Unnamed sources have revealed that Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) is currently considering the sale of its photo sharing service, Snapfish, which it had acquired in 2005 for more than $300 million. The sources have further revealed that the company, popularly known as HP, has held a series of discussions with potential buyers in a bid to…
Netflix Inc (NFLX) Decides To Cross ‘Fish-Pond’ Atlantic as A Part of Expansion Strategy
International expansion seems to be the newest mantra for subscription streaming services to adopt if growth is to be achieved in the near future. Having recognized this fact, Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) has made known its intention of crossing the proverbial ‘fish-pond’ and extend its tentacles in mainland Europe, particularly countries like France, Austria, Belgium, Germany…
MasterCard Inc (MA) Believes That Apple Inc (AAPL)’s Apple Pay Is Safe
With the unveiling of Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s latest products, namely iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the new era of being able to make payments via mobile devices has become a reality and is here to stay courtesy of support offered by entities like MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA). If Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a leader in…
Facebook Inc (FB) Compelling Drag Queens and Performers to Use Their Legal Names
Sister Roma has finally changed her name to Michael Williams. Who knows that name, really? However, in a new Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) policy, sisters, drag queens, and performers are required to use their legal names as spelt out in their driving licenses, birth certificates, credit cards, or student ID cards, lest risk their accounts being…
Active Shooter Hoax by Facebook Inc (FB) Page with Less Than 15,000 Likes Sends People into Panic Mode
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) provides a very effective way for people to socialize and share information fast. However, some people use Facebook pages for all the wrong reasons. In the recent hoax, a Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) page “Senior Lance Corporal” with less than 15,000 likes sent many into panic when it posted that there was an…
RadioShack Corporation (RSH) Says It’s Running Out of Cash
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH) has had bad run in the market for the past few years. The electronic company has had its sales going down and cash racing out fast. On Thursday, the company said that its sales, after a whole year of activity, were down 20%, forcing it to think of new ways of acquiring…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Acquires Polar to Speed up its Google Plus Reach
Many experts have compared Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google Plus with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) in the past but the picture is quite clear and Facebook is the undisputed winner, as of now. However, that doesn’t stop Google from putting in more efforts in Google Plus and the acquisition of Polar, start-up firm involved in mobile-device polling…
AT&T Inc. (T)’s Acquisition of DIRECTV (DTV) Under State Attorneys General Radar
State attorneys general have extended their investigation to validate the acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc (NYSE:TWC) by Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and included AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)’s acquisition of DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) in their books. Earlier, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) offered $48.5 billion to acquire DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) and the proposal is now under the radar of different states…
Google Inc (GOOGL) Calls for Net Neutrality after 4 Years of Silence
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) made its position clear on the raging debate about net neutrality in an open message to its supporters. The tech giant had been silent on the matter since 2010 when the company voiced support for free and open internet for all. Many activities were already wondering whether Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has since…
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) May Have Had To Pay $250,000 in Fine for Refusing To Give U.S. Data
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) narrowly escaped paying a fine of $250,000 per day to the government for failure to release U.S. data relating to its customers, according to documents released Thursday. The company had refused to release any internet data citing that the move would be unconstitutional and would amount to a breach of privacy to…