Instagram Stories

While Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has built a highly innovative and engaging communication platform and enjoys the patronage of younger users, shares are pricing in “tremendous growth and a dramatic swing to sustained profitability,” Loop Capital’s Blake Harper said in a report. He...

With shares up 15 percent so far this year, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) was just doing too well for BTIG Research not to have a Buy on the stock. The firm upgraded Facebook from Neutral to Buy and announced a $175 price target Tuesday, citing the continuing shift of advertising to mobile and positive...

Snapchat may not be as big as its bigger brethren Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). Compared to Facebook's annual revenues of $27.64 billion in 2016, Snapchat earned only $404.48 million. But at least it has the technological superiority in making the latter want to evolve copycat versions of each of...

Stories get engrossing. That was what Facebook suggested Wednesday in its earnings call. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said in the call that its Instagram Stories is outperforming its main flagship Facebook social networking platform, helping it to report forecast-beating earnings for the third...

Two months ago, Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) Instagram poached one of Snapchat's most popular features, its Story function, and put it on its own platform. The move was met with some criticism and some speculation that it wouldn't catch on. That isn't the case, as Instagram...

The world of social media is evolving on a seemingly weekly basis, and investors in the space must keep up with the latest trends to stay ahead of the game. SunTrust analyst Robert "Bob" Peck recently discussed three topics that have had a major impact on the social media space in the second half...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) introduced a new feature for its photo and video sharing social media property, Instagram called "Stories." Stories is a new feature that allows Instagram users to "share all the moments of your day, not just the ones you want to keep on your profile....