Twitter Fails to Recover

According to a recent report published by the Business Insider, the global online video ad revenues are projected to grow from 2.8 billion in 2013 to $5 billion in 2016. Video ads with a 1.84% click-through rate (CTR) ranks the highest among all digital ad formats. Social media companies like Facebook and Twitter are both embracing

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Angie’s List Faces Tougher Competition

Competition in the home services market is heating up. Not only tech giants like Amazon and Google appear interested in the market, but smaller vendors like Thumbtack are also growing rapidly. All this competition is making it difficult for established players like Angie’s List to stand their ground.

No Respite for Yahoo Yet

Yahoo’s (Nasdaq: YHOO) results sound like a broken record now. The company continues to disappoint the market and keeps floundering around in the hope of finding a strategy that will work.

Way to Go, Amazon

This quarter appears to be a record quarter for many. Google saw its stock soar to a record high driven by their impressive results and YouTube’s performance. Microsoft reported a record loss despite a booming cloud business. Even Apple delivered record performance on iPhone sales, but failed to deliver on financial metrics that has sent

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Microsoft Posts Record Loss Despite Booming Cloud Business

The recent quarter result was a new kind of a record quarter for Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as the company recorded its biggest quarterly loss ever. While Microsoft continues to make several advances in the cloud technology, it is still being bogged down by its acquisition of Nokia. But its recent results were a clear indicator of how the company is continuing

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Netflix Reports Record Highs Driven by Subscriber Growth

According to a research report by MarketsandMarkets, the global Video on Demand market is expected to grow 19% annually over the period 2014 through 2019 to $61.40 billion. The report reveals that while the American markets will be the largest revenue contributors for the industry, the emerging markets of Asia Pacific and Middle East and

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Google Kicks Ass With YouTube

Last quarter, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) added a new CFO to their management cadre. Ruth Porat, alumnus of Morgan Stanley, has been known for being fiscally conscious. The recent results announced under her guidance spell that sentiment. Google delivered better than expected results and instilled confidence in the market by ensuring that costs, revenue, and accounting

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eBay Bids Adieu to PayPal

Last week, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced their last quarterly results with PayPal by their side. Today PayPal began trading independent of eBay, leaving eBay to compete with the likes of Amazon who are posting a stiff competition. Last year, the global e-commerce market grew 22% over the year. eBay announced a comparatively modest 6.4% growth

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