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Instagram now has 700M monthly active users, adding 100M new users in just over four months — It took the company just four months to add 100 million new accounts. — Instagram is growing faster than it ever has before. — The photo and video app, which is owned by Facebook …
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Interview with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on how the service reached 700M MAUs by increasing the pace of shipping products, future growth prospects, more — At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts … | Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Twitter beats Q1 estimates with $548M revenue and 328M MAUs, up 9M QoQ and 7M more than expected, and says DAUs are up 14% YoY; stock up 10%+ — In a surprise after several quarters of disappointing results, Twitter on Wednesday reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber updates its app to make rider ratings more visible, in an effort to encourage good behavior, and adds options for low UberPool ratings — Are you a 4.9? — It used to be that if you wanted to see how many stars you've racked up as an Uber rider, you had to basically excavate your rating from the app.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Chris Sacca retires from startup investing and will stop appearing on Shark Tank; Lowercase Capital will not raise another fund — Chris Sacca, one of the earliest investors in companies like Uber and Twitter, today announced that he has decided to stop making investments in technology startups.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Echo Look, a $200 “style assistant” camera for taking selfies that works via Alexa commands and is compatible with Amazon's Style Check app — With the addition of a camera, Amazon's new Echo Look device can now see and hear all.
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| Doug Olenick / SC Magazine US: |
Trend Micro report details political-influence activities of cyber espionage group Pawn Storm, aka APT28, Fancy Bear, Sednit, over the last two years — An in depth look at the cyberespionage gang Pawn Storm by Trend Micro reveals an incredibly complicated and capable group … | Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: |
FalseGuide botnet malware, hidden in over 40 fake game companion guides, may have infected ~2M Android devices; apps have been removed from Google Play — Dozens of infected apps went under Google's radar — About 600,000 Android users have mistakenly installed malware on their devices straight …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
On-demand ride service Gett confirms acquisition of rival Juno for $200M, as Uber's rivals consolidate businesses; Gett CEO says firm hopes to raise this year — The competitive landscape for transportation apps has become a little smaller today. Gett has announced that it has acquired Juno, a rival in the New York market.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood confirms $110M Series C at $1.3B valuation led by DST Global, says it has reached 2M users and 17% MoM subscriber growth — Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has joined the unicorn club. — That's thanks to it reaching 2 million total monthly users …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Spotify acquires Mediachain, the firm behind an open, blockchain-based tool for recognising artist's work online — Spotify has acquired Mediachain, the New York-based startup behind an open source peer-to-peer database and protocol for registering, identifying, and tracking creative works across the internet.
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| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Palantir to pay $1.7M in back wages and other relief to settle Department of Labor suit claiming it had discriminated against Asian job applicants — Palantir Technologies, the Palo Alto-based data analytics company, has settled an administrative lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor last fall.
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