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  • Tech Giants Show No Sign of Slowing Down as Twitter, Alphabet & Amazon Post Earnings

    Twitter, Amazon, and Alphabet have all beat analysts’ expectation, posting strong Q3 results. While both Amazon and Alphabet are looking to improve their foothold in Asia, Twitter has boosted its number of monthly average users (MAUs), and looks to be [...]

  • Netflix Beats Own Estimates for Subscriber Growth, But Misses Wall Street Earnings Estimates

    A first price hike since 2015 meant that Netflix turned in lower earnings per share than Wall Street estimated, despite smashing subscriber growth targets for the second consecutive quarter. The company estimated that it would see international subscriber growth of 3.65 [...]

  • Future-Facing Rubicon Project CEO Positive Despite Continued Losses

    Rubicon Project (NYSE:RUBI) released its Q2 2017 earnings after close of trading on 1 August, with a positive outlook coming from Rubicon CEO Michael Barrett, despite the company posting another quarter of losses. Revenue missed expectations across the board at USD$42.9m [...]

  • Facebook Made More Profit Than Google

    Yesterday, 26 July, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported second quarter 2017 results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. It beat analyst expectations by generating USD$9.32 bn (£7.10 bn) in revenue, up about 45% from the same quarter last year. Facebook’s net income [...]

  • Google's Ad Revenue Reaches USD$23bn

    Yesterday (24 July), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. Alphabet reported a 21% leap in quarterly revenue, a growth rate rarely seen among companies its size and one that suggests the big sales gains enjoyed [...]

  • Netflix Trounces Analysts' Expectations in Q2 Earnings

    Through adding a whopping 5.2 million total subscribers, versus the company forecast of 3.2 million, Netflix soared past Q2 growth targets, both on the domestic and international fronts.  The company was rewarded with an 8% rise in stock price in the [...]

  • Analysis: Google & Twitter Q1 2017 Earnings

    Google are triumphing right now. Despite the YouTube debacle, and resulting advertiser boycott, the company’s stock price reached an all-time peak of USD$937 on 28 April, 2017, after posting favourable Q1 2017 earnings (NASDAQ: GOOGL). The company saw mobile search and [...]

  • Is Facebook Really 'Connecting the World'?

    Facebook’s mission (quoted on the company's Facebook page) is: "To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in [...]

  • Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2016 Results

    Yesterday, (26 January) Google parent Alphabet Inc., (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) announced financial results for the quarter ended 31 March, 2016. The internet giant boasted an 8.3% increase in fourth-quarter profit, largely driven by the sustained shift to mobile. However, the [...]

  • Netflix Stock is Soaring

    Yesterday (18 January, 2017) Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) released its fourth-quarter 2016 financial results with great aplomb. This quarter marks the 10th anniversary of Netflix's content streaming offering, thus, the beginning of the disruption of the traditional TV landscape. The next decade [...]