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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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Secret British spy unit mounted cyberattacks against Anonymous and LulzSec, Snowden docs show — War on Anonymous: British Spies Attacked Hackers, Snowden Docs Show — A secret British spy unit created to mount cyber attacks on Britain's enemies has waged war on the hacktivists of Anonymous and LulzSec, according to documen...
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| 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.| 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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Long-Time Google Ads Exec Susan Wojcicki is YouTube's New Boss — Susan Wojcicki, SVP of advertising for Google, will lead its YouTube unit, sources said. — The news was first reported as likely by The Information late Tuesday night. — Wojcicki was employee No. 16 at Google …
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See also Mediagazer| 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.| Bloomberg: |
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 … | Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple faces $2 billion damages claim in Mannheim over wireless patents — trial on Tuesday (Feb. 11) — On Tuesday (February 11, 2014), Apple will have to defend itself in a German patent trial against a damages claim amounting to 1.57 billion euros ($2.12 billion), plus prejudgment interest …
| 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.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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 … | 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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Inside the Microsoft CEO Search: How Satya Nadella Was Chosen — Gates, Ballmer and Board Debated as They Went From 100 Candidates to One — The search for a new Microsoft Corp. leader was taking its toll. — It had been five months since Steve Ballmer announced he was stepping down as chief executive … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
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| 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 … | 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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| 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.| 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.| 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.| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sony looking to sell PC business to investment fund — TOKYO — Sony is in talks to unload its sluggish personal computer operations to investment fund Japan Industrial Partners, part of a business overhaul designed to shift focus to smartphones, The Nikkei learned Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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