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Facebook Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014. — “We got a lot done in 2014. Our community continues to grow and we're making progress towards connecting the world …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Beats Estimates In Q4 With $3.85B Revenue, User Growth Up To 2.9% QOQ To Hit 1.39B — Facebook beat the street's estimates for the 10th straight quarter in Q4 2014. It now has 1.393 billion users, up 3.18% quarter over quarter, which was a little faster than Q3's 2.2% but slower than Q2's 3.125%.| Garett Sloane / Adweek: |
Facebook mobile ad revenue accounts for 69% of total ad revenue in Q4, up from 53% Q4 2013; 1.19B mobile MAUs — Facebook Just Shared Insane Q4 Mobile Numbers and Ad Sales — Its smartphone promos alone did $2.5 billion — Facebook's mobile sales continue to skyrocket …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook video views hit 3B per day, up from 1B daily views in September 2014 — Facebook Now Has Over 3B Video Views Per Day — If it's starting to feel like every visit you make to Facebook these days is full of videos, you are not alone. Facebook today reported in a strong set … | Ben Kepes / Forbes: |
Amazon to introduce WorkMail, a cloud email and calendar service aimed at Microsoft Exchange's market, in Q2 2015 — Amazon Changes The Game Again—AWS Introduces WorkMail — Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud computing business unit, continues to surprise industry commentators with both its growth and its incessant innovation.
| Eric Lempel / PlayStation.Blog: |
Sony announces Spotify-powered PlayStation Music streaming service for PS4, PS3, and Xperia devices; Music Unlimited shutting down March 29 — PlayStation, Meet Spotify — Hello everyone! I'm thrilled today to introduce a new music destination called PlayStation Music, with Spotify as the exclusive partner.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Qualcomm Cuts Outlook, Warning Its Snapdragon 810 Dropped From a Flagship Device — Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm said Wednesday that it is cutting its financial outlook for the next two quarters as its Snapdragon 810 chip was dropped by a large customer. — The company also blamed continued concerns …
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Facebook Super Bowl hub collects posts and videos from friends, news outlets, players, and teams — Introducing a New Super Bowl Experience on Facebook — By Alex Himel, Engineering Director and Dan Reed, Head of Global Sports Partnerships — More than 50 million people joined …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
FTC fines TracFone Wireless $40M for throttling customers after advertising “unlimited” data — FTC Says Unlimited Data With Throttling Doesn't Count as Unlimited — In a case that could have broad implications, the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday ordered prepaid mobile provider TracFone …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Slack Buys Screenhero To Add Screen Sharing And Voice Chat To Its Work Messaging Platform — Slack, the enterprise collaboration service that has raised $180 million and proven to be a runaway success with 365,000 daily active users, has made another acquisition to add more functionality … | CBC News: |
Canada's electronic spy agency tracks millions of online movie, photo, music, and other downloads worldwide — CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents — Global sites for sharing movies, photos, music targeted in mass anti-terror surveillance
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| Washington Post: |
Google says it fought gag orders in WikiLeaks investigation — Google has fought all gag orders preventing it from telling customers that their e-mails and other data were sought by the U.S. government in a long-running investigation of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks …
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Jawbone launches marketplace for third-party devices and apps in the US — Experience the Internet of You: Introducing the Jawbone Marketplace — “At Jawbone, we embrace the promise of the Internet of Things. We can only put all this together if we work with others …
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| Andrew Grush / Android Authority: |
Evleaks reveals render showing off One M9 in two sizes, with improved aesthetics — With HTC set to unveil its next flagship in March, we're already hearing quite a few rumors on what to expect from the One (M9). In addition to talk of specs, there have also been several leaked images …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg Business: |
China accuses Alibaba of bribery and lax oversight of illegal operations on its platforms in report withheld until now to avoid disrupting the company's IPO — China Accuses Alibaba of Lax Oversight of Merchants — Don't Miss Out — … (Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has a …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
TechStars Ventures Raises $150 Million As It Expands Into Series A Investments — Techstars has raised $150 million for its latest vehicle, Techstars Ventures (formerly known as Bullet Time Ventures) as it expands from seed into Series A investment. — “The $150 million third fund is focused … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
UserTesting raises $45.5M Series C led by Accel Partners to expand usability testing business — Accel Chooses “A” And “B” With UserTesting's $45.5 Million Round — When rolling out a new product, or making changes to an old one, companies can spend thousands of dollars on testing to ensure …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Firmware update prevents DJI drones from flying over Washington, DC after White House crash — Drone maker DJI will disable its units over Washington, DC, after White House crash — Rookie pilots will get a little extra help determining what's a no-fly zone
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Wall Street Journal, TIME, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, bizjournals, Mashable, Ubergizmo, The Hill, TechCrunch and Digital Trends. Tweets: @jacknicas
| Associated Press: |
Samsung's 4Q earnings drop 27 percent, beats forecast — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. says its quarterly earnings dropped 27 percent in the fourth quarter but its result beat forecasts. — The world's top smartphone maker reported Thursday that its October-December earnings …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tesco Inks Deal For Rakuten's Kobo To Take On Blinkbox Books' Customers, Other Assets — Some closure in the ongoing story of retail giant Tesco offloading its digital content effort blinkbox. Assets from blinkbox Books — specifically customer accounts and existing e-book libraries …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business: |
Snapchat original series “SnapperHero” to be made by YouTube and Vine stars, sponsored by AT&T — YouTube Stars Expand to Snapchat — Don't Miss Out — … (Bloomberg) — Snapchat Inc. is getting its own superhero series, the latest sign that the ephemeral-messaging startup …
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