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Archives for April 2016

Technology
Snapchat will show you Olympics highlights. What about Facebook and Twitter?Snapchat will show you Olympics highlights. What about Facebook and Twitter?
Technology

NBC is in talks with both Facebook and Twitter to strike similar deals to what it inked with Snapchat.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone relaunched his Q&A app JellyTwitter co-founder Biz Stone relaunched his Q&A app Jelly
Technology

“If this doesn’t work, then we’re screwed.”

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
These former Google and Twitter engineers want to bring genetic testing for cancer to the massesThese former Google and Twitter engineers want to bring genetic testing for cancer to the masses
Technology

Color Genomics pushes cancer screenings for all.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Bernie Sanders continues to outraise Hillary Clinton among tech-sector donorsBernie Sanders continues to outraise Hillary Clinton among tech-sector donors
Technology

Sanders’s campaign taps into Silicon Valley’s rank and file employees -- the software engineers and developers.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Twitter is going to have a hard time fixing its ad problemTwitter is going to have a hard time fixing its ad problem
Technology

This wasn’t a one-quarter problem. It has been brewing for a while.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Twitter wants more streaming sports deals like the one it signed with the NFLTwitter wants more streaming sports deals like the one it signed with the NFL
Technology

Twitter says it can reach the young people TV broadcasters are having trouble finding.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Twitter tries explaining its revenue problems to Wall StreetTwitter tries explaining its revenue problems to Wall Street
Technology

Join us for our Twitter earnings liveblog.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Now Twitter has revenue problems, and its stock is tankingNow Twitter has revenue problems, and its stock is tanking
Technology

Twitter added more users but it missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook and Google are winning the political ad race. Here’s Twitter’s plan to catch up.Facebook and Google are winning the political ad race. Here’s Twitter’s plan to catch up.
Technology

There’s still time!

By Dawn Chmielewski and Kurt Wagner
Technology
Has Twitter’s growth peaked?Has Twitter’s growth peaked?
Technology

Twitter reports Q1 earnings on Tuesday.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook pulls back the veil (ever so slightly) on political adsFacebook pulls back the veil (ever so slightly) on political ads
Technology

One ad for Ted Cruz shows how PACs and campaigns can target voters on Facebook.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Twitter helped make Trump -- should it try to break him?Twitter helped make Trump -- should it try to break him?
Technology

With great power comes great responsibility.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Bernie Sanders is using a back-waxing video to promote his campaignBernie Sanders is using a back-waxing video to promote his campaign
Technology

Politics -- and programmatic ad buying -- make strange bedfellows.

By Noah Kulwin and Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
Did Jack Dorsey send beard shavings to rapper Azealia Banks to promote Square Cash?Did Jack Dorsey send beard shavings to rapper Azealia Banks to promote Square Cash?
Technology

Banks says she was supposed to cast a spell on Dorsey’s behalf.

By Noah Kulwin
Technology
Meet the Lookie-Loos of the Yahoo Yard Sale: Google, Twitter, FacebookMeet the Lookie-Loos of the Yahoo Yard Sale: Google, Twitter, Facebook
Technology

Hey, there might be some gems! Or junk! Or whatever!

By Kara Swisher