Analyst: Live video holds promise for Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter
Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox holds up a Mevo, the first camera for live Facebook video, during the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in April. (Eric Risberg,...
View ArticleFacebook's Q1 may disappoint, warns Deutsche Bank
Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. (Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY) SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has handily beat Wall Street estimates quarter after quarter. Is the streak in jeopardy? Facebook closed...
View ArticleGoogle parent Alphabet ushers in 'fiscal discipline era'
Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat (Weinberg-Clark Photography) SAN FRANCISCO — The days of free spending appear to be waning as Alphabet gets serious about subsidiary companies becoming more...
View ArticleHigh expectations for Google parent Alphabet's fourth quarter
Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO – Wall Street is eagerly anticipating Alphabet’s fourth-quarter results, the first time the main Google...
View ArticleTwitter shares may languish for 'quite some time'
Square CEO Jack Dorsey is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week. (Richard Drew, Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey pulled off a miracle on Wall Street last week....
View ArticleAlphabet shares soar to all-time high on cloud ambitions
Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters (Marcio Jose Sanchez, Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — Google parent Alphabet shares soared after the Internet giant says it’s making a major push into the...
View ArticleGoogle parent Alphabet surges on mobile, buyback
Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — How do you spell surge? Alphabet knows. Its shares jumped 9% after Google’s parent company beat Wall Street...
View ArticleEMC shares spike on anticipated Dell buyout
The logos of EMC and Dell. (Guillaume Horcajuelo, EPA) SAN FRANCISCO — EMC shares rose 4% in after-hours trading on Friday on a report from technology news outlet Re/code that Dell is offering $27.25 a...
View ArticleTwitter soars on billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed's increased stake
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company have doubled their ownership of Twitter’s publicly traded shares in the past six weeks. (Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press) SAN...
View ArticleTwitter shares sink on report Jack Dorsey will become CEO
Interim Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Scott Olson, Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter stock closed down 8% to $24.68 after technology news service Re/code reported that Jack Dorsey would be named chief...
View ArticleTwitter shares plunge on downgrade, CEO search
Twitter headquarters in San Francisco (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Twitter plunged 5% Thursday, falling below its initial public offering price, after Citi analysts lowered...
View ArticleFacebook ad chief: Messenger could cash in on consumer messages to businesses
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Messenger app during Facebook’s annual developer conference in March. (Eric Risberg, Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is looking at messages sent...
View ArticleWhat's taking so long? Twitter CEO search surpasses 100 days
This April 7, 2015 file photo shows people as they wait for a press conference at tech company Twitter’s office space in Santa Monica, California. (Jonathan Alcorn, AFP/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO —...
View ArticleHas the market priced in the worst case scenario for Marissa Mayer's Yahoo?
Yahoo’s Sunnyvale, California headquarters (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — Has the market priced in the worst case scenario for Yahoo? Yahoo shares slipped 3.5% Monday as investors responded to...
View ArticleAll eyes on Twitter CEO search
In this 2013, file photo, pedestrians cross the street in front of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu, Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — All eyes are fixed on Twitter this week for signs...
View ArticleWill FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google) strike again?
Jim Cramer, left, host of Mad Money on CNBC, makes a point as he talks with Jon Stewart during an appearance on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 2009 (Jason DeCrow, Associated Press)...
View ArticleIs Facebook a better buy than Google?
Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY) SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook shares closed just shy of $100 on Monday as expectations soared for the giant social network ahead of...
View ArticleYelp shares plunge after report it's abandoning sale
This Oct. 26, 2011 file photo shows the logo of the online reviews website Yelp on a wall at the company’s offices in New York. (Kathy Willens, Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO – Yelp shares are not...
View ArticleTwitter search for CEO rules out Jack Dorsey if he stays at Square
This Nov. 4, 2013 file photo shows the sign outside of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. The company says it’s looking for a full-time CEO to replace Dick Costolo (Jeff Chiu, Associated Press) SAN...
View ArticleGoogle supports 'digital single market' in Europe
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, speaks during the NOAH Internet Conference in Berlin, Germany, on June 10. (Stephanie Pilick, EPA) SAN FRANCISCO — Google has come out in favor of Europe...
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