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Mattel Just Poached A Top Google Executive To Lead The Toy Company
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 - 3:02pm | 307Read More...Margo Georgiadis joined Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in 2009 when it was known as Google and one of the highest ranking advertising executives. Georgiadis' History In 2011 she left Google to join Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) for a brief stint as chief operating officer. However, after...
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Recode: Amazon Poached Target Exec Who Was Tasked With Beating Amazon
Friday, January 13, 2017 - 12:34pm | 274Read More...According to Recode, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) just poached a notable executive from Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) who was ironically tasked with exploring growth initiatives to counter ecommerce giants such as Amazon. A source told Recode that Amazon hired Jamil Ghani, who served as...
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Apple Wants Content To Compete With Spotify
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 5:40pm | 277Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) wants to enter the Hollywood space and create its own TV show and movies with the ultimate end goal of better competing against Spotify. Spotify, the music-only streaming provider, would be Apple's biggest competitor in the streaming space - not Netflix, Inc. (...
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Macy's, Not Amazon, is Responsible For Its Own Failures
Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:58am | 269Read More...Macy's Inc (NYSE: M)'s stock is flirting with its 52-week lows, and most investors might understand why: The department store is too bloated, under-monetized in terms of real estate and getting crushed by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), right? Not so fast, at least according to Recode's Jason Del...
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This Fund Will Try To Prevent Skynet From Actually Happening
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 1:37pm | 294Read More...Skynet, the fictional artificial intelligence system popularized in the "Terminator" franchise which caused a global nuclear war, serves as a far-stretched but legitimate concern for many companies working in the artificial intelligence space. Consider the fact that Alphabet Inc's...
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Is Snap Lying About Its Growth? An Ex-Employee Thinks So
Friday, January 6, 2017 - 4:02pm | 295Read More...Snap, the parent company of the wildly popular Snapchat social media platform, is lying about its growth rate — at least according to a former employee who is suing the company. According to Recode, Anthony Pompliano joined Snap in 2015 after leaving Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). He was tasked...
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Athleisure War? Amazon Will Sell Its Own Line Of Clothing
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 1:37pm | 527Read More...The athleisure market is about to become even more competitive as online retail giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will begin selling its own branded line of clothes. According to Recode, Amazon is developing a line of workout apparel based on several online job postings the company...
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AirPods, Pokemon And 10 Of The Most Notable Tech Stories Of The Year
Saturday, December 31, 2016 - 3:45pm | 729Read More...Recode's Kara Swisher and The Verge's Lauren Goode took a look back at what they consider to be the top 10 technology related stories of 2016. 10. Apple's Headphone Jack Coming in at No. 10 is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s decision to say goodbye to its tangled earbuds which it...
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Kara Swisher Offers 7 Reasons Tech Executives Actually Like Trump
Thursday, December 29, 2016 - 9:16am | 511Read More...Technology executives have made their nearly unanimous voices heard during the presidential campaign trail and wrote an open letter against President-elect Donald Trump. Several months later, much has changed: Silicon Valley executives are now optimistic of what is to be expected from Trump's...
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What's Cooking At Snapchat As It Prepares For Its IPO?
Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 4:26pm | 613Read More...Snap Inc., formerly known as Snapchat, confidentially filed for an IPO ahead of the presidential elections, valuing the company at roughly $25 billion. Now that the news has broken, here's a look at the company, its products and what has transpired since the reports of the IPO filing. Making A...
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Should Apple's Investors Be Worried About A Trump White House?
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 5:30pm | 345Read More...Toward the end of Wednesday's trading session, the market couldn't be clearer as to which companies and sectors will thrive under a Donald Trump presidency and which ones will suffer. Perhaps flying a bit under the radar is one company that may suffer under a Trump presidency: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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Verizon To Buy 'Hulu For The YouTube' Video Startup, Plans To Shut It Down
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 11:27am | 259Read More...Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) said on Wednesday it has acquired Vessel, a subscription video service founded by Hulu's former CEO Jason Kilar and former chief technology officer Richard Tom. Tech Crunch described Vessel as a "sort of Hulu for the YouTube generation." Subscribers pay $2.99...
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Here's Why The New York Times Really Bought The Wirecutter
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 9:38am | 312Read More...The New York Times has announced it is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide/product-recommendation service for a reported $30 million. The Wirecutter, founded by former editor at Gizmodo Brian Lam, provides recommendations for technology products "...
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NBCUniversal Close To Investing $200 Million In BuzzFeed
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 8:54am | 354Read More...Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s NBCUniversal segment is close to finalizing a deal in which it will invest $200 million in BuzzFeed. According to Recode, NBCUniversal is attracted to BuzzFeed's fast-growing digital content, which is in a better position itself to target younger audiences. A $...
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Facebook's Zuckerberg Defends Fellow Board Member And Trump Supporter Peter Thiel
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 2:42pm | 385Read More...Peter Thiel was Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s first ever outside investor and is a current board member. He is also an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and even lent his support to the Republican presidential nominee during the RNC convention. Facebook said in a statement to Recode back in July that...













