Brian Wieser
17 results

Snapchat baby filter helps parent company to come of age
- Technology
- July 24, 2019, 13:07
As many as 9 million people rushed to sign up to Snapchat, the vanishing messaging app, in recent months to see what their face might look like if the(...)

Does Facebook really know how many fake accounts it has?
- Media & Marketing
- February 1, 2019, 01:00
Facebook sells advertisers on its access to real people – 2.27 billion of them at the last count. That’s a network that exceeds the combined populatio(...)

Twitter ad sales surge, sending shares up 16%
- Technology
- October 25, 2018, 14:31
Twitter easily beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit estimates on Thursday, pushing its shares up nearly 16 per cent before the opening bell, as highe(...)

Facebook: Where did it go wrong?
- Technology
- July 26, 2018, 21:14
Even after politicians turned on Facebook this year, investors could take comfort from resilient revenues and strong profit margins. Now they have to(...)

Four things to watch in Facebook’s results
- Technology
- April 25, 2018, 12:24
In a maelstrom of controversy over election meddling, inappropriate content and privacy violations, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says he i(...)

Google owner reports sales and profits that top analysts’ estimates
- Technology
- April 23, 2018, 22:05
Google owner Alphabet reported first-quarter sales and profit on Monday that topped financial analysts’ estimates as it achieved better pricing on ads(...)

Snapchat founder laughs at Facebook threat but analysts unamused
- Technology
- May 11, 2017, 11:33
In the two months since Snap went public, one big question has hung over the social-media company: can it survive a full-on attack from Facebook, whic(...)

US brands suspend ads from Google over offensive videos
- Media & Marketing
- March 23, 2017, 09:19
US wireless carriers Verizon Communications and AT&T have suspended digital advertising on Google’s YouTube and other advertising platforms not re(...)

Pro-Trump billionaires buy last-minute swing state ads
- US
- November 4, 2016
Rich Republicans may have initially balked at Donald Trump, but pro-Trump billionaires are leaving the sidelines in the last week of the election to i(...)

Walt Disney beats estimates as it aims to lure web viewers
- Media & Marketing
- August 10, 2016, 08:42
Walt Disney’s quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday beat analysts’ estimates fuelled by movie studio hits, and the media company said it was taking (...)