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How Author James Patterson is Making Fiction for the Digital Age on Facebook Messenger
James Patterson is a fixture on the vaunted New York Times bestseller list. But this year, the author of canon thrillers like "Juror #3," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Zoo," "Jack & Jill," and the "Alex Cross" series is using an unlikely...
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Facebook Revenue Falls Short of Estimates, User Growth Slows
Facebook announced quarterly earnings on Tuesday, with revenue coming in below analyst estimates, while earnings per share came in well above. Daily active user growth, however, also slowed in the quarter. Cheddar's Alex Heath breaks...
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Facebook's Mixed Earnings Point to Slowing Growth Ahead
Facebook shares whipsawed in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company just narrowly missed revenue and user estimates and forecast a continued ramp-up in spending. The world’s largest social network reported revenue of $13.73...
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Mark Zuckerberg Called to Testify In Front of International Lawmakers
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been asked to appear in front of a rare international joint panel of lawmakers from the U.K. and Canada, who are investigating misinformation on the platform.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Earnings Candor Might Just Be A Smart Political Move
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was notably forthcoming during the social media company's Tuesday earnings conference call, particularly about fellow tech competition. But comparing itself to Apple might just be Facebook's latest brilliant...
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EXCLUSIVE: Facebook's Global Politics Director Unveils Tools for Ad Transparency
Cheddar's Hope King sat down with Katie Harbeth, director of global politics and government outreach at Facebook to get a look at the new tools the social-media giant is deploying to make political ad buys more transparent for users.
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EXCLUSIVE: How Facebook is Fighting Midterms Fake News Around the Clock in its 'War Room'
After months of damaging headlines and privacy mishaps, Facebook may be down, but it's not out ー especially not in the case of the U.S. midterms, according to the company's director of outreach. Katie Harbath, global politics and...
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Facebook Wants to Beef Up Cybersecurity With Big Acquisition: Report
The tech giant is looking to acquire a cybersecurity firm to beef up its privacy efforts after a year of bad headlines, according to a new report in The Information. That story's author, Sarah Kuranda, told Cheddar why Facebook is...
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Facebook Eyeing Major Cybersecurity Acquisition: Report
In the wake of two massive data scandals this year, the tech company is reportedly looking to acquire a company that can help beef up its cybersecurity. The Information reporter Sarah Kuranda, who broke the story, told Cheddar why...
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Facebook Looks to Beef Up Cybersecurity With Big Acquisition: Report
In the wake of two massive data scandals this year, the tech company is reportedly looking to acquire a company that can help beef up its cybersecurity. The Information reporter Sarah Kuranda, who broke the story, told Cheddar why...
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Facebook Messenger Gets a Makeover ー Just in Time for Portal
Stan Chudnovsky, VP and head of messenger at Facebook, said the newest design of the app is all about simplicity and ease of use.
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Battle of the Apps: Teens Turn to Instagram over Snapchat
Teens are abandoning Snapchat and turning to Instagram and Brian Deagon, senior reporter for Investor's Business Daily, said that Snapchat could likely not recover from its recent blunders.
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Tim Cook Blasts Silicon Valley, Calls for Privacy Protections
Apple CEO Tim Cook made his most forceful comments yet on the privacy concerns plaguing the tech industry, telling a conference in Brussels, Belgium that a "data-industrial complex" has led to eroding privacy rights around the world....
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New Firefox Setting Won't Track You Across Web
Firefox wants to help protect users privacy with new anti-tracking features. Denelle Dixon, COO of Mozilla, said the new features want to make it harder for users to have their activity tracked across the web.
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Internet Historian: Government Intervention Inevitable for Big Tech
Brian McCullough, early dot-com founder and author of "How the Internet Happened," said big-tech companies will inevitably face stricter regulations as they grow.
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New Firefox Privacy Features Won't Follow You Across The Web
Mozilla is looking to capitalize on consumers' increased awareness of data privacy with new anti-tracking features built into the latest version of its Firefox browser. The new tools are part of Mozilla's commitment to giving "agency"...
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Crackdown on Big Tech Very Likely, Says Author Brian McCullough
A regulatory crackdown on behemoths like Alphabet and Facebook is more likely than ever, according to Brian McCullough, author of "How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone."
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Facebook Earnings Preview: What to Look for Tuesday
Facebook will report earnings Tuesday and investors for a quarter in which the company was battered by privacy concerns and executive departures. Chris Versace, chief investment officer at Tematica Research, lays out what to expect.
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DoSomething.org Wants to Make Voting Cool Again
Aria Finger, CEO of DoSomething.Org, is a Taylor Swift fan, and it has nothing to do with her music. Finger said the pop star's GOTV push is just what is needed to increase voter turnout among young people in November.
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Market Sell-Off Spreads Overseas as Economic Worries Mount
Global markets shuddered Thursday after a major Wall Street sell-off the day before. European markets were down more than a percent, while the Hang Seng lost more than 3 percent. The Dow was set to open down another 300 points.
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MARKET MELTDOWN: Sell-Off Deepens, Dow Falls Triple Digits
The Dow fell another 100+ points Thursday and global markets from Asia to Europe dropped as much as 4 percent. Tech giants like Amazon and Apple added to their losses.
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MARKET MELTDOWN: Global Markets Reel, But Dow Turns Positive
The Dow recouped early losses Thursday, but global markets from Asia to Europe dropped as much as 4 percent.
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MARKET MELTDOWN: Stocks Tank Again After Flirting With Gains
The Dow was back to session lows late Thursday morning after briefly entering the green following Wednesday's widespread sell-off.
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Many Questions Still Unanswered in Facebook's Latest Data Leak
Deepa Seetharaman, tech reporter for the Wall Street Journal, said the company is still unsure of who's responsible for the most recent hack, in which 30 million user accounts were compromised. And perhaps more importantly, it still...