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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Crushes With Q4 Revenue Of $242.7M, But Shows Slow User Growth To 241M Actives — After the bell this afternoon, Twitter reported its maiden earnings as a public company, with fourth-quarter revenue of $242.7 million and earnings per share of $0.02 (non-GAAP).
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See also Mediagazer| Steve Hargreaves / CNN Money: |
Twitter forecasts slowing sales and user growth — Twitter reported strong sales in its first financial report since going public last year, but the stock fell in after hours trade on a disappointing outlook. — The social network reported sales of $243 million in the fourth quarter, up 116% from the same time last year.
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Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company — Last week, Target told reporters at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters that the initial intrusion into its systems was traced back to network credentials that were stolen from a third party vendor. Sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the vendor …
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| Eric Pfanner / New York Times: |
Samsung plans relatively low-key Unpacked 5 event, won't include eye scanner in Galaxy S5 — Samsung Reins In the Theatrics for Galaxy S5 — TOKYO — Don't expect a lot of singing and dancing when Samsung Electronics introduces the next generation of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, this month.
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| Raffi Krikorian / The Twitter Blog: |
Introducing Twitter Data Grants — Today we're introducing a pilot project we're calling Twitter Data Grants, through which we'll give a handful of research institutions access to our public and historical data. — With more than 500 million Tweets a day, Twitter has an expansive set …
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Facing 228 unresolved patent claims, Apple joins Google in asking Supreme Court to curb patent abuse — Apple Joins Google in Pressing Court to Curb Patent Abuse — Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG), saying they're tired of being slapped with frivolous patent suits that cost millions …
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| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Google, Intellectual Ventures case over patents ends in U.S. mistrial — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in a lawsuit brought by private patent owner Intellectual Ventures against Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit after jurors could not unanimously agree, according to an Intellectual Ventures statement.| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Google Confirms Susan Wojcicki Is New YouTube Head — Susan Wojcicki is Google's new SVP of YouTube, Google confirmed today. We wrote about the shift last night. — Google CEO Larry Page said in an emailed statement, “Salar and the whole YouTube team have built something amazing.
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See also Mediagazer| Gabriella Coleman / Wired: |
The New Snowden Revelation Is Dangerous for Anonymous — And for All of Us — The latest Snowden-related revelation is that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) proactively targeted the communications infrastructure used by the online activist collective known as Anonymous.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Windows 8.1 Update 1 now looking like April — Summary: Microsoft's new ship target for its coming Windows 8.1 Update 1 may have shifted from March to April, according to sources. — I've heard from two of my sources in the past week that Microsoft's ship target for Windows 8.1 Update 1 has shifted from March 2014 to April 2014.
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| Zach Honig / Engadget: |
Visitors to Sochi Olympics should expect to be hacked (video) — There's little question at this point that the logistics in Sochi, from hotel rooms to public infrastructure, are a mess, but one of the greatest threats to visitors is one they can't even see.| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Steve Jobs wanted Sony VAIOs to run OS X — Ex-Sony president recalls an unforgettable golf course meeting — In 2005, Steve Jobs' announcement that Apple's computers would be moving from PowerPC to Intel surprised many. OS X had been living “a secret double life” with Intel for five years … | Harry McCracken / TIME: |
Amazon's iPhone App Uses Image Recognition to “See” Real-World Products You Want to Buy — Among the many things that make Amazon one of the most successful merchants in the history of merchandising is the zeal with which it removes every possible obstacle that might stand in the way of you buying something.| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Lays Foundation for Giant Video Advertising Business — In many ways, Amazon's advertising business still remains a mystery. The company doesn't break out the size of it in its earning reports, and Amazon exec presentations on it at industry events are often low on details.| Jason Fried / 37signals: |
37signals changes name to Basecamp, will focus solely on that product, may spin off or sell Campfire and Highrise — Two big announcements. — This year marks 37signals' 15th year in business. And today is Basecamp's 10th birthday. We have a lot to celebrate, and two exciting announcements to share.| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
In Q4, Pandora posts highest profit as public company — Pandora Media, the operator of the Web's top radio service, reported its biggest quarter of profit since it went public, affirming expectations that its investments to soup up its advertising engine would pay off.| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
Google Ends EU Antitrust Probe Pledging Rival Links — Google Inc. (GOOG), the owner of the world's largest search engine, reached a settlement to end the European Union's three-year antitrust probe after it offered to display results from rival search services.
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| Abhijeet M. / SamMobile: |
EXCLUSIVE: A look at Samsung's updated S Voice app — Samsung adds a multitude of features and services on top of what Google already provides with Android, and we recently offered our readers an exclusive look on updated versions of two of those apps - S Health and WatchON.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Newegg's answer to Amazon Prime: $50 per year for expedited shipping — If you're the type of person who makes electronics purchases on a whim but then agonizes over which shipping to choose, you may be happy to hear about Newegg Premier. — Taking a page out of Amazon's playbook …
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