Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is now the subject of speculation about whether or not it will put up a facility or acquire a company in Minnesota as the electronic commerce giant has revealed that it will begin collecting sales taxes in the state, a report from the Star Tribune reveals.Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) made headlines recently in Minnesota after it announced the change to its tax policy in the state. The company is said to begin collecting sales taxes in the state starting October 1. “We’re considering various opportunities and plan to expand in Minnesota,” Amazon spokesman Ty Rogers is quoted by…
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) investing more into YouTube Space is also an opportunity to profit off of GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) for investors, Hitha Prabhakar said in a discussion on Fox Business Network. The comment about Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) come as the “Making Money” team were discussing an announcement made by the internet giant that it is putting more money into providing creators on YouTube with the tools they need to succeed. This program is being handled by Google Inc through the YouTube Space in Los Angeles. “I think the real investment opportunity here is GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO).…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Apple TV can do less than Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)’s PlayStation TV, the Japanese technology veteran quoted as saying in a report by Sonali Basak on Bloomberg West. The comment about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) comes as the latter has revealed that its PlayStation TV will be sold in North America starting Oct. 14. According to Basak, she asked Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) whether it is specifically targeting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other companies like Roku, Inc. which make set top boxes for televisions. “They said yes, it can [compete with the Apple…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s newest i-devices, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, have smashed sales records for the company, Andrew Ross Sorkin said in a report on CNBC. The tidbit was shared by the CNBC host as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) marks two weeks after it debuted the two new iPhones as well as Apple Pay and Apple Watch. “[The good news today], Apple [with its] iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus [has] sold 10 million [units]. That’s up from last year when they had only about 9 million or 8 million plus [at this same point],” Sorkin said. He noted…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) did not make apparent why they have chosen to delay the launch of the Xbox One in China, a report from Forbes’ Paul Tassi reveals. In the report, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to have postponed the launch of their flagship gaming console in the Asian country to an unclear “end of the year”. The launch of the Xbox One in China was supposed to be tomorrow, September 23. Citing a comment made by a Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) spokesperson to gaming industry news website Polygon, Tassi said that the Silicon Valley veteran only said that the delay…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is no longer a cool brand in the U.K. while Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) with Instagram are in the top 20 in the territory in the yearly CoolBrands survey, The Guardian reports. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still the top cool brand in the U.K., the CoolBrands survey found. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Instagram makes its debut on the list at the 14th spot while Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) not making an appearance in the top 20 list this year marks its first absence in three years. Like the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) brand, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) also…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) are ripe for the picking when investors use a call butterfly option strategy, Dan Nathan said in a discussion with Sara Eisen and Michael Khouw on CNBC. According to an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before the company’s initial public offering, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) controlled 22.5% or about 524 million shares of the company. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is said to have sold 6% of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) or 140 million shares during the listing at the New York Stock Exchange. Nathan…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)’s debut at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is not just a boon to employees but to China’s startup space as well, Charles Lee said in a discussion with Emily Chang and Cory Johnson on Bloomberg West. This is after it was revealed that employees sold about $8 billion worth of the company’s stock during its listing and that some employees are looking to establish startups with their new capital. The comment from Lee who is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and who also hails from Hangzhou, China where Alibaba Group…
What is the best time to post on social media? Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) are the world’s largest social networks and as such, are important tools for the digital marketer to reach out to an audience. According to Matt Kapko of CIO, there is a science to when a marketer should post to social networks. Kapko said marketing through social networks such as the platforms made by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is somewhat akin to doing a science experiment. However, that experiment goes on for as long as a marketing campaign goes on, which…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) also saw a flood of opinions and updates made through the #Indyref hashtag as Scotland made the decision this week of whether or not it will stay in the United Kingdom or become its own sovereign nation. According to The Drum, there was a combined engagement of about 9 million instances for the Scottish independence both on Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) on voting day. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) being the larger social network, the publication noted that 5.4 million posts related to the issue were made during polling day. Furthermore, 3.3…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has just released iOS 8, its newest version of its mobile operating system, shortly after debuting the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Dominic Chu and Jennifer Jolly discuss the top apps for this new operating system and new iPhones in a discussion on CNBC. According to Jolly who is a technology columnist for USA Today, one of the best newly updated applications for the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) operating system and phones is the VSCO Cam photography application. She tells Chu that even though Apple Inc. updated the cameras of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6…
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) should not have co-chief executive officers, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management said in a discussion with Jon Fortt on CNBC. The opinion about Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) from Professor Sonnenfeld comes as Larry Ellison announced he is stepping down from the CEO position and moving to the Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer role at the company he founded. Mark Hurd and Safra Catz have been named co-CEOs of the company. “Two generations [and] it’s the same guy there. It’s time for a change. If he’s still the guy that’s going to be in charge…