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ThinkstockFed Chair Janet Yellen offered a bit of a surprise in her semiannual Monetary Policy Report in front of Congress on Tuesday. It may seem like a bit like Alan Greenspan’s moment regarding...
Investors are waiting to hear how LinkedIn is going to grow, and that is very likely one of the motivators behind the company's announced acquisition of privately held Newsle.
These top Internet and social media names from Wunderlich should continue to remain fast growers over the years and could provide some nice lift to an aggressive, risk tolerant account.
Twitter just took a serious step in its future. Anthony Noto, who left Goldman Sachs back in May, will join Twitter as its chief financial officer.
The face of Facebook is white and male, by its own admission. The numbers are similar to those recently released by other high-tech companies, including Google.
A new research report from Piper Jaffray highlights six top retail names exploiting Instagram and other top social media sites.
ThinkstockThe way people get their news is changing. In a recent survey, one-fifth now claim that their mobile phone is the primary access point for news. Nearly 40% of consumers of online news use...
According to many news reports, Facebook's service is down around the world. So far, the company has not addressed the situation, nor rumors that the collapse is worldwide.
With Facebook growing faster but trading cheaper, the Cowen team believes that the company's better quality growth is likely to persist. But the firm has been very negative on Twitter.
The rumors that Amazon.com would start a streaming music service are true. It is part of the e-commerce company's Prime bundle of free shipping, instant video and the Kindle lender's library.
ThinkstockAfter weeks of sell-offs, social media shares have started to recover. Another sign they are back in favor — their short interests for the period that ended May 30. Short sellers...
When LeBron James had to leave Game 1 of the NBA finals because of leg cramps, fans took to Twitter. Why didn't Gatorade prevent the cramps, they asked? Gatorade tweeted back.
Zynga is having a bad Thursday, and perhaps the reason is that CEO Don Mattrick has signaled a much less upbeat version of the company's turnaround.
When Chris Fry stepped down last week as senior vice-president of engineering at Twitter, he became the second senior executive to get a shove from CEO Dick Costolo.
Wikimedia CommonsThe company that let sensitive data for millions of customers be ripped out of its computer systems last year now wants to be a supplier of an online book buying, sharing and...