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Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2015 Results — Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. — “Our very strong revenue growth in Q4 reflects the vibrancy of our business …
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After blockbuster earnings, Alphabet is set to pass Apple as the world's most valuable public company Tuesday — Google passes Apple as most valuable company — Google-parent Alphabet passed Apple as the most valuable company in the world. At current after-hours levels … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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| Kif Leswing / Tech Insider: |
Report: Google seeking Apple-like control of Nexus phone manufacturing process, reducing involvement of hardware partners — Google's got a case of iPhone envy (GOOG, AAPL) — Google is planning to take more control over the design of its Nexus smartphones, taking steps to make the line …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp passes 1B monthly active users, says 42B messages and 1.6B photos are shared daily, and users send 250M videos every day — WhatsApp passes 1 billion monthly active users — WhatsApp has joined a growing club of services that can now count having more than 1 billion monthly active users …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to unveil cost-cutting plan that includes up to 15% staff reduction, closure of some units — Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to Unveil Cost-Cutting Plan — Chief executive is expected to announce a cost-cutting plan that includes the closing of several units … | Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Google expands presidential candidate cards in search results and Now with info about candidates' positions on issues, will also offer primary voting reminders — Google Expanding Candidate Cards, Will Also Offer Primary Voting Reminders — Building on an experiment following …
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| Sarah Kessler / Fast Company: |
Sesame Ventures partners with Collaborative Fund on $10M Collab+Sesame Fund to invest in tech for children — Sesame Launches A Venture Arm To Invest In Startups That Help Kids — In 1966, Sesame Street's founders wondered whether the prevailing entertainment technology of the time …
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Facebook says it's now using feedback from user surveys in News Feed when selecting stories, warns some Pages will lose referral traffic — News Feed FYI: Using Qualitative Feedback to Show Relevant Stories — The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter most to you.
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New technologies like connected TVs, cars, bulbs, wearables, and more give government ample means to track suspects, Berkman Center study finds — New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds — WASHINGTON — For more than two years the F.B.I. and intelligence agencies …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung updates Android browser for its devices, adds support for third-party ad blocking plugins — Samsung's Android browser gets ad blocking capabilities — Samsung is today adding support for content and ad blocking plugins to the web browser preinstalled on its Android phones.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Twitter shares are jumping on news that Marc Andreessen and Silver Lake thought about buying it out — Twitter shares are jumping in pre-market trading on speculation that Marc Andreessen could partner with private equity group Silver Lake to buy the company. — The speculation comes from Jessica Lessin of The Information.
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
Dish's 4K-ready Hopper 3 DVR is now available — Although the Hopper 3 was supposed to arrive at the end of January, Dish isn't too late on its promise. The company's third-generation DVR, which supports 4K and up to six Joey receivers simultaneously, is now available to subscribers.
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