Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

Ticker tape machines, created in 1867, transmitted stock data before real-time electronic tickers in 1996. Electronic tickers display stock details like symbol, shares traded, and price changes in ...

Facebook is making it harder to see what your friends are liking and commenting on right this minute — the ticker feed recently joined Facebook’s list of axed features. A Facebook representative ...