Kinder Morgan Inc: A High-Yield Stock Hiding in Plain Sight
At first glance, Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) doesn’t look like an appealing stock for many income seekers. While its current yield of around 3.1% is above the 1.8% average of the S&P 500, it’s well below what other pipeline stocks currently offer. ONEOK (NYSE: OKE), for example, yields 5.5%, while TransCanada (NYSE: TRP) pays […]
What Are Spotify’s Competitive Advantages?
Spotify is the biggest music-streaming service in the world, with 159 million monthly active users streaming an average of 25 hours per day. Users and engagement are growing at a torrid pace as well, up 29% and 48%, respectively, year over year. But as big-name competitors like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) enter […]
3 Takeaways From salesforce.com’s Record Fourth Quarter
Like clockwork, salesforce.com’s (NYSE: CRM) quarterly results impressed yet again, sending shares to new all-time highs. The software-as-a-service customer relationship management company reported revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share above its guidance and raised its outlook for fiscal year 2019. As investors look over Salesforce’s fourth-quarter results for fiscal year 2018, here are some of […]
Square’s Accelerating Growth Continues
Square’s (NYSE: SQ) growth has been accelerating recently — and that trend was extended in its just-reported fourth quarter. The financial technology company’s fourth-quarter adjusted revenue soared 47% year over year. This compares to 45% growth in Q3. The acceleration in its growth really has been impressive. Year-over-year growth rates in total revenue and adjusted […]
Xbox One tests spring update with controller sharing via Mixer
The next big Xbox One software update is closing in, and as Microsoft rolled it out to Preview Update testers, the company also explained what to expect. Once the Spring update arrives, gamers can check out a new 1440p option that fits in between 1080p and 4K displays to make it just right for anyone […]
Alexa is already multilingual but Amazon wants to make her more fluent, report says
Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. Alexa is brushing up on her language skills. Amazon’s voice-enabled digital assistant will reportedly soon become an on-the-go real-time language translator. Alexa’s English, German, and Japanese skills will need to […]
Instagram code reveals unreleased voice and video calling
Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram and the Instagram Direct standalone app’s Android Application Packages (APKs) are files and icons for “Call” and “Video Call”. APKs often show files for unreleased features that are lying dormant in […]
Uber is the latest to join big tech’s race into healthcare
Healthcare is big business, and tech companies don’t want to miss out just because they’re busy building smartphones, apps, and self-driving cars. Uber announced its new Uber Health platform Thursday. It’s a way for healthcare organizations to order rides for patients who are receiving care at their facilities. Uber also launched an API so the […]
Train healthcare providers and reduce stigma to tackle opioid crisis, says B.C. doctor
Involving drug users in conversation is key to finding solution, says Dr. Evan Wood This week, the federal government announced that it would make a $231-million investment to address the opioid crisis nationally, as part of the Liberal government’s budget. The money would be spread over five years, and includes a $150-million emergency fund to […]
Nature Conservancy of Canada says $1.3B in federal budget is ‘gamechanger’ for wild spaces
‘Our landscapes need our help right now more than ever’: New $1.3B fund is a start says NCC director The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is welcoming the announcement, delivered in Tuesday’s federal budget, that the government plans to invest $1.3-billion, over five years, to protect Canada’s parks, wild spaces, aquatic systems, and species at […]