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Facebook defies estimates, registers growth

Defying all the estimates by analysts, Facebook made $1.41 profit per share instead of the $1.31 that Wall Street was expecting and registered a strong growth in its mobile advertising business with total revenue reaching $8.8 billion from $5.84 billion last year. The quarterly profit was $3.57

Pinterest Announces Search Ads to Help Businesses Tap Into User Interests

In their latest effort to transform their platform into a fully-fledged e-commerce machine, Pinterest has announced a new search ads offering, giving marketers the chance to tap into the more than two billion searches conducted on the platform every month. Of course, two billion, in the wider

The Trump bump – when a diss from Donald is good for business

When Donald Trump tweets, PR departments tremble in their designer footwear. “Pretty much everybody is dreading being the subject of a tweet,” said Kristin Dziczek of the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research. “Getting hauled out into the court of public opinion with virtually no warning is not

YouTube Testing New In-App Chat Function to Boost Social Activity

Google has never fared particularly well in social. This was highlighted earlier in the week when the search giant announced a new update for Google+ – which reminded many that Google+ actually does still exist. Yet, despite their various attempts and failures in trying to tap into the social realm, that

How to speed up Windows 10

Want to find out the top tips and tricks to make Windows 10 faster? Read on… Despite (or perhaps because of) all the bells and whistles, Windows 10 can sometime run a little slower than other systems, particularly on older machines. If you’re one of the new

Google Home support coming to LG’s Music Flow speakers

LG’s Music Flow speakers are based on Google Cast (now “Chromecast built-in”) and on its site, LG specifically shows a home with a multi-room setup. Yet, while both Sonos and B&O products work with Google Homeand Google Chromecast Multiroom, so far, LG’s Google-specific models do not. However,

CIA makes 12m pages of declassified documents searchable online

The CIA has published more than 12 million pages of declassified documents online, making decades of US intelligence files more easily accessible and searchable. The agency published the roughly 930,000 documents that make up the CIA Records Search Tool (Crest) on Tuesday. The online publication of the

3 Ways to Maximize Your Content Reach on LinkedIn

Do you publish long-form content on LinkedIn? Are you looking for ways to get more views and engagement with your posts? LinkedIn recently released its list of “top voices” from 2016, and in the process, they also shared what made those bloggers so successful on the platform. As per LinkedIn:

How to move Windows 10 from your old hard drive to SSD

he move to a solid-state disk will make your Windows PC faster One of the best ways of making your PC run faster is by installing a solid-state drive (SSD). However, moving Windows to an SSD is not an easy task. The best way to move Windows

Teenage Engineering’s new pocket synth is its most versatile yet (updated)

Teenage Engineering debuted its first trio of pocket-sized $59 synthesizersalmost exactly two years ago. In 2016, the company followed those with a second set of three Pocket Operators featuring the sounds of the ’80s. Now the company is back with a third installment: the PO-32. Like the