Excelling American Companies

  • Twitter Adds 24 More Characters to Each Tweet

    Twitter announced earlier this week that it is lessening its strict adherence to the 140-character for each tweet. The company said that media attachments and…

  • BET’s CEO Debra Lee Joins Twitter’s Board of Directors

    While Facebook is recently facing criticism as an online media company silencing the conservative voice, Twitter is making a move in the right direction. The…

  • Walmart Testing 2-Day Shipping Service

    A notable change is being made by Walmart to ShippingPass. The company will move the three-day delivery service to a two-day delivery, in order to…

  • Whatsapp Now Has desktop Apps for Mac and Windows

    Around fifteen months after WhatsApp’s first web app release comes the launch of its desktop apps for Mac and Windows. The move should please the…

  • Microsoft Acquire Solair

    In an announcement, Microsoft revealed that it acquired Solair, an IoT service based in Italy founded in 2011. The company had already used Microsoft’s Azure…

  • Hulu to Introduce New Cable TV-Like Service

    Hulu, in an attempt to compete with Sling TV, is fleshing out a brand new cable-TV like service. This is done by agreeing to license…

  • League Launches Rebuilt Dating App

    The League, a dating startup, is set to launch version 2.0 of their app in a brand new city: Los Angeles. Founder and CEO Amanda…

  • LinkedIn Beats Earning Expectations and Up 5%

    LinkedIn emerged with better-than-expected first quarter results on Thursday. Shares managed to jump to 5% in after-hours trading. Adjusted earnings per share of 74 cents…

  • Tinder’s New Feature Outs Which of Your Friends Use the App

    Tinder has recently announced the testing of its new friend-finding feature. Called “Tinder Social”, the idea is to offer ways for groups of friends to…

  • YouTube now has Six-Second Bumper Ads

    YouTube Product Manager Zach Lupei announced in a blog post that the company has been exploring formats that will be better-suited for smartphone video watchers.…