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Mark Zuckerberg says showing fewer viral videos reduced the total time people spent on Facebook by ~50M hours every day, as MAUs reach 2.13B, up 14% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
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Facebook's daily active user base in the US and Canada fell for the first time ever in Q4, dropping from 185M to 184M in the previous quarter — It was a small but negative change to daily active users in Facebook's most valuable market. — Here's a troubling data point if you're a Facebook investor …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
eBay says it will stop using PayPal for its backend payments service by 2020, will work with Amsterdam-based payments company Adyen instead; PYPL down 8%+ — The shopping marketplace will instead begin working with Amsterdam-based Adyen. — One of the tech industry's most storied partnerships is coming to an end.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple pulls Telegram apps from the App Store for inappropriate content; founder Durov expects them to return once protections are in place — The Telegram messaging apps appear to have breached Apple's App Store guidelines and are currently unavailable for download on iOS. 9to5Mac spotted …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Concerns grow that Bitcoin's price is being propped up by Bitfinex, the widely-used and shadowy exchange subpoenaed in December by the US CFTC — A growing number of virtual currency investors are worried that the prices of Bitcoin and other digital tokens have been artificially propped …
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| Microsoft Investor Relations: |
Microsoft reports $28.92B in Q2 2018 revenue, up 12% YoY, net loss of $6.3B due to $13.8B charge related to tax overhaul — REDMOND, Wash. — January 31, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017: · Revenue was $28.9 billion and increased 12%
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Tweets: @jeffgrubb, @markrussinovich, @fxshaw, @sai, @maryjofoley, @mehedih_, and @greene
| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
Instagram's Facebook-style recommendations and notifications and an uptick in the number of ads in feeds are making the service more annoying to use — Why does Instagram want to be so much like its big brother at a time when the pre-eminent social network is drawing so much criticism?
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| Reuters: |
India says it does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender and will eliminate their use for payments, but would explore use of blockchain technology — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will move to stamp out use of cryptocurrencies, which it considers illegal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday …
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| Miranda Katz / Wired: |
Podcasters first look at Apple's Podcast Analytics data shows listeners are highly engaged, with many listening to 80-90% of shows, and prefer longer formats — The public radio producer had started a podcast as a side project in early 2017, and the exploration of her experience …
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| Reuters: |
Alibaba's Q3 earnings beat expectations as revenue jumps 56% YoY to ~$13.19B; company will buy a 33% stake in its payment affiliate Ant Financial — (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), China's biggest e-commerce company, reported a 56 percent increase in third-quarter revenue …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
AT&T reports Q4 revenue of $41.7B, vs. $41.8B last year, 4.1M total wireless net adds, and $19B net income, vs. $2.4B last year, boosted by tax reform benefit — AT&T has never shied away from a fight. — The Dallas telecom giant has been in the thick of a long battle …
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| Reuters: |
Lenovo reports Q3 $289M net loss, recorded $400M charge due to US tax reform; core PC and smart devices business group posted 8% rise in revenue to $9.25B — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group reported a quarterly loss of $289 million on Thursday …
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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q1 revenue of $6.04B, up 1% YoY, $6B tax reform charge, and 96% YoY operating profit decline as Apple and others withheld royalty payments — - Qualcomm reported adjusted earnings of 98 cents per share and revenue of $6 billion, beating street estimates of 91 cents per share and $5.93 billion in revenue.
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