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Mobile browser-maker UCWeb, another global tech firm under the radar, crosses 500m users

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 7:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, UC Browser, UCWeb

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Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp has woken many in the West to companies that are building their business in global markets, and browser-maker UCWeb is another that has flown under the radar so far. Today, the Chinese company issued a fresh reason to look at its business, its UC Browser app has crossed 500 million users — notably though, the company counts quarterly active users, that’s a little creative but a step up from leaning on registered user numbers, at least. (For some context, Opera had 270 million monthly active users on mobile devices as of December 2013.) UC Browser is…

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Glassdoor: Employees rank LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner as CEO of the year; Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg loses top spot

Mar21
by on March 21, 2014 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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Career website Glassdoor today released its latest report highlighting 2014′s top 50 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and once again the tech world played a big role in the list. In fact, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has unseated Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from the number one spot he grabbed last year from Apple CEO Tim Cook. Glassdoor compiled its figures based on company reviews submitted by employees between February 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014. Last year, LinkedIn didn’t even make the list. This year, Weiner received a 100 percent approval rating. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg saw his CEO approval rating drop 6…

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