Snap Rallies On New Street-High Price Target: Why Goldman Sachs Is Bullish

The Snap Analyst: Heath Terry maintained a Buy rating on Snap shares and increased the price target from $47 to $70. The Snap Thesis: A number of tech innovations and product partnerships Snap has announced since it reported third-quarter results Oct. 20 and a favorable macroeconomic backdrop increase the likelihood of above-consensus revenue growth in … Read more

A Google and Microsoft alum who raised $140 million to take on Microsoft Office explains why productivity is one of the most attractive ‘jokes’ in Silicon Valley.

For billions of people around the world, Microsoft Office and Google Docs are the default apps for writing documents. But they are ready to be challenged as people working from home reach for better tools for collaboration, believes Shishir Mehrotra, founder and CEO of Coda. Mehrotra worked for both Google and Microsoft before starting Coda, … Read more

A Wall Street expert says the dramatic shift in stocks last week reeks of investor complacency — and warns that many favorite trades remain vulnerable to losses

The popular momentum trade that involves buying market winners and selling losers suffered its largest one-day outflow in over three decades last week Monday. This dramatic shift marked a departure from stocks geared towards working from home, and reflected investors’ excitement about an effective vaccine. But Peter Tchir, the head of macro strategy at Academy … Read more

WhatsApp introduces ‘disappearing messages’ feature

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature called “disappearing messages”, which would allow users to ensure that their messages are not saved on the instant messaging platform forever. The ‘self-destruct” automated feature will roll out for users through this month. “When “disappearing message” is turned on, new messages sent to a chat will disappear after 7 … Read more

China halts Jack Ma’s $37 billion Ant Group IPO in Shangai, Hong Kong

Ant said that its listing had been suspended by Shanghai following a recent interview regulators held with its founder Jack Ma and top executives. Ant Group’s $37 billion stock market listing has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong in a dramatic move just two days before what was set to be the world’s … Read more

Amazon ends development of Crucible, its first major video game

“We didn’t see a healthy, sustainable future ahead of Crucible,” the company said in a blog post on Friday. The team working on the project will be moved to other upcoming games and customers will get refunds, it added. Crucible was seen as a key test for Amazon’s games division, which was formed in 2012. … Read more