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Mark Zuckerberg says showing fewer viral videos reduced the total time people spent on Facebook by ~50M hours every day, as MAUs reach 2.13B, up 14% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
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Facebook's daily active user base in the US and Canada fell for the first time ever in Q4, dropping from 185M to 184M in the previous quarter — It was a small but negative change to daily active users in Facebook's most valuable market. — Here's a troubling data point if you're a Facebook investor … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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Microsoft reports $28.92B in Q2 2018 revenue, up 12% YoY, net loss of $6.3B due to $13.8B charge related to tax overhaul — REDMOND, Wash. — January 31, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017: · Revenue was $28.9 billion and increased 12%
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
eBay says it will stop using PayPal for its backend payments service by 2020, will work with Amsterdam-based payments company Adyen instead; PYPL down 8%+ — The shopping marketplace will instead begin working with Amsterdam-based Adyen. — One of the tech industry's most storied partnerships is coming to an end.
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Concerns grow that Bitcoin's price is being propped up by Bitfinex, the widely-used and shadowy exchange subpoenaed in December by the US CFTC — A growing number of virtual currency investors are worried that the prices of Bitcoin and other digital tokens have been artificially propped …
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Jack Dorsey says almost all Square Cash App users can now trade bitcoin on the platform; service isn't available for users in NY, Georgia, Wyoming, Hawaii — - Users of Square's Cash payments app can now trade bitcoin, except for those located in New York, Georgia, Wyoming and Hawaii, according to the company's website.| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Users around the world who infrequently log in to Facebook say it has been increasing re-engagement prompts via emails and text messages recently — It's been about a year since Rishi Gorantala deleted the Facebook app from his phone, and the company has only gotten more aggressive in its emails to win him back.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google Flights says it will use historical data and AI to predict when planes may be delayed — Google has announced two new features for its flight-booking search service. — Using historical flight status data, Google Flights will now try to predict when flights will be delayed … | Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Qualcomm reports Q1 revenue of $6.04B, up 1% YoY, $6B tax reform charge, and 96% YoY operating profit decline as Apple and others withheld royalty payments — - Qualcomm reported adjusted earnings of 98 cents per share and revenue of $6 billion, beating street estimates of 91 cents per share and $5.93 billion in revenue.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
AT&T reports Q4 revenue of $41.7B, vs. $41.8B last year, 4.1M total wireless net adds, and $19B net income, vs. $2.4B last year, boosted by tax reform benefit — AT&T has never shied away from a fight. — The Dallas telecom giant has been in the thick of a long battle …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Pandora announces restructuring, shifting resources to ad tech and audience development, cutting workforce by 5% to save $45M annually, will expand in Atlanta — Pandora is pink-slipping about 5% of its workforce, a move the streaming-music company said will help it save $45 million annually.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter now says 1.4M+ US users interacted with tweets from Russia-linked accounts during 2016 election, up from 670K previously announced, has notified them — Twitter on Wednesday said it notified 1.4 million people in the US that they engaged with Kremlin-linked troll accounts during the 2016 US election.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Spotify is testing Stations, a Pandora-style free music app that includes some personalization options; app is currently only available on some Android devices — Music streaming service Spotify released a new Android app that's all about free music Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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