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Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google is working on adding a dash of social to its web stories, allowing users to create Instagram Stories-like posts that include text, images, emojis, and more. What Happened: Google is experimenting with a feature that replicates Meta Platforms Inc.'...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)'s stock is up nearly 30 percent year-to-date, and one analyst team anticipates another 11-percent growth. The Rating Morgan Stanley analysts Brian Nowak and John Colantuoni maintained an Overweight rating on Facebook and raised their price target from $190 to $...

Analysts from Cowen previewed Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s Aug. 7 second-quarter report. Here's what you need to know. The Analyst  Analyst John Blackledge maintained an Underperform rating on Snap with a price target lowered from $9 to $8. The Thesis  A Cowen ad buyer...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s Snapchat recently updated its platform, but Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram might be the big winner. This exclusive LikeFolio report is designed to show the initial reaction that Snapchat users are having to the new user interface that the company is currently...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s social media platform, Snapchat, has many problems, the biggest of which might be competition from much larger rivals. In fact, even when Snapchat has a winning feature, its advantage is short-lived and overtaken by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s "copycat"...

Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald turned bullish on Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) to reflect a "significant shift" in the stock's risk to reward profile after the lockup expiration and the company's second-quarter earnings report. The firm's Kip Paulson upgraded Snap's stock rating from Neutral to Overweight...

Tigress Financial Partners said in a note Thursday Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to prove it can monetize its users. The firm said the company's business performance continues to increase, driven by greater monthly and daily active users, which is fueling strong gains in advertising revenue...

Following meetings with several key social and search ad agencies, Cowen said in a note Thursday overall trends seem to bode well for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) in the second half of 2017 and into 2018.  ...

When an imitation is smarter than the innovation, what should one deduce from it? It could be due to the imitator bringing its own unique strength and appeal to the table or the copycat version proving to be an improvement over the original. Hard data proves Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has found...

Remember FANG, the widely popular acronym for Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google (parent company Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)? It may be replaceable. There is a new tech acronym in town that Wells Fargo is fond of,...

After several months of poor daily-active-user figures by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), Evan Spiegel, Snapchat CEO and co-founder, is determined to drive user-engagement. The DAU decline occurred right after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram Stories launched, and Spiegel has taken notice. Specifically...

Investors 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],...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) shares are down more than 21 percent following its first earnings report as a public company, but Citi analyst Mark May said the post-earnings sell-off is a buying opportunity for traders. According to May, traders are focusing too much on slowing daily active user growth and...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has failed to garner much momentum following it highly anticipated IPO in March. As investors prepare for the company’s first earnings report, all eyes will be on the Daily Active Growth figures. Snap has been suffering from sour investor sentiment, as Facebook Inc (...

Imitation is the best form of flattery. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) seems to have given enough reasons for a few of its smaller brethren opportunities to feel flattered. Loop Capital Markets in a note released Wednesday highlighted some of the features Facebook, specifically its Instagram platform,...