Kelly Clarkson has canceled six dates of her Piece by Piece tour, blaming the cancelations on a doctor ordered break. Clarkson posted the news via Twitter. "So bummed that I have to cancel some of my tour dates," she began. "This kills me, but doctors are saying I need to rest my voice!" "I can't wait to get healthy and see y'all on the road soon." more...
Janet Jackson penned a heartfelt note to Aaliyah, the R&B sensation who passed away 14 years ago in a plane crash. Janet posted a picture on Twitter of a handwritten note. "What I shared with u ever sacred everlasting N it's pure + it will endure. I love u Aaliyah. #RIP," she said. more...
On Monday Twitter reported slowing user growth setting up that stock to open down 13% the following day. Tuesday Facebook told investors that its costs will rise between 50% and 70% next year — shares opened down 6.6% Wednesday. Initially its seemed LinkedIn would complete the crummy social earnings trifecta as the stock tumbled as much as 7% following its after-hours release Thursday. But about 45 minutes after the closing bell the stock was up more than 2.5% to around $208.50. ...
Twitter taps the debt markets, announces convertible bond offering. Friday morning Twitter TWTR -1.01% said it raised $1.8 billion in the convertible bond offering it announced earlier in the week, up from the $1.3 billion it planned to raise as the deal met with robust demand. The five-year tranche of the offering, with notes due in 2019, carried a 0.25% interest rate, while the seven-year 2021 notes bear 1% interest, payable semi-annually ...
In its latest mobile app report, comScore tracks the 25 most popular apps in the US. This is an interesting slice of the App Store, as it highlights active usage, not just one-time downloads or recent popularity. Some observations: Facebook is by far the top app, with 115.4 million unique visitors in June. With 160 million total US app users, that’s 72% penetration—pretty impressive. (For context, Facebook said it had 1.1 billion mobile users ...
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