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Amazon's Post-Earnings Run Mirrors Positive Voices From The Street
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 11:25am | 595Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares were up 5% on Friday after the company reported earnings and revenue beats and said online grocery delivery tripled in the second quarter. Amazon reported second-quarter EPS of $10.30 on revenue of $88.9 billion. Both numbers blew away analyst...
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Loup Ventures Revisits 2020 Tech Predictions: Apple As The FAANG Leader, Tesla Delivery Beats And More
Monday, July 13, 2020 - 9:55am | 703Read More...The tech sector is mounting a strong recovery after the COVID-19-induced weakness seen in early-to-mid March. With most stocks trading at or near record highs, Loup Ventures revisited the 2020 predictions it made at the start of the year. Apple To Catch Up Other With Other FAANG Stocks?...
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How Amazon's Go Grocery Store 'Won Another Battle' Against Retail
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 9:51am | 378Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has yet to win the war against the physical retail universe but it certainly scored a victory with the launch of its new grocery store concept, according to Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy. Amazon's Go Grocery store is the first-of-its-kind to offer consumers a...
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End Of An Era: What To Make Of Jony Ive's Departure From Apple
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 1:00pm | 687Read More...Jony Ive, Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) longtime chief design officer, on June 27 announced his plans to leave the iPhone maker to start his own independent design company of which Apple will be a client. Ive's name was offically removed from Apple's website on Nov. 28. Writing...
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Analysts React To Amazon's Q1: Everyone Remains A Bull
Friday, April 26, 2019 - 11:55am | 1222Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a notable beat on the profit line in its first-quarter results, although management's operating profit outlook for the second quarter fell short of expectations. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The...
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3 Ways Amazon Could Transform Health Care
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 11:22am | 363Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was reported last week to be building out a health and wellness team within its Alexa division to better integrate the assistant in health care. Loup Ventures considers this program just the start of a broader, three-pronged invasion of the $3.3 trillion industry....
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Waymo Works To Build Trust As First Pilot-Free Vehicle Hits The Road
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 10:46am | 390Read More...Last week, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)’s Waymo became the first to test fully autonomous vehicles on public roads without a front-seat technician. The firm still faces challenges in public perception and regulation, but it’s taking strides with education partnerships,...
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The Robot Fear Index: Alexa, Siri Lure US Into AI Future
Monday, November 6, 2017 - 4:52pm | 505Read More...Beware the sirens. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s Siri and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s Alexa are quieting concerns over robot integration and winning consumers’ welcome. A proliferation of digital assistants corresponded with a marginal increase in American comfort with robots...
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Dance The Roomba: iRobot's Sterling Second Quarter Has Pro Bullish On Domestic Robot Space
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 2:29pm | 408Read More...iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT)'s stellar second quarter makes Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy more bullish on a market that includes robots that clean your floors and cut your lawn. Revenue for the second quarter of 2017 was $183.1 million, compared with $148.7 million for the second...
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The Screenless Future
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 1:39pm | 473Read More...Augmented reality wearables are going to replace your next iPhone? Loup Ventures managing partner Andrew Murphy sees this happening in the future, and for one simple reason, companies want to solve consumer problems. “We’ll eventually look back at the turn of the century and wonder how...
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Investing In The Future Means Investing In Robotics Software And Services
Monday, June 26, 2017 - 8:28am | 531Read More...Loup Ventures is siding with the machines, concluding on Friday a series of notes analyzing the growth of robotics in the economy. “We believe a cultural shift is underway and robots are playing an increasingly crucial role in our everyday lives,” said analyst Andrew Murphy. Murphy...
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Blue-Collar Workers Must Adapt To Survive
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 11:27am | 588Read More...As more and more parts of the economy become automated and human jobs are replaced by technology, it’s understandable that some workers are worried machines will eventually take over the entire blue-collar job market. Technology is cheaper, faster and potentially better at performing many...
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How Empathy Will Save Brick-And-Mortar Retail
Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 6:49pm | 756Read More...The death of brick-and-mortar retail is a well-worn topic. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is crushing. Online is the future. Yadda, yadda. But Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy has a different perspective. “We don’t typically talk about the percentage [of] sales that happen offline,...
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Facebook's Big Push Into Augmented Reality
Friday, April 21, 2017 - 11:06am | 430Read More...With the launch of the 10th anniversary iPhone 8 just months away, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors are anticipating the integration of new augmented reality technology into the landmark iPhone device. While the next step in AR will likely be integration with smart phones, Loup Ventures analyst...
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The 5 Senses Of Computing
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 1:13pm | 728Read More...While we are all familiar with the five senses — sight, smell, sound, taste and touch — the basic understanding of them are insufficient at the dawning of the new technological age. Thanks to Loup Ventures' Andrew Murphy, the five senses of computing — which build upon the...
