Cody Willard

Ambarella Inc (NASDAQ: AMBA) is a hot stock right now, rising more than 75 percent year-to-date. The company (which supplies HD chipsets) has an impressive list of customers, including GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO), Xiaomi and Huawei. Some have speculated that QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) should...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has become the quickest way for someone to ruin a career. Celebrities, politicians, corporate executives and numerous others have all tweeted things they later regretted but failed to delete before others copied the message. Complex compiled a lengthy list of...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is rumored to be developing a new service that will make it easier to share photos online. According to Bloomberg, the new service will not be part of the Google+ social network. Instead, search engine giant will allow users to post images to the world...

Spotify has achieved a lot since it came to America roughly four years ago. The company has successfully shifted from being the new guy that hoped to compete with Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) to the very thing that threatens Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s future in music. Apple was rumored...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reportedly canceled any and all plans to release a high-definition television. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple didn't think its new features (such as a FaceTime camera that senses who is talking and directs the camera toward the speaker) were...

All signs indicate that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at least experimenting with the idea of building its own car-related technology, if not actual automobiles. In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, A123 Systems accused Apple of poaching employees to develop a large-scale battery division. More...

Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) may be seeking a buyer amid slow growth and rising costs. Is this a smart acquisition or a company that should be left behind? "If you talk to the small business user, they are not happy with Yelp," Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry told...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to acquire BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY)? It was only a rumor that popped up earlier this week, but many analysts were quick to weigh in on the matter. "I think the play with BlackBerry is a partnership play, not at all an acquisition," Global Equities...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) gave AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) investors an early Christmas present Tuesday morning. The wireless carrier -- which has a market cap of more than $200 billion -- announced that it will acquire AOL for approximately $4.4 billion. The deal (which values the stock...

In February, analysts were very impressed by GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO)'s fourth quarter results. Cody Willard, chairman of Scutify (a financial social network), was particularly excited. "How about 'GoWow'?" Willard told Benzinga at the time. "The magnitude of...

Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) were halted shortly before Tuesday's close after the company's first quarter earnings were leaked online. The leak proved to be somewhat disappointing for investors who expected more from the social media empire, especially those who are a bullish on...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has set another record for iPhone sales. The company increased unit sales by roughly 40 percent and sold 61.1 million iPhones versus 43.7 million in the year-ago period. "Those iPhone numbers are very impressive," Cody Willard, chairman of Scutify (a...

Analysts had nothing but high praise for GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO)'s fourth quarter results. At the time, Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and author of The TechStrat Report, told Benzinga that the company "might have done an Apple squared-typed quarter." Cody...

Analysts have high hopes for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s earnings results. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant will report its fiscal 2015 second quarter results Monday afternoon -- just days after the firm released its long-awaited smartwatch. "[Apple] is breaking all...

Some customers were confused about the availability of the Apple Watch this weekend. In a March 9 press release, Apple stated the following: "Apple Watch…will be available on Friday, April 24 to customers in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US." "...