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Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $717M, missing estimates, but beats on earnings; MAUs grew only 2M from prior quarter to 319M — Twitter missed analysts' expectations for its fourth-quarter revenue — reporting $717 million versus estimates of $740 million — as advertising spend lagged behind …
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Twitter shares fall over 10% in pre-market trading on Q4 revenue miss, flat growth, and as its US ad revenue drops 5% — So much for the “Trump bump.” — Twitter missed on revenue during the fourth quarter, according to results released Thursday, as the social media service struggles … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with a picture-in-picture feature called Compact Overlay, new share icon, Dynamic Lock, more — Timed perfectly with Windows Developer Day, Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a Compact Overlay mode, Dynamic Lock, and improved full-screen Game Bar support.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
LG debuts 1.2" $249 Watch Style and 1.38" $349 Watch Sport with Android Wear 2.0, on sale Feb. 10; the Sport is bulky but has NFC, GPS, LTE, heart rate monitor — Welcome to a new era of Android Wear smartwatches. — Google is ready to launch its newest revision of Android Wear …
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| Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: |
Researchers detail hard-to-detect malware affecting 140+ banks and other orgs that can be injected directly into computer memory using legitimate system tools — A new Kaspersky report talks about at least 140 banks — Banks, telcos, and even governmental agencies in the United States … | Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Rackspace lays off 6% of US workforce, about 276 jobs, plus an undisclosed number of overseas jobs — Three months after being taken private in a $4.3 billion buyout, Rackspace is cutting 6% of its U.S. workforce along with an undisclosed number of jobs overseas.| Cynthia Littleton / Variety: |
HBO Now, HBO's standalone digital streaming service, has surpassed 2M subscribers, Time Warner Chief Jeff Bewkes told investors on Wednesday — HBO's stand-alone digital streaming service has surpassed 2 million domestic subscribers, Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes told investors Wednesday.
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Sources: Google combines product teams for YouTube Music and Google Play Music, likely paving way for a single music app in the future — Come together, right now, over me — According to several sources familiar with the change, the product teams working on YouTube Music and Google Play Music are being combined into a single unit.| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus VR pop-ups in Best Buys after a steep decline in consumer demos after Christmas — Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus virtual reality demo stations at Best Buy locations across the US, Business Insider has learned.
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| Bryan Clark / The Next Web: |
Google gives devs until March 15 to provide a valid privacy policy for apps or risk administrative action including removal of apps from the Play Store — Over the last 24 hours, Google has been sending notices to developers worldwide stating its intention to “limit visibility” …
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| Jasper Jackson / The Guardian: |
In an unusual move, Wikipedia editors vote to ban The Daily Mail as a source after finding it “generally unreliable” — Online encyclopaedia editors rule out publisher as a reference citing ‘reputation for poor fact checking and sensationalism’
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NSA contractor Harold Martin faces 20 criminal counts in connection with theft of 50TB+ of data, the largest theft of classified government information ever — A former National Security Agency contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he willfully retained …
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