All Guns Blazing at LinkedIn

Professional networking site LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) reported a stellar quarter recently. They are seeing strong growth driven by investments in international and mobile operations. Here is a quick peek into what is driving the company’s growth engine.

Competition Toughens for Pandora

According to a survey conducted by Edison research, Internet Radio popularity has been increasing over the last year. As of this year, there are 67% more people listening to Internet Radio compared to only 23% more people listening to “Over-the-Air” AM/FM Radio. The shift to the online streaming services has been driven by the increasing

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Nothing Can Stop Facebook Now

The share of mobile advertisements continues to be on the rise. According to an eMarketer report, spending on mobile advertising is projected to grow 83% over the year to $18 billion this year compared with $17 billion on newspaper and $15.5 billion on radio advertisements. Here is an interesting infographic, courtesy The Wall Street Journal, that

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Netflix Continues to Add Markets and Content as Competition Increases

While Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) did account for 57.5% of all online video traffic in a recent survey, its competition is heating up. Over the past few quarters, Netflix has gained popularity due to the vast collection of both licensed and original content programming. But now, giants like Amazon are eating into its space. Not only

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Market Loses Patience With Amazon

Looks like the market is beginning to lose patience with Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) loss-making quarters. Amazon continues to invest in new opportunities and report stellar revenue growth, but margins remain elusive, and that is believed to be by design. On the announcement of the results for the recently ended quarter, Amazon saw their stock fall

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Expect Cloud Acquisitions From Microsoft

According to IDC, worldwide PC shipments fell 1.7% over the year to 74.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014. This was the smallest decline reported in the last two years. Last quarter, Microsoft had announced the end of their support to Windows XP machines. The US and European markets saw growth in their

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Tim Cook Puts His Stamp on Apple

According to IDC, total smartphone shipment volumes are expected to reach 1.2 billion units in 2014, up 19.3% year over year and a dramatic fall from the 39.2% growth seen in 2013. However, the research firm adds that the lower growth rate for 2014 should not be interpreted as a sign that the market has

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eBay Looks Flat

According to a comScore report, online retail spending grew 14% last year compared with a single digit growth in overall retail spending. The report reveals that while mobile transactions are a fast growing segment, the online sales are still dominated by PC-based sales.