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Facebook’s Instagram Will Pass Twitter Again: Report

Facebook (FB)-owned photo-sharing site Instagram saw its mobile user base blow past rival Twitter (TWTR) in 2014. Now, Instagram’s U.S. mobile display ad revenue is predicted to overtake Twitter, as well as Google (GOOGL), in 2017, predicts eMarketer in a report released Monday. In 2016, Instagram is expected to post mobile display ad revenue of $1.3 billion, trailing microblog Twitter’s $1.7 billion and search leader Google’s $1.8 billion. But in

Box Stock Upgraded on Customers Adds, Security Focus

Online file storage company Box corporate customer additions, focus on security, and strategic partnerships foreshadow more revenue upside while rivals such as Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) lose momentum, says Pacific Crest Securities. Analyst Rob Owens upgraded the Box (BOX) stock to overweight with a 24 price target. Los Altos, Calif.-based Box’s stock rose 2.8% to 16.75 in early trading in the stock market today Box partnered with IBM in

Bullish PayPal Calls: Braintree A Plus Vs. Apple Pay

Competition with Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOGL) in mobile payments isn’t scaring most Wall Street analysts from initiating coverage on PayPal with bullish calls. Citigroup, Barclays and Raymond James on Wednesday initiated coverage on online payments processor PayPal (PYPL), which started trading on Monday following its spinoff fromeBay (EBAY), with buy, overweight and outperform ratings, respectively. Despite the burgeoning rivalry with Apple and