Amazon And Other Rival Sites Benefit From Reduced Ads On Google

There is increased competition from those websites which are used for purchasing products and those which are perceived to be free of potentially offensive content and this is affected the largest U.S. digital advertising platform – Alphabet Inc’s Google, according to information available from advertising buyers. Earlier this week, its slowest quarterly revenue growth in…

Alphabet Blames Youtube For Drop In Ad Revenues In First Quarter

Alphabet stocks fell by at least 7 per cent after the US tech giant announced a sharp drop in its ad revenue growth. The fall has been blamed on an algorithm in YouTube which caused lower engagement and consequent lower growth in revenues on the site, said Alphabet’s CFO Ruth Porat. “While YouTube clicks continue…

Despite Negative Headlines Dotting It This Year, Apple Stocks Continue To Rise – Here’s Why

Apple’s own guidance for the second quarter is that its sales would be down year-on-year and it is widely expected to announce this when its reports its second quarter performance soon. All through the year, there has been in the negative headlines. For example, a drop in iPhone sales in China forced the company on…

Privacy Not Major Concerns For Facebook Users, Shows Its Results

Despite the preparation by the social media giant for the payment of a record-setting penalty for settlement of privacy issues with the U.S. regulators, Wall Street seemed to care less as the company announced increased number of users and heightened profit expectations for the first quarter of the current year. Facebook has been facing probes…

Microsoft Employees Show Solidarity With Chinese Tech Workers Over ‘996’ Working Standard

Solidarity to their compatriot tech workers in China was expressed by employees of Microsoft through a letter that they got published on the software development platform Github. Workers of tech companies in the United States have made use of this platform, owned by Microsoft, for expressing their views and lodging complaints about the grueling working…

Recession Fears Beaten Back By JP Morgan’s Strong Quarterly Profit

Concerns among analysts about the slowdown in global economy would weigh down on its results were negated by JPMorgan Chase & Co as it reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit for  the first quarter of the current year. Good performance across its business sectors was shown by the largest U.S. bank by assets. The performance was…