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Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $717M, missing estimates, but beats on earnings as MAUs grew 2M from Q3 2016, reaching 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% on Q4 revenue miss, flat growth, and a 5% YoY drop in US ad revenue — 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 to sustain rapid growth among its monthly active user base.
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Memo: Zenefits is laying off 430 employees, or about 45% of its staff, including 250 from its San Francisco office, as it expands workforces in Canada and India — Zenefits will lay off 45% of its employees in an effort to slash costs, according to an internal memo this morning that was obtained …
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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” … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb in talks to acquire Luxury Retreats, a Montreal-based villa rental company; one source says the deal is expected to be under $300M — Deal would be Airbnb's largest at under $300 million — High-end rentals encroaches on Expedia and Priceline's turf| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Study finds that of 283 mobile VPNs in Google Play Store, 18% didn't encrypt traffic at all, while 75% used third-party data tracking libraries — Between an industry-wide push to encrypt all web traffic and the newfound popularity of secure chat apps, it's been a boom time for online privacy.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Filing: Snap Inc. has a $1B agreement with Amazon Web Services to use its services alongside Google's; minimum 2017 spend is $50M, rising to $350M by 2021 — Snap disclosed the deal in a revised version of its S-1 made public Thursday. — It turns out that Google isn't the only company Snap …
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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 … | 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.
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| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
E3 opens to non-industry attendees for the first time in 2017, will make 15K tickets available Feb. 13 — 15,000 tickets for E3 2017 will go on sale this coming Monday, February 13. — For the first time ever, E3 is opening its doors to the public. The Entertainment Software Association …
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| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Trident Capital spins out cybersecurity-focused firm Trident Capital Cybersecurity, which launches a $300M venture fund focusing on early stage startups — Trident Capital Cybersecurity, which spun out of Trident Capital in 2015, announced today that it has closed a $300 million venture fund …
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