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Snap's Pain Is Augmented Reality's Gain, According To Gene Munster
Friday, May 12, 2017 - 1:49pm | 435Investors weren’t pleased by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)’s 1.2-percent daily active users miss posted in its Wednesday earnings release. But Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster sees a silver lining. “That’s bad news for Snap, but good news for the field of Augmented Reality [AR],...
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Facebook Focusing On Other Realities As Company Unveils Plans For Next Phase
Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 9:05am | 574Commenting on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s F8 Annual Developer Conference, Pacific Crest Securities, a unit of KeyBanc Capital Markets, said the company is focusing on other realities. Realities Sinking In Analysts Andy Hargreaves, Evan Wingren and Tyler Parker noted that the keynote focused on...
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A Few Takeaways From Facebook's F8 Developer Conference
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 12:46pm | 630Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) two-day annual developer conference provides attendees with the opportunity to interact with Facebook products and experts through sessions scheduled over April 18 and 19. Here are a few takeaways from the conference. AR/VR Platform Facebook launched a new...
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Morgan Stanley Comments On Facebook's F8 Conference, Says 'A Lot To Be Bullish About'
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 8:13am | 210In a report published Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne stated that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has a unique position to best capture the mobile ad opportunity as the company signaled during its F8 conference that it is putting more "building blocks in place." Swinburne argued that in...
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4 Big Takeaways From Facebook's F8
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 9:24am | 456In a report published Thursday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck detailed four "big" takeaways from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s F8 event. 1. Messaging Is The New Portal Peck stated that Facebook has shown that its desktop platform will eventually "morph"...
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Zulily, Facebook Partner Up For Messaging Service
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 7:29am | 204Zulily Inc (NASDAQ: ZU) stock bounced up Wednesday, after it was mentioned by CEO Marck Zuckerberg at Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s developers conference that it would be one of Facebook's partners for an upcoming business communications project. Zulily, a Seattle-based Web retailer...
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Sources Report Facebook Ready To Launch Mobile Ad Network
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 9:17am | 552Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) plans to open up a brand new revenue stream by launching its own mobile ad network, according to sources who spoke with Re/Code. The company, which has been under pressure to build an ad network for some time, planned to announce the venture at its “F8” developer...
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How Will Google+ Counter Facebook's Major Announcements? Perhaps By Celebrating
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 2:53pm | 1159Now that Facebook's over-hyped announcements have been made, Google can rest easy knowing that the next evolution in social networking has yet to come. While some may Like the ability say, “I just read a book” (without having to actually type those words), the majority of Facebook's announcements...
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The Evolution of Social Networking is Happening…Today!?
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 8:32am | 335We should be really excited, apparently. I know that today is the long-awaited day of Facebook announcement(s), but it's hard to feel anything but concern. Not too long ago, Mark Zuckerberg bored us to tears when Facebook announced its partnership with Skype. Zuckerberg's speech was so boring that...