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Twitter just put its first-quarter earnings release on the calendar.

While boxer Floyd Mayweather is gearing up for the "fight of the century," one of his business investments is also packing a punch. Shots, the selfie app, is gaining traction amongst teens and growing fast.

IPhone users in Russia and New Zealand may have come across Facebook’s new app on Monday. The social media giant’s answer to Snapchat, called Slingshot, was released in select markets by mistake.

While Hinge doesn’t claim to find soul mates, it does vow to increase first dates and broaden social circles. So far, 30,000 users in Washington, D.C. and New York find that attractive.

The Internet will attract 21% more ad spending each year on its way to gobbling 22.1% of the total market by 2014, according to latest ZenithOptimedia projections.

Want prominent visibility on your Facebook friends' newsfeeds? The social network's latest efforts look to users over advertisers for revenue. 

Facebook marketing executive Mike Hoefflinger said on Wednesday that Facebook Pages will be available on smartphones later in 2012.

True Ventures, an early-stage  venture firm, has closed a $290 million fund. This is the fourth fund for the firm, having raised almost $900 million since 2005.  

Once in Silicon Valley's shadow, the LA tech community is home to some of the most valuable startups...but can it rise to become THE startup capital?

Caliber co-founder Andres Blank to make the case for his networking startup in an 'elevator pitch' on FBN's Risk and Reward with Deirdre Bolton.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba may be looking to invest in photo messaging app Snapchat at a $10 billion valuation, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Yodle, which filed for a $75M IPO Tuesday, will likely face a handful of significant hurdles in its bid to broaden its reach in the local digital ad market.

Yahoo has made a $250 million bid for YouTube content creator, Fullscreen, Sky News reports.

Yelp reported a 61% increase from the same period last year with $89 million in revenue for the 2Q, beating analysts' estimates of $86 million.

Go ahead alternative lenders and other competitors: lend your money and provide your services. You’re not hurting banks like Wells Fargo. You’re actually helping them.

The secret sauce for turning around Twitter may lie among the world’s most inconspicuous small businesses.

A new streaming service called Flix Premiere is set to compete with Netflix, Amazon, and movie theaters.

Under the deal’s terms, Twitter gains the right to exclusively stream 10 of the NFL’s 16 “Thursday Night Football” games this season to its base of 800 million registered and unregistered users.