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 …
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 m...
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 …
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.
Android Wear 2.0 review: new capabilities, such as Android Pay and installing apps locally, make devices more useful, but bugs can spoil the experience
Are Android Wear 2.0 and two new watches from LG enough to get you to care about smartwatches? — Are you wearing a smartwatch? Not likely.
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” …
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.
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.
Memo: Zenefits is laying off 430 employees, or about 45% of its workforce, including 250 from its San Francisco office
Roughly 430 employees will lose their jobs in Zenefits' single largest round of cuts, showing how the embattled startup fell far short of its lofty expectations.
Verizon debuts Wear24 smartwatch with a 1.39" circular screen, LTE, Wi-Fi, NFC, and Android Wear 2.0, available next month for $300 with a two-year contract
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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.
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 …
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. Tweets: @freedomevpn , @sandraproske , and @mikko Tw...
In an unusual move, Wikipedia editors vote to ban The Daily Mail as a source after finding it “generally unreliable”
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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
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Facebook is testing a machine-learning-powered tool to identify ads for housing, employment, and credit, which will face further racial discrimination screening
Sophos acquires Invincea, a security firm that uses ML tech to combat digital threats, for $100M in cash and a $20M earn-out option dependent on performance
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PayPal receives subpoenas from Justice Department related to its historical anti-money laundering program according to regulatory filing
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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
Pinterest debuts Lens in beta, a search tool which identifies real-world objects and suggests related products
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Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus VR pop-ups in Best Buys after a steep decline in consumer demos after Christmas
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Microsoft debuts Azure IP Advantage, a new program to provide customers with access to 10K Microsoft patents to help fight “baseless patent lawsuits”
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Flipboard debuts personalized Smart Magazines, which aggregate stories on various topics, available today
for topics from Leica cameras to venture capital Sean Captain / Fast Company : Flipboard's Quest To Save Online Publishing—And Itself Derrick Rossignol / Engadget : Flipboard streamlines your feed wit...
Facebook says its Facebook Lite app has 200M users, up from 100M in March 2016, and is now expanding to UAE, Italy, South Korea, and Israel
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Sources: Magic Leap's consumer prototype is in “good shape” ahead of board meeting, but January demos used vaporware; as timeline slips, SDK expected in 2017
Thursday, February 9 Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine : Source: Beyoncé Tried Magic Leap's Augmented-Reality Tech and Was ‘Bored’ Adi Robertson / The Verge : Beyoncé reportedly tried Magic L...
Keybase unveils end-to-end encrypted desktop chat apps that uses usernames from other sites instead of phone numbers or emails as secure addresses
keybase.io : Tweets: @segphault and @dwr Tweets: Ryan Paul / @segphault : Chat in the new keybase app is pretty neat: https://keybase.io/... The app also creates a virtual drive for Keybase's encryp...
Snap hired Laurent Balmelli, co-founder of Strong.Codes, which makes tools to prevent copycats, after noting risk of Facebook mimicking its products in its S-1
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