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The Wall Street Journal – Financial news and analysis

WhatsApp will hit one billion users before 2016

It's hard not to be impressed with WhatsApp's growth, as the messaging service is poised to surpass a billion users before the year is over. The app has managed to...

Apple Pay's international expansion will start this fall with Canada

With how successful Apple Pay has been in the United States, it was only a matter of time before Apple started expanding its mobile payments service to other countries. If...

Instagram is taking steps to ensure it doesn't become Tumblr

Instagram and Tumblr are both platforms that focus heavily on visual content, especially content created by users. However, whereas Tumblr has no problem with nudity and pornography on its service,...

Google is partnering with retailers to improve targeted ads

I doubt many of you actually care about targeted ads, but these ads are a gold mine whose value only increases as we continue to transition to an all-digital world. In...

Spotify is valued at $8.4 billion after a $400 million round of funding

With around 45 million ad-supported free users and 15 million premium users, who pay $9.99/month, you would think that Spotify is rolling in cash right now. However, due to the...

Are exclusive parties the key to Xiaomi's ridiculous success?

In just five years, Xiaomi has risen to a level that most companies don't reach for decades, and it's all thanks to a few business secrets. While providing smartphone that...

Facebook "accidentally" tracked people who don't even have accounts

Don't you just hate it when a "bug" causes you to violate people's privacy by tracking them even when they don't even use your service? Facebook certainly does. At least,...

Twitter has killed off the Discover feature in favor of highlights

As the name suggests, the Discover tool was how Twitter users have been able to discover the best content on the platform for quite some time, but now the company...

Facebook launched a standalone version of Messenger for desktops

In today's mobile-first world, companies generally bring browser-based services to mobile devices through apps, but Facebook has decided to do the reverse with Messenger. Whereas the company's standalone messaging service...

Here's the surprise interview John Oliver did with Edward Snowden

John Oliver's absence from “Last Week Tonight” wasn't because the British television host was on vacation, it was because he was secretly tracking Edward Snowden down in Moscow and interviewing him...