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Twitter posts record Q2 profit of $100M, beats estimates on revenue of $711M, up 24% YoY, but monthly users fell by 1M from Q1 to 335M due to increased removals — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) posted record profit on Friday with second quarter revenue that beat financial analysts' estimates …
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Twitter closes down more than 20% after company reports 1M QoQ decline in monthly active users — - Monthly active users (MAUs): 335 million vs. 338.5 million, according to StreetAccount and FactSet estimate — Twitter shares plummeted 19 percent Friday after the company reported a decline in monthly active users and weak guidance.
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Facebook bans Alex Jones from using his account for the next 30 days after removing four of his videos for violating its community standards — Alex Jones, the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars, has been suspended by Facebook — and may face harsher consequences.
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| Zack Hendlin / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
LinkedIn rolling out feature that lets users send voice messages on Android and iOS, receive them on mobile and the web; feature available globally within weeks — Have you ever typed out a long message and thought about how much faster and easier it would be to say it out loud?
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| Claire Boston / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: MoviePass ran out of money and couldn't cover the bills causing service outage on Thursday, had to take out short term $6M+ loan due in early August — Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., the parent company of MoviePass, received a short-term loan for more than $6 million …
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| Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: |
How a fake story on a “grudge-settling” site ruined a realtor's reputation and finances over a comment about a news story on Facebook that offended a stranger — Monika Glennon has lived in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last 12 years. Other than a strong Polish accent …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
White House confirms it is working on a consumer privacy policy proposal; sources: WH had 22 meetings with 80 organizations including Facebook, Google, and AT&T — The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users' privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence …
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| Alex Spence / BuzzFeed: |
Leaked report: UK committee to propose social networks be legally responsible for harmful and illegal content and regulators audit social media advertising — A leaked copy of the MPs' report was published online on Friday, two days ahead of its official release.| Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg: |
IBM wins $83M from Groupon for infringing on ecommerce patents — - Patent case IBM's first to go to jury in at least 20 years — Win adds value for IBM's portfolio of more than 45,000 patents — A U.S. jury awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83.5 million after finding … | Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
A look at the rise of “flop accounts” on Instagram, which some teens use to discuss hot-button topics and consider as more reliable than traditional media — It's harder and harder to have an honest debate on the internet. Social-media platforms like Twitter, Reddit … | Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
New York State Public Service Commission voted to revoke approval of the 2016 Charter/TWC merger saying company failed to meet broadband buildout obligations — - The New York State Public Service Commission voted on Friday to revoke its approval of the 2016 merger agreement between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
UK's Improbable raises $50M from NetEase to bring its large-scale game simulation platform SpatialOS to China; sources: Improbable doubled its valuation to $2B — - SoftBank-backed Improbable has raised $50 million via a strategic investment from Chinese gaming giant NetEase.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
The Facebook stock drop foreshadows a potentially less profitable future as it relies more on video formats like Stories with a lighter ad load than News Feed — These days, everything seems to be going wrong for Facebook. The social networking giant is still reeling from the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.| CNBC: |
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