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Stifel: What To Expect From Facebook, Amazon Q1 Prints
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 12:53pm | 630Read More...Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is scheduled to report first-quarter results on Wednesday April 25 followed by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Q1 report one day later. Stifel previewed what investors can expect in two notes. The Analyst Stifel's Scott Devitt maintains a Hold rating on...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg On Data Privacy: 'My Mistake'
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 3:22pm | 491Read More...Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington, D.C., where he'll testify Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The executive is also set to speak to a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Tuesday. What He Said Zuckerberg will...
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Facebook's Privacy Scandal Will 'Linger,' But Aegis Capital Remains Bullish In The Long Run
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - 1:45pm | 408Read More...Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s ongoing privacy saga has resulted in multiple high-profile companies suspending ties with the social media platform. Investors should expect the "storm to linger" in the near-term, but ultimately it "should pass," according to Aegis Capital....
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Spy-In-The-Sky? Defense Industry Scrambling To Develop Drones To Replace Cop Choppers
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 10:59am | 715Read More...The defense industry is revamping military drones in a race to capture a target-rich new market: the police helicopter, a patrol mainstay of thousands of cop shops worldwide. The Federal Aviation Administration is already working with defense contractors to develop rules governing drones that would...
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Former Apple Employees: Siri Stinks
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 7:24am | 374Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Siri platform isn't great, at least according to a group of ex-Apple employees. Apple's Siri failed to keep up with its rivals including Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Alexa and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Home because Apple's workers...
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Take A Lesson From Drug Dealers To Make Your Online Shopping Safer
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 2:38pm | 674Read More...In the wake of the recent revelation that over a billion Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) accounts may have been compromised, as well as accusations from some U.S. intelligence officials that the Russian government may have hacked the Democratic National Committee, cybersecurity is at the forefront of...
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Insiders Claim BlackBerry Routinely Hands Over BBM Messages To Help Police Forces 'Kick Ass'
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 1:48pm | 289Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominated the headlines when the company refused to give into the FBI's request to help it unlock the iPhone used by a terrorist involved in the San Bernardino shooting. On the other hand, a new report suggests BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) has been "enthusiastically"...
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Snapchat Settles With FTC Over Privacy Discrepancy
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 2:07pm | 647Read More...Snapchat may not be as private as you think, and it certainly can't claim to be anymore. The mobile messaging app developer has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged that the company deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages sent through its...
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Privacy Groups Ask FTC To Investigate Facebook's WhatsApp Acquisition
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 9:18am | 474Read More...Did anybody think that Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) recent acquisition announcement wouldn’t ruffle feathers? When Facebook says it’s going to spend $19 billion on a mobile messaging company with 450 million active users, everybody from privacy rights groups to contingents of stockholders are likely...
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Why Google Wants To Plant a Microchip In Your Head
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 11:44am | 512Read More...It’s all about making the act of conducting a Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) search easier. The idea of implanting a microchip in the brains of users, according to Google’s engineering director, Scott Huffman, who spoke to The Independent on Monday, revolves around the notion that thinking about words...
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Is Your Smartphone Carrier or Manufacturer Spying on You?
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 1:26pm | 241Read More...They could be and you wouldn't even know it. Business Insider has the full details. In short, there's a company called Carrier IQ that makes smartphone analytics software that is used by a number of companies, including HTC and Samsung. Cellular service providers like Sprint (NYSE: S), AT&T (...











