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Much Ado About The Apple Watch
There is just no stopping Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). The company recently announced stellar financial results, another strong growth for iPhone sales, and released the much awaited Apple Watch, marking their entry into the wearables segment.
Twitter Disappoints The Market
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) continues to disappoint the market with their performance. The market is getting anxious about Twitter’s ability to maintain strong financial growth. The disappointing quarterly result announcement and a reducing outlook for the year sent the stock spiraling down. The stock fell 20% soon after their results were accidentally leaked and since then, the stock has been taking a beating.
Netflix Continues to Invest in Content
Online video streaming services provider Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) is continuing to see strong growth. According to a comScore report, nearly 42% of US households were subscribed to a paying video streaming service as of August 2014. Netflix was the market leader with 32% of total households as its subscribers. Amazon came a distant second with 19% households subscribing to their Instant Video service. Hulu Plus was the third largest player with a mere 9% of households.
For Microsoft, It is All About the Cloud
It is all about the cloud within the technology sector. And the biggest news so far is the possible sale of Salesforce.com. In a surprising move, it appears that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is evaluating a bid for the giant.
Facebook is Taking on Google
Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) recently announced mixed results for their latest quarter. While they managed to surpass market expectations on earnings, revenues were a different story. That has not stopped Facebook from continuing to add to their arsenal of revenue-generating opportunities.
eBay’s Core Business Declines As PayPal Readies For Spin-off
The eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY)–PayPal spin off is nearing its time. During their last days together, PayPal has helped eBay deliver strong results. The rest of their business reported year-over-year decline, but the payment business continued to deliver strong performance.
BlackLine Closing in on the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club
Continuing with our coverage of Billion Dollar Unicorns and possible contenders, here is the interesting story of BlackLine – a company that offers scalable applications to automate financial closing and other accounting processes.
India’s Zomato Joins the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club
There aren’t many Billion Dollar Unicorn companies coming out of India. But here is an interesting story of restaurant search and discovery portal Zomato, which is showing remarkable growth both within and outside the country.