Cody Willard

Should police and law enforcement officers be forced to wear a body camera? The topic was brought into the national spotlight following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by Darren Wilson, a police officer. A recent series of other widely publicized police shootings ensured the...

Analysts have been repeatedly baffled by the fact that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) can't beat an earnings report. The company has failed to beat consensus several quarters in a row, causing frustration among those who expect bigger and better things from the search engine giant...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is often criticized for not appeasing investors, but that changed over the last quarter. Experts believed the firm's fourth quarter results were a sign that the company could earn a lot of money when it was ready to start taking profits. "I think what...

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was once considered to be a powerful force in online game development, thanks in part to the "FarmVille" franchise. That changed when the company started losing players, which prompted Zynga to layoff several employees. Now the game studio, which once traded...

When Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) reports its first quarter 2015 results on Wednesday, investors will look for user and revenue growth. The latter element could prove to be the most significant element. "You want to see if they continue to grow mobile and whether their revenue per user...

BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) announced this week that it has acquired WatchDox, a data security company, to bolster mobile content security. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to TechCrunch, BlackBerry might have paid as much as $150 million. Was this money well spent? Some...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will report its first quarter 2015 earnings results after the market close Tuesday, but analysts aren't very excited by the company's prospects. "Wake me up when Yahoo actually grows revenue a little bit," Cody Willard, chairman of Scutify (a...

There are at least 22 fintech apps coming to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s smartwatch. Read on to see which apps have been confirmed. 1. Scutify Scutify (a financial social network) was the first fintech company to confirm to Benzinga that it was developing an app for Apple Watch. "...

Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY) closed up 12.64 percent on Thursday after investors poured into the stock. The company (which is not covered by Wall Street analysts and is currently down more than 4 percent) has received a lot of media attention this week, but there are other ways to play this...

Forget GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) and Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY), the future of wearables could be Periscope, Twitter Inc's (NYSE: TWTR) live streaming app. "Twitter's Periscope is the future of streaming as we know it unless something unbelievably innovative comes out for...

Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY) was up more than 12 percent Thursday after North Charleston mayor Keith Summey said that the city will supply more body cameras for its officers. The stock has fallen a couple points this afternoon, though it is still up more than 10 percent. Investors might be...

Mark Pincus, founder and chairman of Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA), has returned to his role as the company's CEO. This decision might surprise some investors, who wondered if former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) exec Don Mattrick could take the company to the next level. Cody Willard,...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is getting into the TV recommendation business. The streaming video giant has officially endorsed select TVs from Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE), LG, TCL, Hisense and Insignia. We have exciting #news to share! #tclrokutv was named a @Netflix Recommended TV! #smarttv #...

Scutify, a social network for the finance community, announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.5 million from private investors. The company, which is now valued at $25 million, decided to avoid the venture capital market and went straight to members of the existing Scutify community instead....