Social Media
Facebook stock falls on cryptocurrency plans, rating downgrade
Coinciding with the reports that Facebook (FB) is developing a cryptocurrency, brokerages on Friday downgraded the social media giant, sending…
Confidence of Twitter users, investors hit by deepening security woes
With incidents of data breach becoming increasingly prevalent, going forward the credibility of social networking platforms will depend on their…
Chinese social media giant Weibo Corp posts upbeat Q3 2018 earnings
Chinese microblogging giant Weibo Corp (WB) posted upbeat third-quarter earnings of $165.3 million or $0.73 per share, up 63% year-on-year.…
Opinion: Facebook may have delayed and denied. But did it collude?
The last thing Facebook (FB) needed at a moment of crisis like this was an article by an established publisher…
Weibo Q3 2018 Earnings Preview: analysts expect robust results despite FAANG rout fears
Arguably the go-to social media platform in China is Sina Weibo. The microblogging giant Weibo Corp (WB) is all set…
Snap needs to win back users fast for its own sake
Snap Inc. (SNAP) reported its third quarter 2018 results almost a month ago, in which the company managed to narrow…
Facebook says UK data was not shared; appeals fine in Cambridge Analytica case
The infamous Cambridge Analytica data-breach case took a new turn this week after Facebook (FB) defended the charges leveled by…
Snap content head quits amid turnaround efforts
A lot has been happening at Snap (SNAP) these days, at a time when the social media app is struggling…
Facebook stock (FB) is an acceptable risk ahead of earnings
In its six years as a public-listed company, Facebook (FB) has never had such a tortuous run as it had…
Earning preview: Q3 will be a test of Twitter’s turnaround strategy
The recovery kicked off by Twitter (TWTR) in the fourth quarter, ending a protracted losing streak, has gathered significant momentum…
Facebook and Google: Profit-making at the cost of accountability?
Two companies have been making news this year on the sensitive issue of privacy. Leading technology firms Facebook (FB) and…
Will Snap be able to bounce back?
Snap’s (SNAP) CEO Evan Spiegel has confidence it will. In a memo sent to employees that was obtained by Cheddar,…
Insta duo exit: Is the Facebook ship being run too tight?
Facebook (FB) acquired Instagram and WhatsApp from their founders and turned them into its biggest money-spinners. While both platforms have…
Snap shares drop after strategy chief decides to step down
Snap (SNAP) shares fell as much as 1.8% during pre-market trading after an SEC document revealed that its chief strategy…
Social media: User growth, ad revenue trends change the way we approach stocks
User metrics are said to be the lifeline of social media companies and tend to point out the company’s future…
Social media: Twitter, Facebook and Snap stocks a month down the line
The three major social media companies – Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Snap (SNAP) – reported their second-quarter earnings a…
Facebook gallops way ahead leaving Snap behind
Facebook (FB) and Snap (SNAP) are said to have similar features across their social media platforms. Yet, Facebook continues to…
YouTube is becoming the new American favorite versus Facebook
Facebook’s (FB) web traffic has nearly halved over the past two years and YouTube is all set to occupy Facebook’s…
Snap bucks social-media curse; stock jumps as much as 10%
Snap (SNAP) reported a narrower-than-expected adjusted net loss of 14 cents per share during the second quarter as Daily Active…
Earnings preview: Snap shares likely to slide after Q2 results
It’s been an abysmal quarter for social media companies so far, with two industry giants – Facebook (FB) and Twitter…
First glance at Facebook Dating
Almost three months after Facebook (FB) announced its plans to launch a dating application at the F8 event, the company…