Why are tech stocks sliding?

It has not been a good few weeks for investors in technology stocks. The Nasdaq index, packed full of tech hopefuls, has been sliding - it was down 1.3 per cent yesterday. The big internet names like Linked In and Twitter are down 40 per cent from their highs.

Eileen Burbidge of Passion Capital and Alpesh Patel from Praefinium Partners analyse why there is a downturn in tech stocks.