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Twitter's stock closes at $44.90 a share, up 73 percent on its first day — A more conservative approach than Facebook leads to a big first day of gains — Twitter held its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange this morning, opening its stock up for purchase to any interested investor …
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See also Mediagazer| Stephen Gandel / Fortune: |
In Twitter IPO, Wall Street reserved best info for top clients — Twitter's investment bankers are telling their clients one thing while Main Street hears a different story. — FORTUNE — Once again, Wall Street is telling its top paying clients one thing, and the rest of us are getting a different story.
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Twitter leaves more than $1 billion on the table — Twitter made a ton of money from its IPO, but its bankers got the better deal. — FORTUNE — Twitter began trading this morning at $45.10 per share, after pricing its IPO last night at $26 per share. Or, put another way, Twitter (TWTR) left more than $1.3 billion on the table.
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| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
A Like Is Not Enough: Facebook Tests Star Ratings Displayed On Pages — Facebook is apparently testing displaying star ratings, out of a possible five in total, on Pages on the desktop version of its site, according to a reliable tip received by TechCrunch this morning.
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| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data — WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company's vast database of phone records, which includes Americans' international calls, according to government officials.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Glass XE11 update adds commands to search Google Calendar, get directions home, & more — Google today announced its XE11 update for Google Glass and highlighted a few of the new features on its Google+ page for the wearable. New for Google Glass is the ability to search Google Calendar with commands like …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
See What's Inside the PlayStation 4 With These Exclusive Photos — Sony engineering director Yasuhiro Ootori looks over a PlayStation 4 — after taking it apart, piece by piece. — The PlayStation 4 — in one piece — and its controller, the DualShock 4.
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| Jeremy Hsu / IEEE Spectrum: |
First 3-D-Printed Metal Gun Shows Tech Maturity — A 3-D-printed metal gun made by direct metal laser sintering. — The world's first 3-D-printed metal gun aims to prove a point about the reliability of 3-D printing technology. But its makers don't plan on revolutionizing the manufacture …
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| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Path loses head of business and key designer, said to seek more funding at flat valuation — Path Loses Biz Head Amid Rumors Of Over $7M In Funding From Dustin Moskovitz — It's been a long, hard road for Dave Morin's Path, as it has seen lagging growth in a tough ("fruit fly experiments" anyone?) social market.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Marvel creating four superhero shows exclusively for Netflix, premiering in 2015 — Marvel is creating four live-action superhero series that will air exclusively on Netflix beginning in 2015. The first of the TV series will focus on Daredevil, while the following series will star Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage.
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| Rik Myslewski / The Register: |
Nvidia CEO: Android ‘the most disruptive operating system in decades’ — Profitable Tegra brings Android to phones, tablets, all-in-ones, settop boxes, gaming systems — Nvidia cofounder, president, and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is a big, big fan of the Android operating system …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases fix for OS X Mavericks Gmail bugs to customers — Apple has released a Mail Update for Mavericks that is designed to resolve many of the bugs that users of the OS X Mavericks Mail application have experienced since launch. … The update was released to Apple employees last week … | Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
Internet Explorer 11 comes to Windows 7 in its final form, brings speed improvements — Internet Explorer has already been available on Windows 7 as an optional Release Preview, but now it's making its way to the aging OS in a more complete form. Starting today, you can download the final build … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Chrome On Windows To Start Rejecting Extensions From Outside The Chrome Web Store In January — Starting in January, Google's Chrome browser will not allow you to install extensions that aren't hosted in Google's own Chrome Web Store. — While Google had recently increased its security measures … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple fixes 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro trackpad/keyboard issues, graphics bug on 15-inch — With the new 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro launch last month, many users have noticed and complained about issues relating to the computer's keyboard and trackpad becoming unresponsive.
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| Jeremiah Rice / Android Police: |
PSA: The Latest Google Play Services Update May Disable Android Device Manager (Remote Lock And Wipe) In Device Administrators — There's a new Google Play Services app in town, and it includes all kinds of goodies for developers. But there's a nasty surprise waiting inside Google Play Services 4.0 …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Groupon Q3 Misses On Sales Of $595.1M; Announces Acquisition Of Ticket Monster For $260M To Boost Mobile Business In Asia — Fresh from celebrating its fifth anniversary last week, Groupon today reported its Q3 earnings: it's a mixed picture but shows that Groupon continues to make good on its commitment …
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