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In Twitter's IPO filing, the company reported that 77% of its users last quarter came from outside the U.S., and that its international audience grew 47% compared with one year ago.?

For comparison, Twitter's U.S. user base grew 35% during the same time period.

However, Twitter is generating a reported $2.17 from each U.S. user, and just $0.30 from each user outside the U.S., which means only 25% of Twitter's total revenue comes from its international business.

In justifying the inbalance between user base growth and revenue, Twitter's filing said that the company isn't very far along yet in developing an advertising business outside the U.S. We suspect?Katie Jacobs Stanton, a senior executive at Twitter, was repositioned overseas to figure out that very problem. If the company?can successfully build a strong ad business that expands beyond the U.S. market, then Twitter stands to generate a lot more revenue in the coming years.

Facebook powered 45% of social logins on the Web ? more than any other service ? in?

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the third quarter of this year. Social logins allow users to register on new websites with their pre-existing login information from other online services.?

Trailing Facebook, Google powered 33% of social logins

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this quarter, followed by Yahoo and Twitter (each with 7%).?

The share of social logins by service has remained fairly consistent so far in 2013 (as seen in the chart at right).?(Janrain)?

In Other News ...

Instagram?announced that it will be bringing ads to U.S. users' feeds within the next few months. Users will be able to hide an ad if they don't like it. The news comes on the heels of?Pinterest announcing its own pilot program for serving ads.?(Instagram Blog)

Snapchat rolled out a new feature called Snapchat Stories that compiles your photos and videos from the last 24 hours.?

The New York Times delves into the "battle for the second screen" between Facebook and Twitter. The Times acknowledges that it's not clear how much revenue social companies are generating from TV-related ads. (New York Times)?

Facebook is building a luxurious housing complex in California for its employees. (Wall Street Journal)?

Compass Labs, one of?Facebook's preferred marketing developers (PMD), is leaving the PMD program to focus more broadly on marketing intelligence. Compass Labs CEO Dilip Venkatachari told Business Insider that his company saw only "diminishing margins" in Facebook's ad business.?(Business Insider)?

Twitter's founders Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Jack Dorsey returned to the company's headquarters on Thursday for an all-staff meeting. (Quartz)?

Netflix updated its iOS app with high-definition video and AirPlay streaming. Netflix's Android apps were upgraded earlier this year with the same compatibility. (Engadget)

Facebook Home users can now use photos from Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest as their lock screen image. (AllThingsD)?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-international-outlook-2013-10

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ISSA-LA Alerts Public to Potential Cybercrime When Microsoft Stops Support of Windows XP in 2014

With its principle "It takes the village to secure the village SM," the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association launches an awareness campaign to alert the public to cybercrime exposure when Microsoft stops supporting

Los Angeles (I-Newswire) September 23, 2013 - The Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA) is launching an awareness campaign to alert the public to an increased exposure to cybercrime when Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP on April 8, 2014. According to Net Applications, 38% of computers still use Windows XP.

"Every computer running Windows XP needs to have its operating system replaced," said ISSA-LA President Stan Stahl, PhD. "When Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP, XP users will no longer receive security updates needed to correct the security vulnerabilities inherent in complex software."

According to Dr. Stahl, cybercriminals are saving up Windows XP's vulnerabilities that they have discovered so Microsoft won't know to fix them. They will begin to exploit these vulnerabilities after April 8, knowing that Microsoft will never patch the underlying security hole in XP.

The impact will be felt by both business and consumers. Businesses still running Windows XP will be at increased risk of being a victim of cybercrime, such as online bank fraud or of having their trade secrets stolen. Consumers will be at greater risk of identity theft and of having their computers connected into a zombie botnet, private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge

Dr. Stahl said, "Since keeping software patched and updated is one of the most important security defenses, there will be little users can do to block these attacks. It will be like trying to box with one hand tied behind your back. After April 8, cybercriminals will be able break into Windows XP computers with near-impunity."

ISSA-LA will use its resources to inform and educate businesses and the general public to the dangers of unprotected computers and to upgrade to more secure and supported operating systems before April 8, 2014. Informing the community is part of ISSA-LA's philosophy that "It takes the village to secure the village SM."

With the recent increase in cybercrime and the need for increased cyber security management, Dr. Stahl is being quoted regularly in local and national media outlets.

Dr. Stahl has been President of ISSA-LA for five years and is the architect of the Chapter's Community Outreach Program. He is a pioneer in the field of information security, entering the field in 1980. He began his career securing teleconferencing at the White House, databases inside Cheyenne Mountain and the communications network controlling our nuclear weapons arsenal. Dr. Stahl earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from The University of Michigan and spent nearly 15 years teaching university mathematics.

About the LA Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA):
ISSA-LA is the premier catalyst and information source in Los Angeles for improving the practice of information security. The Chapter provides educational programs for information security and IT professionals. The Chapter conducts outreach programs to businesses, financial institutions, nonprofits, governmental agencies, and consumers. ISSA-LA is the founding Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, an international not-for-profit association of information security professionals and practitioners. For more information please visit http://www.issala.org.

