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Here's Why Tigress Financial's Feinseth Continues To Prefer Facebook Over Twitter
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 4:14pm | 757Read More...For some investors, investing in social media can be confusing, particularly when opting between giants such as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR). Facebook reported strong fourth-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom line and surpassed even the most bullish estimates...
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Facebook's Messenger App Breaches 800 Million User Mark
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 12:40pm | 210Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s David Marcus posted on the company's blog Thursday that it met a milestone of "800 million people using Messenger" monthly. The messenger app was developed in 2014. "We made Messenger blazing fast, we introduced video calling, the ability to...
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Google Is Developing A Messaging Service To Compete With Rivals
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 9:19am | 361Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google is planning to bring out a new messaging application in the coming year. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the tech giant is hoping to bring customers a more advanced messaging service that uses the company's artificial...
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Facebook's Q3 Earnings Impressed Investors - Was Wall Street Equally Impressed?
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 10:27am | 1013Read More...Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) eclipsed its prior 52-week high of $105.12 after the company reported its third-quarter results on Wednesday. Facebook earned $0.57 per share in the third quarter on revenue of $4.5 billion, while analysts were looking for $0.52 per share and $4.37 billion...
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Facebook's Q3 Earnings Are Out On Wednesday: Here Is What You Need To Know
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 4:12pm | 844Read More...Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) broke above the $100 per share mark in late October and are higher by nearly 40 percent from a year ago. The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on Wednesday afternoon. Analysts are mostly positive ahead of the print and expect the...
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A Basket Of Apple Peers To Watch Following iPad Pro, Watch Presentations
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 2:31pm | 343Read More...Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) were volatile on Wednesday as the company's CEO Tim Cook took center stage to introduce a plethora of new products and partnerships for its iPad Pro and Watch. Cook introduced the iPad Pro, featuring a 12.9 inch diagonal screen with a 10-hour battery life...
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Facebook Beefs Up Its Messenger Service
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 7:59am | 346Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has been working to prove that the company is more than just a social media website. The company's Messenger app has long been an additional way for users to contact friends through the site, but Facebook is hoping that new features will help propel the app into...
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Nomura Securities Sees Ideal Twitter CEO As Product, Use And User Focused
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 11:30am | 388Read More...Dick Costolo will be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) on July 1, the company announced following the closing bell on Thursday. He will be replaced by Twitter’s co-founder and chairman, Jack Dorsey, on an interim basis. Nomura Securities' Anthony DiClemente was on...
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Facebook Adds Video Calling, Cuts Ties With Skype
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 11:59am | 230Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) launched a video calling service Monday to the 600 million monthly users of its Messenger App. Separately, Facebook in recent months has quietly severed its long-standing links with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Skype service, according to a report Monday...
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Facebook Looking To Take Over Your Life With Messenger
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 7:56am | 379Read More...The immense success of social networking site Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has sparked a wave of competitors and left investors wondering if the company had nowhere to go but down. However, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to leverage the company's already massive user base to make...
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Morgan Stanley Comments On Facebook's F8 Conference, Says 'A Lot To Be Bullish About'
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 8:13am | 210Read More...In a report published Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne stated that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has a unique position to best capture the mobile ad opportunity as the company signaled during its F8 conference that it is putting more "building blocks in place." Swinburne argued that in...
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4 Big Takeaways From Facebook's F8
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 9:24am | 456Read More...In a report published Thursday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck detailed four "big" takeaways from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s F8 event. 1. Messaging Is The New Portal Peck stated that Facebook has shown that its desktop platform will eventually "morph"...
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Zulily, Facebook Partner Up For Messaging Service
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 7:29am | 204Read More...Zulily Inc (NASDAQ: ZU) stock bounced up Wednesday, after it was mentioned by CEO Marck Zuckerberg at Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s developers conference that it would be one of Facebook's partners for an upcoming business communications project. Zulily, a Seattle-based Web retailer...
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Axiom Offers 'Thoughts On China, Messenger Payments,' As Relates To Facebook
Friday, March 20, 2015 - 12:13pm | 306Read More...In a report published Thursday, Axiom analyst Victor Anthony argued that Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) entry into China is a matter of when, not if. However, the analyst believes that entry into the world's most populous nation with the world's most Internet users is a longer-term...
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Facebook 'Adds A Friend In Payments,' According To SunTrust's Bob Peck
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 10:06am | 211Read More...In a report published Wednesday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck detailed five benefits Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) could realize from a Payments feature in its Messenger product. Peck noted that Facebook has the opportunity to engage its 500 million plus user base on Messenger and...
