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Twitter's internal 2013 growth target was 400m users, sources say it now has 240m — Twitter User Growth Slower Than Internal Goals — Is Twitter growing fast enough? — This seems like an odd question to ask, since the company has just told the world it's getting ready to go public.
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A Short Post, a Big Splash: #TwitterIPO — Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world's largest platforms for public conversation, is about to take its biggest step yet into maturity: selling stock to the public.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Twitter Doles Out Stock Grants to Keep Top Talent — Twitter's eventual day in the IPO sun is closer than ever. And the company is doing all it can to keep the forecast as pleasant as possible — including keeping its top employees happy. — Twitter has handed out stock grants to a number …
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Online iPhone 5s orders open at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Sept. 20, in-store sales begin locally at 8 a.m. — While it won't be available to preorder, the iPhone 5s will hit Apple's online store at 12:01 Pacific next Friday, Sept. 20, while Apple's retail stores will begin selling the device when they open at 8 a.m. local time.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iPhone 5C pre-orders available from Apple, carriers, and retailers — Pre-order your iPhone 5Cs now! Or don't. No one's forcing you either way. — As it promised during Tuesday's announcement, Apple has officially begun accepting pre-orders for the sort-of-new iPhone 5C in its online store as of 12:01am PT today.
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Some Thoughts about the iPhone 5S Camera Improvements — One of the big improvements that comes with the iPhone 5S is a new camera system, with a faster aperture for more light throughput, bigger 8 MP sensor with correspondingly bigger pixels, dual LED color temperature matching flash, and improved ISP.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
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Twitter Releases Spotify App — Remember when Twitter bought We Are Hunted, whose creators then built Twitter's #music app, which was initially super popular in part due to its cool design and the fact that everybody uses Twitter, but then it ran into a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem?
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Google Founders' Jet Fleet Loses a Pentagon Fuel Perk — Questions Raised about Founders Use for Non-Government Flights — Google Inc. founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the U.S. Department of Defense ended …
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Insight: In Silicon Valley start-up world, pedigree counts — (Reuters) - When asked to name the most notable rags-to-riches entrepreneur that his firm has funded, venture capitalist Ben Horowitz doesn't hesitate: Christian Gheorghe, a Romanian immigrant who came to the United States without speaking English …
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Huawei to Keep Making Smartphones Running Windows Phone — Comments Come as Microsoft Set to Produce Own Hardware After Buying Nokia Handset Business — STOCKHOLM—A Huawei Technologies Co. executive said Thursday the Chinese company will continue to make smartphones running …
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Intel Plans to Shed East Coast Chip Plant — Intel has decided to dispense with its oldest factory, a plant in Maynard, Mass., whose technology it deems outdated. — The company said Thursday that it plans to cease production in Maynard by the end of 2014.
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Facebook Sunsets Credits, Transitions To Local Currencies To Boost International Payments — Facebook launched its virtual currency Credits in June 2011 to simplify payments. In reality, Credits caused headaches for international payments due to fluctuating exchange rates.
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Microsoft launches iPad trade-in promotion — Summary: Microsoft is launching a limited-time iPad trade-in offer in its brick-and-mortar Microsoft Stores. — Microsoft is kicking up a notch its competition with Apple's iPad with a new, limited time trade-in offer.
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