ThinkstockIt should come as no surprise to investors that Internet usage has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. The smartphone, which seemed like a luxury five years ago, has become almost ubiquitous,…
ThinkstockThe average wage of a U.S. worker was $1,000 per week in the fourth quarter of 2012, or 4.7% higher from the same time in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor…
Mike Sauter ThinkstockFabless semiconductor firm Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD) and China’s Tsinghua Unigroup announced today that the two companies have agreed to a merger under which Tsinghua will pay $31 per American depositary…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockIt looks like Internet stocks are going to be back in focus on Wednesday. Citigroup’s Mark May, who is the former Internet analyst at Barclays, has issued new coverage of key internet…
ThinkstockClaiming to be the world’s largest digital coupon marketplace, RetailMeNot Inc. has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) and set an offering price range of $20 to $22 a share. The…
bitcoin.orgThey say that there is an ETF strategy for just about anything. Now that Bitcoin has gotten a lot of coverage there is news that the famed Winklevoss twins, made famous by…
Jon C. Ogg Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsBased on the rumor that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will start the equivalent of a news feed (Reader) for its members, the market ought to be trading the…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockShortly after markets opened this morning, the DJIA was down more than 1%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were off even more. Index futures were even lower, so maybe the…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.People who believe that the news is sacred and that readers should decide which news is important and which is not will be hit by another new media tool…
Douglas A. McIntyre U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after yesterday’s bloodbath. There was no economic data of note released today in either Asia or the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone’s current account surplus…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are often on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Optimal Inc. has released a new study about brand leadership numbers between Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The data show the massive lead the world’s largest social network…
Douglas A. McIntyre Now that the news behind PRISM has scared millions of consumers about privacy issues, companies are releasing figures covering how many requests local, state and federal governmental agencies have made. The periods are…
ThinkstockHow does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether that approach…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers…
