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This is breaking news we hoped we’d never have to report. Our parent company, NBC News, decided to shut down the Breaking News service at the end of the year. BreakingNews.com and the Breaking News app stopped providing updates and alerts on Dec. 31. We thank everyone for your many notes of support. Breaking News invented a new way to discover, fact-check and deliver relevant breaking stories fast
Read more →For decades newsrooms have reacted the same way to the first word of breaking news: they send crews to cover it. But what happens when there are 5, 10 or even 20 videos of a story — some of them live — that already exist on the platforms before the crews get out the door? Not as an isolated incident, but a daily — even hourly — occurrence? Today platform video supports traditional newsgathering, b
Read more →The vast majority of Facebook and Twitter users are accessing their feeds on mobile devices, according to surprising new numbers. Facebook revealed that 78% of its daily active users in the US are visiting via mobile devices. For Twitter, 76% of its US users will visit the service on mobile this year, according to new estimates from eMarketer. And here’s a mind-boggling stat: if you calculate how
Read more →Just last summer, Mark Zuckerberg was hammered with questions about mobile monetization – which was zero – and he promised to improve Facebook’s crappy mobile app. Then the company’s IPO fell flat. Fast forward to this summer, and Facebook’s new mobile numbers should make your head spin: - 41% of total ad revenue is mobile, up 30% from last quarter. - 70% of monthly active users visit via mobile,
Read more →(Updated) Facebook is now a mobile company, not just in culture, but in audience. During its Q4 earnings announcement, Facebook said its mobile active users surpassed the desktop for the first time in its history – 680 million users (+57% YOY) out of 1.06 billion overall. But perhaps the most surprising data point is the skyrocketing number of mobile-only users. “In only a year, just under 100 mil
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