Author: Mohamed Adel

Google beat revenue targets but didn’t ease Wall Street’s biggest worries

Google CEO Sundar PichaiJustin Sullivan/Getty Images Google’s revenue was slightly stronger than expected during Q1. The fees Google pays to partner web sites, known as TAC, continued to increase as a percentage of revenue. Analysts on the conference call focused on regulatory risks and spending. Google-parent company Alphabet topped Wall Street targets with 23% revenue growth […]

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Facebook shredded Wall Street’s Cambridge Analytica worries with a giant Q1 and its stock is soaring

Facebook reported its Q1 2018 financial results on Wednesday. It comfortably beat analysts expectations — announcing quarterly revenues of $11.9 billion and EPS of $1.69. The better-than-expected results assuage investor concerns about the impact of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but the company isn’t out of the woods just yet. Facebook handily beat analysts’ expectations on both […]

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Apple may still depend on Samsung for OLED iPhone screens as LG hits snags

Apple may be losing the fight to add another OLED display manufacturer ahead of the next iPhone production cycle. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, LG Display is struggling to make the OLED panels Apple wants for upcoming iPhone models. Apple has been working with LG, hoping it could become its second supplier of OLED […]

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Facebook’s new data policy: Answers to your privacy questions

One of those privacy policies you probably don’t read just got a makeover. Facebook, the world’s largest social network, revamped the policies it uses when collecting data on the more than 2 billion people who use it every month. As part of the new policy, released April 19, the company is also spelling out more clearly […]

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Why Facebook’s struggles are good for brands using social media

Facebook now reports that as many as 87 million Facebook users may have had their data exposed as part of the Cambridge Analytica situation. The company’s stock price has dipped more than 10%. #DeleteFacebook campaigns are making the rounds. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s own COO, has acknowledged that advertisers have curtailed spending. So where does this leave the […]

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