LinkedIn Tanks After Q4 Earnings Report

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-q4-earnings-2014-2

LinkedIn announced its Q4 earnings. The stock is tanking in after-hours trading, and has been down as much as 10%.

Here's what the company delivered:

• Revenue: $447.2 million vs. $437.84 million expected
• Earnings per share: $0.39 vs. $0.38 expected

LinkedIn now has 277 million members.

The revenue is up 47% compared to $303.6 million in for the same quarter in 2012.

LinkedIn also announced that it has signed an agreement to buy a company called Bright, which helps connect job seekers with employers. The transaction is valued at approximately $120 million. 

Here's a chart of LinkedIn's revenues:

Business Insider Intelligence made this chart of LinkedIn's revenue sources:

 

Here's a look at LinkedIn's member and unique visitor growth:

Here's a chart of LinkedIn's engagement:

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This Football-Sized Device Could Replace Your Huge Water Heater

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-football-sized-device-could-replace-your-huge-wate-1517420468

That 60 gallon tank of hot water in your basement eats up a lot of energy. But tankless on-demand water heaters leave you running water down the drain while you wait for warmth. This tiny Kickstarter water heater promises to change all that, and save you money, thanks to some fascinating technology.

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drag2share: HTML5 Is The Number Three Mobile Platform, And It Deserves A Lot More Attention

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/DYFG0_HdEoA/html5-and-the-web-is-still-relevant-2-2014-2

Native apps are those built expressly for a single mobile operating system, and made available through proprietary app stores. They dominate mobile usage, account for the lion's share of developer revenue, and perhaps not surprisingly, spark the most interest among those same developers.

In contrast, HTML5, the newest cross-platform version of the Web's publishing language, allows developers to create mobile Web apps that exist online and can be accessed and used from any kind of phone or tablet. And, despite getting scant attention, HTML5 has become the third-most widely used mobile development platform, after iOS and Android.

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HOW-TO: $30 Wireless field monitor with DSLR controller

source: http://www.dslrfilmnoob.com/2013/12/11/tp-link-tl-mr3040-wireless-field-monitor-dslr-controller/

If everything works out correctly you should see Firmware Upgrade in your browser with a loading indicator bar. The firmware upload automatically and the router will reboot on its own.

Once the new firmware has been uploaded, use your tablet or phone to connect to DSLR controller network, your login password will be “dslrcontroller”. When your device is connected, you can use a usb cable to connect the TP-Link TL-MR3040 wireless router directly to your camera. After connecting your camera, power it on and place the camera in live view mode, then select the dslr controller app on your tablet or phone. If all goes well the app will fire up, see the wireless device and start working as though your tablet was connected directly to your camera.

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Mozilla reveals an adaptive Android home screen built around Firefox

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/firefox-launcher-for-android/

We hope you haven't had your fill of adaptive Android home screens, because Mozilla is throwing its hat into the increasingly crowded ring. The company has just offered a sneak peek at Firefox Launcher for Android, a front end that revolves around its mobile browser. The upcoming software mates Firefox with EverythingMe's context-sensitive app search, personalizing both your web surfing and your software in one shot. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait a while to know exactly how this combination works; Mozilla doesn't plan to reveal more details about Firefox Launcher until it's ready to start beta testing at an unspecified point in the future.

Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile

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drag2share: Your car's computer system can be hacked with off-the-shelf parts

source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/06/your-car-s-computer-system-can-be-compromised-with-off-the-shelf/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full

You probably don't spend much time thinking about the computer in your car, but a pair of Spanish security researchers sure do. In preparation for next month's Black Hat Asia security conference in Singapore, Javier Vazquez-Vidal and Alberto Garcia Illera have assembled a small electronic device that can leave a vehicle's computer system open to attack. "It can take five minutes or less to hook up and then walk away," Vidal says. It can also be built from off-the-shelf components for less than $20.

What the gizmo can actually do depends on the car. The team says that they've wired the CAN Hacking Tool (named for the Controller Area Network bus it exploits) into four vehicles, and have used it to wirelessly manipulate lights, set off alarms, control power windows and even activate the vehicle's brakes. By the time the conference starts, they hope to outfit the prototype with a GSM radio, making it possible to control vehicle's systems from virtually anywhere. Still, Vidal says they don't want to aid any nefarious activities, so the hacking tool's source code is going to re! main private for now -- but they do hope their demonstration at Black Hat Asia will get the attention of automakers. "A car is a mini network," Illera said. "And right now there's no security

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drag2share: HTC Jumps Aboard The Wearable Tech Train

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/cvopaXT9Jqo/htc-jumps-aboard-the-wearable-tech-train-2014-2

Not to be outdone by literally everyone around it, HTC told Bloomberg today that it, too, will jump aboard the wearable tech train with a release of a wearable device later this year.

