjner, Senior Analyst at Bernstein, was on CNBC recently, discussing what…
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX) is finding it difficult to find a buyer for itself. The cloud computing company that lost massive market share to the tech biggies who came up with their own cloud platforms, it seems realized that the going would be tough as a standalone entity. Earlier this year, Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX)’s shares took a beating when it announced the departure of its CEO. Jonathan Marino reported why Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX)’s shares are ready for a rise on TheStreet, today. “[…] In February the company announced that CEO is stepping down, which hit the stock hard…
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) faced some heat due its yet again disappointing sales number, but some people are still positive on the stock. The company is thinking about returning extra cash to shareholders and might raise its dividend on September 25. A lot of people are negative on McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), because apart from dropping sales in U.S., the company is facing a lot of issues in Russia and China. That is true, but again, issues in Russia and China are not being faced by McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) alone, but rather all major Fast food companies are facing them. Stephanie Link,…
Apart from tax incentives, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is getting another major advantage by building its Gigafactory in the state of Nevada. A recent article by Los Angeles Times revealed that the Nevada Franchised Automobile Dealers Association will discontinue with its plan of opposing the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ decision, that will allow Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) to sell its vehicles directly to consumers. Various bodies of vehicle dealers across the U.S. have protested against Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s model of selling its cars directly to consumers, which is a breakaway from conventional practice, where automobile companies set up…