ThinkstockVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew more than 163 million unique U.S. viewers in November. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) drew 73 million viewers and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockUPDATE, December 17, 2013, 1:10 p.m. — As we noted in our story on online sales earlier Tuesday morning, Google’s Product Listing Ads and Google Shopping have shown the largest percentage growth of…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis Friday, trading volume on some top stocks in the S&P 500 will soar. In addition to the normal volatility and volume associated with quadruple witching, the S&P…
ThinkstockInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has said in a statement that it will vigorously fight the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by shareholder Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund over…
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsA year ago, the idea that the Nasdaq Composite could reach its record high, set on March 10, 2000, seemed preposterous. That high was 5,132.52, and it had been driven…
courtesy of TwitterJust six weeks after acquiring mobile advertising platform MoPub, Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is launching a native advertising platform for mobile apps. What that means is that the ad will…
Wikimedia CommonsThe largest U.S. producer of natural gas forecasts that global demand for gas will rise by about 65% by 2040 as natural gas is on track to supply 25% of global…
ThinkstockThe technology sector is feeling the effects of U.S./Chinese tensions over cybersecurity. In a new research report, the Piper Jaffray Technology team highlighted the eight top U.S. technology companies that it believes…
ThinkstockApp tracker App Annie reports that consumers in Japan spent about 10% more than U.S. consumers did on all apps for smartphones and tablets in October. Japan has become the world’s number…
Wikimedia CommonsThere are several research firms and employee review websites that publish lists of the best places for people to work. The latest of these is from Glassdoor, the jobs and career…
ThinkstockWhat could unite the world’s leading technology giants, including Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)? Turns out…
Wikimedia CommonsThe assumption among most investors is that to make money on stocks based on holiday sales, the only option is shares in retail and e-commerce companies. That is not entirely true.…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its haphazardly named streaming radio service, Google Play Music All Access, in May for a $10 a month subscription price. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) launched its free…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in October, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew its share of the U.S. smartphone market by 0.2% compared with the three month period ending in…
ThinkstockSince June Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) share of apps revenue has increased from 30% to 37% at the expense of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its App Store. Apple’s share of revenue…