HTC Chairman Cher Wang told Bloomberg that the company has been looking at wearables for many years, but only now is it almost ready to ship. She confirmed that it will be ready to go by the Christmas shopping season:

Many years ago we started looking at smartwatches and wearables, but we believe that we really have to solve the battery problems and the LCD light problems. These are customer-centric problems.

Poor battery life is a problem plaguing the other wearable devices that are out there, like the Samsung Galaxy Gear. If HTC can figure out how to improve battery life, while offering a slick design like its HTC One, then it could have a chance at cracking the nut that is wearable devices.

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drag2share: This Vending Machine Dishes Out Fresh Fruits And Veggies Instead Of Junk Food

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/6gAGZWs6jRE/farmers-fridge-vending-machine-2014-2

A trip to the vending machine will usually yield some pretty unhealthy and unsatisfying snacks. 

A Chicago-based entrepreneur is looking to change that with a healthy twist on the vending machine, an experiment he calls the Farmer's Fridge. 

Luke Saunders opened his first kiosk back in October at Chicago's Garvey Food Court, an eating center that's already host to McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts, among other fast-food options. 

At the Farmer's Fridge, on the other hand, you can use a touchscreen to order from a menu packed with super-nutritious items, like a fresh kale salad with quinoa, fennel, pineapple, and blueberries, or a Napa salad with avocado, grapes, and pistachios. They even sell sliced veggies with hummus and Greek yogurt mixed with berries. 

"I want to make it fast and easy for someone to choose a delicious, nutritious smart meal when they are on-the-go," Saunders said in a press release. "What we’re doing is taking the vending machine concept and revolutionizing it."

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âWhy a Single-Molecule LED Could Be a Big Deal

Source: http://gizmodo.com/why-a-single-molecule-led-could-be-a-big-deal-1516488795

Technologically speaking, smaller is virtually always better. So it's perhaps no surprise that scientists have developed the first ever single-molecule LED. But why is it potentially such a big deal?

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Panasonic reverses its fortunes amid electric vehicle boom

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/05/panasonic-reverses-its-fortunes-amid-electric-vehicle-boom/

Not every struggling company story has to have a depressing ending. Though its troubles are far from over yet, Panasonic has just announced 73.7 billion yen ($730 million) in net earnings for Q3. That's up 20 percent over last year, a disastrous period that saw nearly $10 billion in full-year losses and painful company-wide layoffs. While those cuts are finally helping the bottom line, Panasonic also said it's no longer relying on its consumer electronics division for profits. Instead, it saw the most growth in the automotive sector, highlighted by booming battery sales to EV makers like Toyota and Tesla -- a key part of new president Kazuhiro Tsuga's strategy. Unfortunately, another part of the plan is to keep eliminating unprofitable divisions until March 2016. That means the recent death of its much-loved plasma TV unit isn't the end of the slashing.

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drag2share: More Than One Billion Smartphones Will Ship This Year, Here's All The Data On The Maturing Smartphone Market

source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/VtG-jkHaoOg/innovation-in-the-smartphone-market-2-2014-2

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Article: Newegg Launches $50 Amazon Prime Competitor

Meet Premier, Newegg’s $49 answer to Amazon Prime. With free three-day shipping, discounted expedited shipping, and free returns, it’s a legitimate competitor to Amazon’s proven customer loyalty program. Premier of course lacks the video streaming library found on Prime. Newegg is the second larg...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/05/newegg-launches-premier-50-amazon-prime-competitor/

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Article: The 'Sea View' Windows On This Cruise Ship Are Actually TV Screens

If you're going to go on a cruise, you'll likely be tempted to opt for a sea-view cabin. Unfortunately modern ships are so huge that not every room can have access to a window. Now Royal Caribbean has a solution - a terrifying, horrible solution. The cruise-line has just unveiled a new "virtual b...

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/05/sea-view-cruise-ship-tv-screens_n_4728479.html?ir=Technology&utm_hp_ref=technology

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Article: Browsing on your Android phone just got safer, thanks to the EFF

In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA revelations, finding ways to browse the internet more securely has become of paramount importance. In its mission to help netizens feel that little bit safer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has long offered its HTTPS Everywhere add-on for desktop brow...

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/05/firefox-for-android-https-everywhere/

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Inside the Fakes Factory: My Chat With a Viral Image Creator

Source: http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/inside-the-fakes-factory-my-chat-with-a-viral-image-cr-1505790523/@barrett

It's an astounding sight: Buddha carved into a tall rock formation at the Ngyen Khag Taktsang Monastery in China. People talked breathlessly about how they visited the place, saw it with their own eyes. Except that they didn't. Because it's a fake. And this is the guy who faked it.

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