Get ready for more ads in Facebook’s Instant Articles

Facebook now lets publishers place adds every 250 words (about two paragraphs), rather than every 350 words like before. They can either manually choose video or static ads, in which case they keep 100 percent of the money, or use Facebook’s automatic ad placement feature,giving the social network a 30 percent cut.As mentioned, Facebook’s walled off approach with Instant Articles is vexing to publishers who profit more by...

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Get ready for more ads in Facebook’s Instant Articles

Facebook now lets publishers place adds every 250 words (about two paragraphs), rather than every 350 words like before. They can either manually choose video or static ads, in which case they keep 100 percent of the money, or use Facebook’s automatic ad placement feature,giving the social network a 30 percent cut.As mentioned, Facebook’s walled off approach with Instant Articles is vexing to publishers who profit more by...

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New US solar installations nearly doubled in 2016

The document also reports that the average price of a solar system has fallen by 20 percent in that same 12-month period. That dwindling price has helped solar becoming the largest source (39 percent) of new energy installations in the US. Natural gas and wind energy complete the rest of the makeup, with coal nowhere to be seen — in fact, coal investment seems to have dropped off since 2014.The report is optimistic about the...

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Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

Results Produce Record Quarterly Profit of $18.4 Billion CUPERTINO, California — January 26, 2016 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 26, 2015. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $75.9 billion and record quarterly net income of $18.4 billion, or $3.28 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $74.6 billion and net income of $18 billion, or $3.06 per...

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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

CUPERTINO, California — April 26, 2016 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter ended March 26, 2016. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $50.6 billion and quarterly net income of $10.5 billion, or $1.90 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $58 billion and net income of $13.6 billion, or $2.33 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.4 percent compared...

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