Twitter’s revenues will triple this year according to the most recent projections, jumping from $45 million last year to $140 million, according to eMarketer, a digital research firm. The microblogging company began selling advertising space last year, but expanded its offerings this year with promoted tweets, trends, and accounts. READ MORE
In a bid to put a stop to Android patent lawsuits between the two companies, Microsoft and Samsung signed a massive cross-licensing deal Wednesday. Samsung, maker of phones and tablet computers that run on the Android platform, will pay royalties to Microsoft to prevent further legal troubles. READ MORE
Flickr has built an Android application for mobile photographers. The company has had an iOS app for years, but the Android version includes several new features, including photo filters. The app also has easy topic and location tagging, slideshows, and photo sharing. READ MORE
Technology companies have every reason to want their employees to stay at their desks during the lunch hour, and so will often provide meals for their engineers. This doesn’t mean that all tech offices are bounded by a wasteland of shuttered cafes and pushcarts in weedy lots, New York Times technology editor Damon Darlin writes. At least one company, Cater2.me in San Francisco, has built a business for itself delivering provender from local restaurants to shackled tech workers. READ MORE
Five technology companies, including I.B.M. will be investing $4 billion in computer-chip research in the Empire State, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The deal with I.B.M., Intel, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will bring thousands of jobs to the state, Cuomo said. READ MORE
When Apple wanted to charge publishers 30 percent of revenues for mobile applications sold through the iTunes App Store, the Financial Times resisted, pulling its application and opting instead to create its own HTML5 mobile site. The paper now reports that it is receiving more traffic to this HTML5 site than it had on its iOS app. READ MORE
Data from Thursday shows that while the NASDAQ composite index – which includes some of the largest public tech companies – fell 3.3 percent earlier this week, two tech companies showed gains. Those two recent IPOs were Zillow, a real estate site, and Pandora, the music streaming service. READ MORE
Millennial Media, a mobile advertising company, has released a report on impression share in the mobile ad market for August. Android led the industry with a 54 percent share of total impressions. Millennial combined data for tablets, smartphones, and other connected devices for its report. Apples iOS commanded 28 percent of impressions. READ MORE
An Internet start-up that wants to take talk radio onto the web announced last week that it raised $10 million. San Francisco-based Stitcher completed a funding round led by New Enterprise Associates along with a number of other venture firms. The company has now raised a total of $20 million. READ MORE
Pandora, the online music service, debuted a new HTML5 version of its site Wednesday. The company also announced, to the listening delight of online audiophiles, that it is tossing the advertisements that were supposed to encourage listeners to upgrade to premium subscriptions. READ MORE
