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Could public indignation at the Facebook profile harvesting scandal lead to new regulation that could impede the value of some tech-based advertising models? Will it lead to a consumer backlash that slows the growth of the companies…

First, the recent post-Facebook scandal market volatility has seen Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google follow Facebook down. Second, Donald Trump is acting more boldly and more aggressively now on his economic agenda, on trade and on foreign…

Lots of links on Facebook. Also see notes on Tesla and GE.

In 2012, to protect user privacy, the FTC mandated regulatory controls at Facebook that it has not made. Therefore, Facebook faces potential fines and greater regulatory oversight. This will be expensive, and could potentially cause…

Some of the best performing stocks in the US are the large Internet-centric technology stocks like Facebook. But Facebook's data breach represents a threat to them from regulators

Credit Writedowns has now reached the magic threshold of 10,000 posts! That's about 1,000 posts a year, or a little under 3 posts a day for 10 years. I need your support to keep it going though.

Facebook is up a massive 26% today on the back of strong mobile-fuelled earnings in the second quarter. Having dedicated itself to becoming a more mobile-centric platform, Facebook is reaping the rewards. This is a lesson, however, to every…

In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, I have been moving my data away from large US vendors and increasing my computer security. Both of these issues needed to be addressed but the NSA spying scandal has made them relevant for me - and I…

What I am seeing is a second great wave of consolidation in the industry. And by that I mean that every large company is getting into the traditional space of every other large company. Let's go down a sample list of some of the changes…