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Twitter Beats In Q1 With $250M In Revenue And Picks Up 14M New Monthly Active Users — Twitter released its first quarter financial performance this afternoon, reporting revenue of $250 million in the period, and earnings per share of $0.00 on a non-GAAP basis.
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Isaac / Re/code: |
Twitter faces decelerating growth in active users and timeline views — Twitter Adds More Users, but Wall Street Wants More — Twitter is still growing — but hardly fast enough for Wall Street. — Twitter reported 255 million monthly active users as of the end of March … | Sam Ro / Business Insider: |
Twitter stock drops over 10% to all-time low in after hours trading — Twitter Shares Tank To All-Time Lows — Traders and investors aren't too pleased with Twitter's Q1 financial results. — Despite reporting breakeven earnings and raising guidance, the stock is down by around 9.6%.
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| Dom Esposito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's MacBook Air lineup updated with new Haswell processors, now starts at $899 — In line with our recent reporting, Apple has updated its Macbook Air lineup. The refresh features Intel's Haswell processor and is now $100 less than the previous model.
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Samsung once again leans on Google's Android for help in closing argument — Samsung strikes back at Apple, saying it's really going after Android. — After being called a copycat and a coward by Apple earlier today, Samsung traded barbs of its own, saying flat out that it didn't copy … | Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google plans Android “Silver” program to replace Nexus, pushes OEMs to make devices that closely adhere to Google specifications — Android Silver Program Reportedly Designed To Give Google More Control Over Its Mobile Destiny — Google does indeed have a so-called “Silver” … | Tom Wheeler / Official FCC Blog: |
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defends net neutrality approach, seeks path to avoid years in court — Finding the Best Path Forward to Protect the Open Internet — I am a strong believer in the importance of an Open Internet. As President Obama has explained, “Preserving an Open Internet …
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See also Mediagazer| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
RadiumOne's New CEO's Memo on Chahal Firing: “We Cannot Know for Certain What Gurbaksh Will Do” — Here's a memo that new RadiumOne CEO Bill Lonergan sent out late last night to the employees of the advertising tech company in the wake of the firing of Gurbaksh Chahal, its founder and CEO.
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| Natt Garun / The Next Web: |
Acer teases Liquid Leap, a wearable smart band launching alongside the 5-inch Liquid Jade smartphone this summer — Acer announces Liquid Leap, its first wearable smart band — Acer today announced its latest product line which includes the Liquid Leap, a smart band that can track fitness activities and pair with smartphones.| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Firefox 29 Launches With Major Redesign, Firefox Account Integration — Mozilla is launching its most important release of Firefox in a very long time today. After almost two years of working on its Australis redesign, the company is now finally ready to bring it to its stable release channel.| Strategy Analytics: |
Samsung & Apple Slip as Global Smartphone Shipments Reach 285 Million Units in Q1 2014 — According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) research service, global smartphone shipments grew +33% annually to reach 285 million units in the first quarter of 2014.
| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
MIT students raise $500,000 to give every undergraduate on campus $100 worth of Bitcoin — Two MIT students have successfully raised more than half a million dollars in order to give all 4,528 undergraduate students on campus $100 worth of the cryptocurrency to use as they see fit.
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| Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: |
Sources say Amazon eyeing ARM architecture to design its own server chips — Amazon joins other web giants trying to design its own chips — As demand for its cloud computing services continues to grow, sources say Amazon is trying to design its own server chips.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
eBay Beats, Q1 Non-GAAP Earnings Up 11 Percent to $899M, Revenue Up 14 Percent To $4.3B — eBay just reported first quarter earnings this afternoon, beating expectations. Non-GAAP earnings increased 11%, to $899 million or $0.70 per diluted share, over the prior year, driven by strong top line growth, says the company.| Office Blogs: |
Office for iPad now includes printing — Last month, we launched Office for iPad® with the robust capabilities and familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office, plus a fantastic touch experience built for iPad. Millions of people downloaded Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad and thousands sent us feature requests.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Stung by data breach, Target speeds switch to chip-and-PIN card readers — New Mastercard-provided chip-and-PIN cards will debut at all Target stores by early 2015. That must be cold comfort for First M. Lastname, whose account has already been compromised in this image here.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Sprint announces Spotify partnership and HTC One Harman Kardon edition — Sprint today announced a special edition of the HTC One smartphone that includes special audio technologies tuned for better music playback. The HTC One M8 Harman Kardon edition uses two technologies to restore … | William Alden / New York Times: |
Doximity, an Online Network for Doctors, Raises $54 Million — Facebook and LinkedIn have found success by gathering broad swaths of users. But several prominent investors are betting that a narrower focus can help a social network prosper. — Doximity, a professional network for doctors …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Amazon's new Wearable Technology hub showcases the latest smartwatches, activity trackers, and more — Amazon is dedicating part of its store to the ever-growing number of wearable devices on the market. The online hub, simply called Wearable Technology, covers smartwatches …
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| Michael J. Casey / Wall Street Journal: |
Mt. Gox Creditors, Investors Agree to Try to Revive Bitcoin Exchange — Deal Would Give Creditors a 16.5% Stake in the Future Company — Lawyers for creditors involved in two proposed class-action lawsuits against Mt. Gox have reached an agreement to support a group of U.S. investors' bid …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
API and Analytics Co. Apigee Closes $60 Million Round As Public Offering Looms — Looking ahead to a potential public offering in the next year the application program interface and analytics services company Apigee has raised an additional $60 million in late stage financing.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Tidemark rolls out ‘Playbooks’ dashboards, raises $32 million — Summary: The new funding will be used to expand sales and marketing for Tidemark, an enterprise performance management company. Tidemark also partnered with New Relic. — Tidemark on Tuesday said it is rolling out a new interface …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Google Glass users can now say ‘Explore Nearby’ to launch Field Trip, discover the world around them — When Google released its Field Trip app for Glass back in August last year, it made perfect sense. You could finally use the wearable computer as a handy visual tour guide when you're out and about …
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