Source: http://www.i-newswire.com/issa-la-alerts-public-to-potential/240838

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How the NFL fleeces the taxpayer

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How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers - Gregg Easterbrook - The Atlantic

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Last year was a busy one for public giveaways to the National Football League. In Virginia, Republican Governor Bob McDonnell, who styles himself as a budget-slashing conservative crusader, took $4 million from taxpayers? pockets and handed the money to the Washington Redskins, for the team to upgrade a workout facility. Hoping to avoid scrutiny, McDonnell approved the gift while the state legislature was out of session. The Redskins? owner, Dan Snyder, has a net worth estimated by Forbes at $1 billion. But even billionaires like to receive expensive gifts. Taxpayers in Hamilton County, Ohio, which includes Cincinnati, were hit with a bill for $26 million in debt service for the stadiums where the NFL?s Bengals and Major League Baseball?s Reds play, plus another $7 million to cover the direct operating costs for the Bengals? field. Pro-sports subsidies exceeded the $23.6 million that the county cut from health-and-human-services spending in the current two-year budget (and represent a sizable chunk of the $119 million cut from Hamilton County schools). Press materials distributed by the Bengals declare that the team gives back about $1 million annually to Ohio community groups. Sound generous? That?s about 4 percent of the public subsidy the Bengals receive annually from Ohio taxpayers.

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In his office at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell must smile when Texas exempts the Cowboys? stadium from taxes, or the governor of Minnesota bows low to kiss the feet of the NFL. The National Football League is about two things: producing high-quality sports entertainment, which it does very well, and exploiting taxpayers, which it also does very well. Goodell should know?his pay, about $30 million in 2011, flows from an organization that does not pay corporate taxes. That?s right?extremely profitable and one of the most subsidized organizations in American history, the NFL also enjoys tax-exempt status. On paper, it is the Nonprofit Football League.

I note that there are folks of all political stripes that love and fervently defend tax payer dollars going towards new stadia, citing job creation, economy boosts. While at the same time going apoplectic over Wall St. bailouts. Invariably, inside of ten years, more taxpayer theft is needed to pay for upgrades to these stadia that the average taxpayer doesn't want, does't need, and will never use.

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AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence, murders and suicides, the indigenous people hope in the aid of the Church

Balsas (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Erwin Kr?utler, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu in Par? and president of CIMI, and Mgr. Enemesio Lazzaris, bishop of the Diocese of Balsas, in Maranh?o and president of the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), have denounced the agricultural speculation that damage the rights of indigenous peoples.
Several indigenous communities have in fact been forcibly expelled from the land where they lived in order to be occupied by agricultural enterprises.
A report by the CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council) states that from 2003 to 2012, there were 317 murders of indigenous people in the State, out of a total of 563 throughout the Country during the same period. Between 2000 and 2012, segregation on roadsides or in tiny reservations led to the suicide of 611 indigenous people, mostly young people aged between 14 and 25, according to data from DSEI (District of Indigenous Health). These are just some of the dramatic situations reported by the Bishops .
The APIB (Asociacion de los Pueblos Ind?genas de Brasil) announced, between 30 September and 5 October, a national mobilization for the rights of indigenous peoples and their recognition in the Constitution. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 21/09/2013)

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'Grand Theft Auto V' sales blow past $1 billion in three days

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Game enthusiasts purchase 'Grand Theft Auto V' at the Game Stop store in Encinitas, Calif., in this photo taken Sept. 17, 2013.

"Grand Theft Auto V" has crossed the $1 billion sales mark after three days in stores, a rate faster than any other video game, film or other entertainment product has ever managed, its creator Take Two Interactive said on Friday.?

The latest installment of GTA, a cultural phenomenon that has sparked a national debate on adult content and violence, received strong reviews and racked up $800 million in first-day sales alone.?

That marked a launch-day record for the Grand Theft Auto franchise which is Take Two's most lucrative and allows players to cruise around a make-believe game world based on real-life locations such as Los Angeles.?

Gamers had eagerly awaited the fifth installment of the 16-year-old game after "Grand Theft Auto IV" was released in 2008.?

[Related story:?Gamer stabbed, robbed of 'Grand Theft Auto V' just minutes after buying game]

It took more than five years to be developed by Take-Two's Rockstar Games studio at a cost of between $200 million and $250 million, according to some analysts' estimates.?

Last year, it took Activision Blizzard's first-person shooter title "Call Of Duty: Black Ops II" 15 days to hit $1 billion in global sales after its November release. That game took in sales of $500 million on its first day.?

While GTA V is off to a flying start, industry analysts are keeping a close eye on Take-Two's ability to sustain sales momentum.?

"Grand Theft Auto V" is currently only available on Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 consoles, owned by over 160 million gamers. Take-Two is yet to announce a version for the much-awaited next-generation Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, which will go on sale in November.?

Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.

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How To Talk Your Friends and Family Through iOS 7

It's already happened to you and now it's happening to the ones you love. They're staring at their iPhones in bewilderment and disbelief. Everything that made so much sense a few days ago is different, and scary. You want to talk them through the change, but where can you start? Here's a template:

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