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Everything You Might've Missed At Facebook's F8 Conference
Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 5:11pm | 450Read More...Social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) conducted its F8 conference this week and made various announcements including the launch of Chat Bots. Citi has released its key takeaways from the F8 conference. Citi said Chat Bots is the most notable announcement of the event. Under this function,...
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StreetSweeper Shorts Himax, Says Analysts Are Expecting 'Impossible' Growth This Year
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 12:46pm | 482Read More...Shares of Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ: HIMX) lost more than 3 percent on Monday following a scathing report by The Street Sweeper. According to The Street Sweeper's Sonya Colberg, Himax's stock is "shooting over the moon" following a 45 percent gain over the past...
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Instagram, WhatsApp And Oculus Rift Keep Facebook's Long-Term Potential Robust
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 8:15am | 269Read More...Robert "Bob" S. Peck of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey mentioned that in recent weeks, concerns have emerged regarding weakness is some of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) verticals during the seasonally weak 1Q. The analyst maintained a Buy rating on the company, with a price target of $125. Investor...
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What Makes Deutsche Bank Worry About Facebook's First Quarter?
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 10:12am | 484Read More...Ross Sandler of Deustche Bank says the first quarter results of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) "may come in light," offering investors an "opportunity to add to positions below current levels." "A combination of strong sentiment (the most consensus long in large cap internet...
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Activision Moving Higher On Facebook Partnership Rumor
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 1:18pm | 192Read More...Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), which is best known for developing and publishing the "Call of Duty" series, among many other hit franchises, saw its stock trade higher by more than 3 percent on no new news releases. Market participants were buying Activision Blizzard's stock following...
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Facebook's Oculus Rift Arrives
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 12:01pm | 476Read More...Virtual reality firm Oculus said it has started shipping its much-anticipated Rift headsets from Monday, about two years after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) bought the company for $2 billion. In a blog post, Oculus said units will be shipping to more than 20 countries and regions. "[T]he...
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Facebook And Sony VR Plays: Room For Two
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 3:21pm | 379Read More...One year later, after Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE)'s initial unveiling of PlayStation VR, the company set forth a plan to release its virtual reality play at the 2015 Game Developers Conference. Sony's Andy House reported that PlayStation VR would be released in October 2016, available...
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Will VR Be Defined By Weird Commercials?
Friday, March 11, 2016 - 2:41pm | 381Read More...The type of realistic virtual reality technology that seemed like science fiction a few years ago is finally taking its first steps toward mainstream entertainment. Unfortunately, the fledgling VR industry may soon be defined by its advertisements. Analysts now believe that the flood of advertising...
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Report: Google's VR Headset Doesn't Rely On A Smartphone
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 8:28am | 203Read More...Hi-tech companies are scrambling to develop next generation virtual reality technologies but a new report suggests that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google may have the lead - at least for now. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is developing a virtual reality headset that doesn...
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Google Cardboard's Social Media Buzz Skyrocketing; Yahoo's Tumblr Having Bad Time
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 2:48pm | 340Read More...The latest data from TickerTags provides some insightful info on trends in social media and virtual reality. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words or phrases that are found together in social media content, such as tweets. In the past 18 months, social...
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Google Prepares For A Virtual Reality Explosion
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 9:33am | 440Read More...Virtual reality technology has received a lot of buzz over the past few years, as big name firms like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) invested heavily into the technology. While last year saw some major developments in the industry, many are expecting 2016 to be...
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Google Partners With Lowe's For New DIY Tools
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 9:14am | 429Read More...Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has partnered with home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) to debut a new mapping technology that will make home makeovers faster and easier. The two say the technology will be ready and available by this summer, the...
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Winners And Losers (So Far) From CES 2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 3:24pm | 348Read More...Several companies have emerged as big winners during the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, while investors punished others. Winners Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) surged higher by more than 6 percent on Wednesday after the company's CEO, Reed Hastings, took center stage at CES and...
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Facebook's Oculus Rift Price Set At $599, To Ship In March
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 2:18pm | 182Read More...Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) were trading higher on Wednesday after the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed Oculus Rift is now available for pre-order. In a Facebook update, Zuckerberg said that the Oculus Rift device is available for pre-order on shop.oculus.com for $599. He...
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Oculus Pre-Orders Start This Week
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 2:26pm | 408Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned Oculus Rift pre-orders begin this Wednesday. It looks like virtual reality (VR) is well on its way to become a reality in 2016. Shares of Facebook were down -1.47 percent in last Thursday's trading session. "We're excited to announce that pre-orders for #Rift will...
