Techmeme: When Mayer Called Yahoo's Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn't Kidding (And Here's the Actual Number She Left Out) (Kara Swisher/AllThingsD)

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

When Mayer Called Yahoo's Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn't Kidding (And Here's the Actual Number She Left Out) — On Yahoo's recent fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Marissa Mayer called the company's mobile efforts a “nascent source of revenue,” a theme she reiterated in her appearance earlier …

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

You're not gonna Like it: Facebook's new search struggles with the real world — Mark Zuckerberg needs to rethink Likes before Graph Search can shine — One week ago, I received a Facebook message from my friend David. “SUPER random question, but do you know a girl from Michigan whose name is Lauren and lives in Boston?” he asked.

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

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How Nest's Control Freaks Reinvented the Thermostat — Two men who created the iPod and iPhone founded Nest and injected new technology into the humble thermostat. Now they have their sights on the rest of your house. — With computing and design savvy, Matt Rogers (left) …

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Next Sony PlayStation to Stream Games — Sony Corp. is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market. — The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along …

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Chris Burritt / Bloomberg:

Best Buy Makes Price Match Permanent to Win Back Clients — Best Buy Co. will make permanent its holiday price-matching policy to get shoppers to stop using its stores for scouting products they later buy online elsewhere. — The year-round policy, designed to end the practice known as …

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