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A Guide To Guessing Where Amazon Is Going
Friday, July 21, 2017 - 1:50pm | 803Read More...If you want to know where Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is going, just look at where they aren’t. It’s a perfect road map to the future. The company, which turned just 22 years old on July 16, has spread its tentacles considerably of late, moving into supermarkets, contemplating...
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What Makes America And China Key Territories In Ride-Hailing Wars
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 4:03pm | 397Read More...Uber and Lyft's head-to-head battle pits two of the most valuable startups in the planet against each other. Making the situation more interesting is the fact that the two companies offer nearly identical services and are both betting their future on autonomous driving. Uber, valued at $68 billion...
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2 Out Of 3 Households Are Home To A 'Gamer,' But It May Not Be The Family Member You Expect
Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 1:38pm | 729Read More...Kathy Wood popped into her fellow math teacher’s room and was greeted by a not-so-unusual question: “Hey, Mrs. Wood, is it true that you play ‘Call of Duty?’” Until age 58, when her son and motivation-to-play departed for college, her answer was a casual “yes....
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When Will Marketers Embrace Snap?
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 3:38pm | 516Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), the parent of ephemeral photo and video sharing application Snapchat, has seen its shares sink to its IPO price Thursday and yet again intraday Friday. Another disconcerting news about the company was carried by Statista, quoting a report by Social Media Examiner,...
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Milestone: More People Are Now Willing To Pay For Netflix Than Traditional Cable TV
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:01pm | 367Read More...Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors have reason to celebrate as the company achieved a notable victory in its quest to take on major cable providers. For the first time, Netflix now boasts more subscribers than the largest cable pay-TV providers in the country, Statista noted. Based on data from...
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Roads, Water The Most Underfunded Aspects Of America's 'Abysmal' Infrastructure
Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 12:22pm | 436Read More...President Trump's call for a $1 trillion infrastructure spending project may have stalled given the ongoing political turmoil in Washington. Nevertheless, the spending plan remains "music in the ears" of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Statista noted. The civil engineer...
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How Does The Price Of Apple's New HomePod Compare To Its Peers?
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 7:07am | 445Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is looking to make major entrance into the "infotainment" space with its HomePod device, which is one part wireless speaker and one part virtual assistant. CNBC's Jim Cramer thinks consumers who are in the market for a high end device will have no problem...
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Smartphone Duopoly Isn't Going Anywhere: 'Pick One And Get Used To It'
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 4:44pm | 411Read More...The smartphone platform war has become a clear duopoly over the past few years — a battle between iOS and Android. And it's unlikely to change in the future. Android Vs. iOS Battle Will Continue Only 0.2 percent of 1.52 billion worldwide unit shipments of smartphones in 2017 were using...
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Google Assistant Vs. Cortana Vs. Siri Vs. Alexa: Which Is The Smartest 'Smart' Assistant?
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 12:10pm | 422Read More...With voice-based input likely to completely take over from text-based input, it may be worthwhile to take a look at which tech company's digital assistant qualifies for the tag of "the-best-of-the-breed." The Leader In a four-way contest among the digital assistants launched by ...
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Even Among Gamers, 70% Don't Have The Nintendo Switch On Their Radar
Sunday, May 28, 2017 - 3:01pm | 852Read More...The seventh major video game console from Japan's Nintendo Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTC: NTDOY), the Nintendo Switch, may not have made a mark in the minds of the general or gaming public, at least in the run up to its March 3 launch. Anemic Recognition The results of a survey published in Nielsen's...
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America First: 9 Of The Country's Favorite Brands Are American
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 3:07pm | 541Read More...President Donald Trump's America-first pledge may or may not have played a factor in a recent survey among Americans, which found that nine of the top 10 most favorable brands are American. According to a Statista report, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) ranked first in a survey overseen by...
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Biz Stone Is Going Back To Twitter
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 1:50pm | 583Read More...After a four-year hiatus to co-found and lead Jelly Industries, Inc., another member of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)’s co-founding team is coming home. “There’s something about the personality of a company that comes from the folks who start it,” Biz Stone wrote in a Tuesday...
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Apple Has So Much Cash In Reserve It Could Buy 10 Snap Incs, Almost 20 Twitters
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 10:31am | 371Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) revealed in its fiscal second-quarter report it is sitting on more than one-quarter of a trillion dollars in pure hard cash. To be specific, the company is holding $256.8 billion, up more than $10 billion from just the prior quarter. The problem is $239 billion is held...
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Things The U.S. Could Buy With The Money It Would Take To Build A Border Wall
Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 9:30am | 345Read More...President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 Federal Budget has allocated $2.6 billion for a border wall on the southern border. But is there better use for this money? According to Statista, the same $2.6 billion could support 131,255 veteran caregivers for one year at a cost of $19,809 per year....
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Heard This One Before? Twitter's Users Grow, Revenue Falters
Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 8:25am | 421Read More...Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)'s first quarter earnings report was compelling enough for investors as the stock gained nearly 8 percent. According to Statista, part of the positive aspects of Twitter's report could be attributed to Wall Street's "admittedly low" expectations but on...
















