Snap Inc.'s S-1 SEC filing for IPO
This is an initial public offering of shares of non-voting Class A common stock of Snap Inc. Snap Inc. is offering to sell shares of Class A common stock in this offering. The selling stockholders id...
Travis Kalanick tells employees that he's leaving Trump's economic advisory council; 200K customers deleted their accounts over the past six days, say sources
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick, chief executive of Uber, plans to step down from President Donald J. Trump's economic advisory council …
Thousands of Comcast employees stop work in Philadelphia and other cities to protest Trump's immigration executive order
as it would pay an employee for going to the doctor. http://www.philly.com/... Michael McDaniel / @mcdanyel : Massive @comcast walkout today to peacefully protest @realdonaldtrump's immigration ban. #...
Snap Inc. files for IPO, aiming to raise $3B; firm had $404M in revenue in 2016, up 500% YoY, on a $514M net loss
Snap today filed its S-1 paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), triggering the process to go public. The company aims to raise $3 billion …
IPO filing discloses Snapchat paid $158M to oust co-founder Reggie Brown after 2014 settlement
Snap cofounders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy will become billionaires overnight when their company goes public at a potential $25 billion valuation. — One person who will not share …
With Chrome 57, Progressive Web Apps will appear in Android's app drawer, settings, more
The ambitious goal behind Progressive Web Apps is to allow websites to have the same capabilities and features as a native app, but without the initial download. Google has been a heavy backer …
Snapchat had 161M DAUs in December 2016, up from 110M last year, with 69M located in US and 53M in Europe, and made $1.05 average revenue per user in Q4 2016
and potential investors are furious Brian Feldman / New York Magazine : Snapchat's IPO Shows How Expensive It Is to Compete in Silicon Valley George Anders / Forbes : Snap Shares Its Creativity Secret...
Snap commits $2 billion over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure
Most of today's Snap coverage will be about its revenue and daily average usage numbers, but there was one small tidbit that emerged that will mean big business for the company's cloud infrastructure ...
Snapchat filing shows DAU growth slowed at end of Q3, right after Instagram Stories launched, cites competitors that may mimic its products under risk factors
but slowed down last quarter Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Snapchat Q2 growth rate: 17%. Instagram launches Stories. Snapchat Q4 growth rate: 3.2%. That's slower than Facebook http://techcru...
Amazon reports Q4 revenue of $43.7B, up 22% YoY, vs $44.68B expected, as net income reaches $749M; stock down 3%+
Mixed faces in Seattle today as Amazon delivered its Q4 2016 earnings. The e-commerce company reported lower than expected revenue of $43.74 with better than expected earnings per share of $1.54.
Amazon now has more than 341K employees after adding 110K people in 2016 alone; CTO cites increase of fulfillment capacity by 30% for driving headcount
Amazon added more than 110,000 employees during the past year, topping 341,000 people as of the end of 2016 thanks largely …
Snap Inc. lists hacking, phishing attacks, EU and US regulation, Brexit, and China's Great Firewall as risks in S-1
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Hackers release iOS cracking tools used by Cellebrite, the Israeli firm known for breaking into phones; expert says the tools are similar to jailbreaking tools
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Sources: Target has abruptly shuttered two long-term initiatives: its unreleased Goldfish open marketplace platform and a prototype robot-assisted store
The retailer's “Store of the Future” was killed before it opened. — In the wake of a holiday season that was worse than the company expected …
AWS reports Q4 net sales of $3.54B, up 47% YoY, as operating income reaches $926M
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LCD maker Sharp posts its first quarterly net profit in more than two years in its first full quarter under new owner Foxconn
Sharp Corp lifted its full-year profit guidance after posting its first quarterly net profit in more than two years as the Japanese liquid crystal display (LCD) …
Mozilla lays off about 50 from its connected devices team, bringing the project to an end
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Microsoft updates Outlook for iOS with support for apps and add-ons, starting with Giphy, Evernote, Trello, more
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Viber appoints Djamel Agaoua as CEO as company prepares new platform strategy for March launch
CEO Djamel Agaoua wants company to be ‘quicker and faster’ — Viber to launch platform with new features in March: Agaoua — The newly named chief of Japanese retailer Rakuten Inc.'s …
Dropcam co-founder Aamir Virani, who left Nest in 2015, joins early-stage venture firm Felicis Ventures
Last week, we learned that Dropcam cofounder Greg Duffy has headed overto Apple. Today, Felicis Ventures, the early-stage venture firm, is disclosing it has brought aboard Dropcam's other cofounder …
Tableau Q4 beats expectations with revenue of $250.7M, up 24% YoY, stock up 14% after hours
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GoPro stock crashes 13%+ after missing quarterly expectations with $540.6M in Q4 revenue amid Karma drone recall
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.