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Why Twitter And TikTok Were Big Social Media Winners In Q2
Thursday, September 2, 2021 - 3:51pm | 474Read More...Social media stocks experienced some major volatility throughout second-quarter earnings season. On Thursday, Bank of America analyst Justin Post recapped the second quarter and highlighted which social media platforms were the biggest winners. User Growth: Post said Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)...
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Cathie Wood Sheds $14.5M In Snapchat Parent, And Piles Up On Etsy, Robinhood
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 5:54am | 570Read More...Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest on Tuesday shed nearly 12.6% of its stake in Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), continuing the investment firm’s months-long selling spree in the Snapchat parent. Ark Invest sold 198,442 shares, estimated to be worth about $14.56 million, in Snap via the Ark Fintech Innovation...
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Facebook-Owned WhatsApp Looks To Rival Snapchat With 'View Once' Feature
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 4:52am | 295Read More...Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp messaging service is launching a new feature this week that will enable users to send disappearing photos and videos on its platform. What Happened: The new “View Once” feature will allow users to send photos and videos that can be viewed only...
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Cathie Wood Sells $55M In Square After Earnings Report, Trims $15M In Snapchat And Buys $1.2M In Amazon
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 1:39am | 770Read More...Cathie Wood-led Ark Invest on Monday rushed to book profit in Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) as the shares of the company skyrocketed after the second-quarter earnings result and the $29 billion Afterpay acquisition. The popular money manager’s investment management firm shed 202,094 shares,...
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Snapchat Suffers Outage, Users Report Not Being Able To Log In
Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 11:02pm | 392Read More...Snap Inc-owned (NYSE: SNAP) social media app Snapchat is seeing a widespread outage, data from Downdetector indicates. What Happened: As many as 125,000 people reported suffering Snapchat outages Thursday evening, as per industry tracker Downdetector. The number of outage reports had come down to...
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Snapchat, Twitter-Backed Indian Social Media Unicorn Raises Another $145M
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 12:43am | 400Read More...Indian social media startup ShareChat has raised $145 million in its latest funding round, it said in a statement late Monday, as reported by Reuters. What Happened: The funding round was led by Singapore-government-owned Temasek Holdings and Moore Strategic Ventures and values ShareChat at $2.88...
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Snap, Twitter Earnings Impress, Potentially Setting Table For Facebook Next Week
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 10:15am | 2240Read More...Last Friday was when the bottom began to fall out. A week later, things feel very different as earnings continue to hold the day. We’re on pace for the S&P 500 Index (SPX) to be up 1% for the week if things don’t head lower today, which is pretty amazing when you consider...
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Snapchat Parent To Add 5 New Games This Year, Highlights Augmented Reality Push
Friday, July 23, 2021 - 4:40am | 511Read More...Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) said it has made significant progress with its augmented reality platform in the second quarter. It will also add five new games to Snap Games this year. What Happened: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel made the comments during the company’s second-quarter...
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Snapchat Scores Exclusive Olympics Content In NBC Deal — Could It Replicate Previous Run's Success?
Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 10:25pm | 366Read More...Snap Inc’s (NYSE: SNAP) social media platform and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) broadcasting subsidiary NBC are pairing up to bring the Olympics to Snapchat. What Happened: Over 70 episodes featuring Olympics content will be produced exclusively for Snapchat by NBC during the Tokyo...
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Snapchat Says Aware Of Widespread Issues For Apple Users, 'Working On A Fix'
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 12:46am | 276Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) said on Monday it is fixing an issue with the latest version of its social-media app Snapchat on Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store. What Happened: The Santa Monica, California-based social-media company in a statement on Twitter said it is working on a fix. We...
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Snapchat Axes Controversial 'Speed Filter' In Face of Lawsuits
Monday, June 21, 2021 - 3:20am | 357Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) is taking down the “speed filter” feature from its social media app Snapchat, as per a report by the NPR that cited a Snap spokeswoman. What Happened: The feature, which allows users to capture how fast they are moving in a vehicle and share it with...
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Cramer Thinks Snapchat Is A 'Winner,' Has Changed His Mind On CEO Evan Spiegel
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - 1:50am | 358Read More...CNBC's Mad Money anchor Jim Cramer said on Tuesday he now believes Snapchat parent Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) is a winner under co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel. What Happened: Cramer said on CNBC's "Mad Money Lightning Round" that he was wrong in his judgment when he dubbed...
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Cathie Wood Offloads $9.3M In Snapchat, Buys $32M In Etsy
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 3:04am | 377Read More...Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday shed 145,727 shares, worth about $9.26 million, in Snapchat parent Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) on the day shares of the social media company fell. Snap shares closed 0.81% lower at $63.57 on Monday. Wood’s firm sold the shares in Snap via...
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Cathie Wood Sells Snapchat, DocuSign For Second Straight Day, Buys Spotify
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 1:11am | 597Read More...Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday booked profit in DocuSign Inc (NASDAQ: DOCU) for a second straight day, after boosting confidence in the e-signature company's ability to draw more customers. Ark Invest sold 46,938 shares, estimated to be worth about $11.37 million...
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Famed AI-Based ETF Slashed Tesla Holding In May, Bought Snapchat And These Stocks Instead
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 4:57am | 545Read More...The Qraft AI-Enhanced US Large Cap Momentum ETF (NYSE: AMOM), an exchange-traded fund driven by artificial intelligence, has reduced its holdings in Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), while loading up on shares in Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Snap Inc. (NYSE:...
















