Snap, which has struggled to keep users on its Snapchat app, broke its losing streak. Snap said Tuesday that 186 million users logged in to the vanishing-messaging app daily in the fourth quarter, the same number as in the previous quarter. Snap had seen a drop in daily usage for two consecutive quarters last year after …
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Twitter wants people who use its live video streaming app Periscope to channel their inner talk show host. On Monday, the social network said it added a new feature to Periscope that lets users invite and add guests to their live videos. Periscope users can invite up to three guests to their live video broadcasts. Twitter Periscope users can add …
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Amazon’s years-long, meteoric growth rate may finally be cooling. The e-commerce company on Thursday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $72.4 billion, up 20 percent and at the top of the company’s guidance from October. Earnings surged to $3 billion, or $6.04 a share, handily beating analysts’ expectations of $5.67, according to Yahoo Finance. But guidance for first-quarter revenue was weaker than …
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In hindsight, AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition looks pretty good. The business, now renamed WarnerMedia, gave AT&T a few things to crow about in its fourth-quarter earnings released Wednesday. They include WarnerMedia’s operating income growth of 33.2 percent, a popular slate of films like the blockbuster Aquaman and strong digital subscriber growth for HBO. Offsetting that positive news, however, were continued …
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The IBM Q System One model doesn’t look like a computer. It looks like a conceptual art series of plates being held together with fishing lines suspended from a ceiling. The whole contraption is encased in half-inch-thick glass created by Milan-based Goppion, which made the protective displays for the Mona Lisa and the Crown Jewels. Bob Sutor, an IBM veteran …
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Facebook’s spat with Apple on Wednesday shows it can’t stay out of trouble. But the social network seems immune to scandals as well. Monthly active users — the number of people who log on to Facebook every month — rose 9 percent year over year to 2.32 billion in the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. User growth is crucial …
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Facebook should shut down a messaging app aimed at children under 13 years old, child advocates said Tuesday in a letter to the company. The missive follows a report last week that the social network duped kids into spending their parents’ money on online games. A year ago, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and other advocacy groups had asked …
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For eons, true romantics have honored Valentine’s Day with the three traditional gifts: flowers, chocolates and ultraportable gaming laptops. Just in time for this year’s celebration, Razer has announced a limited-edition lineup of pink hardware that includes its sub-3 pound Stealth laptop model and a variety of accessories. Now playing: Watch this: Razer Blade Stealth sneaks in an end-of-year update 1:47 The …
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There’s a reason Verizon can’t stop talking about 5G. The next-generation cellular technology promises a massive speed boost, as well as a network that’s smart and responsive enough to connect thousands of different devices around us — so it’s a sexy topic. What’s not sexy? Verizon’s fourth-quarter results. The mixed bag, with slightly better earnings and slightly disappointing revenue amid …
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The hollow ball rattled back and forth across the table between me and the robot. Sometimes I outplayed the robot. More often, the robot outsmarted me. That was at CES, a show that keeps you moving, but my heart never raced faster than when I was squaring off against Forpheus. Forpheus, made by a company called Omron, used a combination …
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