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Bing finally reaches profitability, contributing more than $1B to Microsoft's Q1 revenue — Microsoft's Bing search business finally is profitable — Microsoft's search business has turned the corner and is finally profitable, and generated $1 billion in revenues during the company's first quarter of 2016.
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UK ISP TalkTalk suffers massive breach, warns data of 4M customers, including credit card and bank details, could have been accessed — TalkTalk website hit by cyber-attack — Police are investigating after a “significant and sustained cyber-attack” on the TalkTalk website, the UK company has confirmed.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
BlackBerry launches US preorders for $699 Priv Android slider phone, to work only with AT&T and T-Mobile and ship on November 6 — BlackBerry launches US preorders for $699 Priv Android slider phone — BlackBerry's Priv will start shipping in the United States on November 6th …
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| Mathew Ingram / Fortune: |
Pandora shares fall more than 30% after company reports quarterly loss of $85M — Pandora investors are losing faith in its ability to compete — Long before there was a Spotify or an Apple Music, there was Pandora. One of the earliest streaming music services, it was founded in 2000 …
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Pandora will pay RIAA $90 million for playing pre-1972 songs — The maze of state copyright laws is an expensive headache for online music. — Internet radio company Pandora has agreed to pay the major US record labels $90 million over streaming of pre-1972 songs, which aren't covered … | Barbara van Schewick / Medium: |
As EU votes on net neutrality rules on Tuesday next week, activists urge MEPs to adopt key amendments — Europe Is About to Adopt Bad Net Neutrality Rules. Here's How to Fix Them — On Tuesday, October 27, the European Parliament will vote on rules intended to protect network neutrality in the European Union (EU).
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
CEO Jack Dorsey Gives a Third of His Twitter Stock Back to Employees — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is giving a third of his Twitter stock to the company's employees, he said in a tweet today. — The shares amount to 1 percent of the company, and the move is to “reinvest directly in our people,” he said.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business: |
Twitter's first Promoted Moments native advertising campaign rolls out this weekend — Twitter Rolls Out Advertising on New ‘Moments’ Feature — First Promoted Moment to run this weekend for movie ‘Creed’ — Twitter Inc. isn't wasting any time making money from its newest feature, called Moments.
Tweets: @sarahfrier and @mathewi
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
MapQuest Updated To v3.0 With Improved Maps, Multi-Stop Route Optimizations, And More — Okay, MapQuest still exists. I know, now that I've completely blown your mind, I can also tell you the MapQuest Android app has been updated to v3.0, and there are some substantial improvements.
Tweets: @mathewi
| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Alphabet beats expectations with $18.7B in revenue and $7.35 earnings per share, announces $5B in stock buybacks; stock rises more than 9% — Google's first earnings as Alphabet: Strong $18.7B in revenue, $7.35 earnings per share, $5B in buybacks — Today the corporate behemoth formerly known …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Naspers acquires majority stake in Russian online classifieds group Avito in $1.2 billion transaction — South African Internet and media company Naspers has become the largest shareholder in Avito, the leading online classifieds platform in Russia with more than 35 million unique monthly visitors …
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