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1. OSUR: 
$OSUR OraSure records record profits for 2016, second straight year in the black – Morning Call
$OSUR OraSure records record profits for 2016, second straight year in the black – Morning Call4. ACOR: $ACOR Acorda Therapeutics Phase 3 Trial CVT-30 Shows Statistically Significant Results – SI
$ACOR Acorda Therapeutics Phase 3 Trial CVT-30 Shows Statistically Significant Results – SI13. LLNW: $LLNW Limelight Networks Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2016 – BW
$LLNW Limelight Networks Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2016 – BW15. REGN, SNY: $SNY Appeals Court Allows Sanofi, Regeneron $REGN to Continue Selling Cholesterol Drug – WSJ
$SNY Appeals Court Allows Sanofi, Regeneron $REGN to Continue Selling Cholesterol Drug – WSJ29. AMGN, REGN, SNY: 
$AMGN Regeneron $REGN, Sanofi $SNY Temporarily Stave Off Ban Of Amgen-Rivaling LDL-Buster – IBD
$AMGN Regeneron $REGN, Sanofi $SNY Temporarily Stave Off Ban Of Amgen-Rivaling LDL-Buster – IBD39. SNCR: $SNCR Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Announces 4Q and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – BW
$SNCR Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Announces 4Q and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – BW
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2. YUM:Yum! Brands Reports Q4 Adj. EPS $0.79 vs $0.74 Est., Sales $2.024B vs $2.09B Est., Comps Up 1% $YUM
3. KO:Coca-Cola Reports Q4 Adj. EPS $0.37, Inline, Sales $9.4B vs $9.13B Est. $KO
5. K:Serial outperformer #Kellogg beats on EPS again $K
6. VIAB:$VIAB Viacom Q1 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.04 -Revenue: $3.32B
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1. Twitter earnings: 16 cents a share, vs 12 cents estimate
2. Twitter reports slowest quarterly revenue growth, shares slump
3. Twitter Inc. Falls as Revenue Growth Slows to 1 Percent
4. Twitter Shares Fall 5.9% After Releasing Fourth-Quarter Results
Technology News
- Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group.
- The decision by Wikipedia comes amid widespread debate over the rise of fake news which has widened to include concerns about misleading information in traditional publications.
- It allows anyone to make edits sometimes leading to instances of false entries and vandalism of pages but is policed by thousands of people who regular weed out deliberate and accidental errors.
- We heard concerns that discriminatory advertising can wrongfully deprive people of opportunities and experiences particularly in the areas of housing employment and credit where certain groups historically have faced discrimination.
- We make it clear that advertisers may not discriminate against people based on personal attributes such as race ethnicity color national origin religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity family status disability medical or genetic condition.
- Stronger Enforcement Tools beginning to test new technology that leverages machine learning to help us identify ads that offer housing employment or credit opportunities the types of advertising stakeholders told us they were concerned about.
- Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group.
- The decision by Wikipedia comes amid widespread debate over the rise of fake news which has widened to include concerns about misleading information in traditional publications.
- It allows anyone to make edits sometimes leading to instances of false entries and vandalism of pages but is policed by thousands of people who regular weed out deliberate and accidental errors.
- Twitter shares sank Thursday after the social media company reported quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street expectations and issued guidance that fell far short of estimates.
- On Wednesday BTIG upgraded Twitter to buy from neutral with a price target of due to rising usage trends from the political conversation around President Donald Trump tweets.
- I think whatever your political views it clear that Trump is extremely divisive and this is really a positive for advertisers Kramer said on Worldwide Exchange speaking ahead of Twitter earnings report.
- x pixel display Ambient light sensor stainless steel Gorilla Glass Thermoplastic Polyurethane strap Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear processor RAM storage battery Bluetooth GPS NFC for Android Pay dust and water resistant Titanium or Dark Blue colors.
- Even Assistant which can be used to look up information send messages or place calls or control smart home gadgets still takes a frustratingly long time to respond and process.
- There are a lot of new features in Wear but the ones that matter the most are its refreshed design redesigned watchfaces improved fitness tracking notification handling support for Android Pay and the ability to install apps directly to the watch.
- The scaling back of Facebook first big retail push for VR comes after workers from multiple Best Buy told BI that it was common for them to go days without giving a single demonstration.
- Best Buy spokeswoman Carly Charlson said stores that no longer offer demos will continue to sell the Oculus Rift headset and accompanying touch controllers which cost and respectively.
- A person familiar with the matter said that Facebook has thought about creating its own permanent storefronts to sell and demo VR although any discussions about such an initiative appear to be in the early stages.
- When Snap filed for an initial public offering earlier this month it said a risk for the company is Facebook Instagram mimicking Snapchat features.
- Balmelli who was listed as the contact for Snap Switzerland GmbH in a business registry service declined to comment.
- Instagram app has been adopting features such as which followed format of letting users broadcast an ongoing diary of short videos and photos that are available to view for only hours.
- called Lens currently in beta and it lets you use the camera in your Pinterest app to discover ideas inspired by objects you see out in the real world.
- As more and more people give it a try and we continue making improvements to our technology results will get even better and the range of objects Lens recognizes will get increasingly wider.
- Macy Neiman Marcus Target Wayfair and other brands will all be offering shoppable looks thanks to new partnerships with Curalate Olapic Project September and ShopStyle.
- Allowed to operate mostly independently for two and a half years the growth had slowed ad revenue was negligible and that vaunted Zite technology never materialized on digital properties.
- And yet for all the millions spent and the algorithms that have been built none of them have improved on the big portals CNN The New York Times or social networks like Twitter or Facebook which bring you both the news and the conversation happening around it.
- developers hire PhDs to do the easiest thing imaginable find you something interesting on the internet that you already seen and then beat you over the head with it bludgeoning you with an endless barrage of links that never feel half as personalized as made out to be.
- Brilliant CEO and Aaron Emigh who was previously CTO of Shopkick and a VP at Six Apart says he started the company so that he could make a device for his own home.
- The fact that this is all buried makes it pretty clear that Control is primarily meant for quickly activating preset scenes rather than diving deep into the settings of other devices.
- Update February ET This article initially described the screen as and a of the device however Brilliant has emailed us to say that what we saw was a model using a different display with a lower x resolution than actually shipping.
