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A hacking group by the name of NullCrew FTS has wreaked havoc today on Comcast servers. The company provides cable television, telephone service, broadband internet to customers in 40 states, and happens to be the largest cable company and home ISP in the U.S. It goes without saying that millions of people use Comcast’s various services, people who trust the company with their data, which now may potentially be at risk. The group has hacked into 34 Comcast mail services, and according to them, all fell to one single exploit.

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Comcast Servers Hacked, User Data Potentially At Risk original content from Ubergizmo.

Google is the widely used online search engine in the world, and the company now does so much more than letting you search for anything and everything. YouTube is another one of Google’s highly successful online properties and today a new Google Search update aims to leverage that by placing YouTube videos front and center. Now if you search for a song on Google, a Google Now style card will be displayed. This card will feature a link to the song on YouTube, so people can simply click through to the video sharing website without having to open it in another window or tab.

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Google Search Update Puts YouTube Videos Front And Center original content from Ubergizmo.

Amazon usually doesn’t talk much about its ad business, it doesn’t break down revenues from advertising in its fiscal quarterly earnings reports. Even if the company talks about the business at various industry events, those presentations normally don’t offer much insight into the business. According to estimates by market research firms, Amazon’s ad revenue may have topped $800 million last year, which translates into roughly one percent of its total revenue. Straying from its usual line, the company today offered some details about its ads business, particularly video ads.

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Amazon Video Ads Business Gets Detailed original content from Ubergizmo.

For those unfamiliar, Foursquare is an app/service that allows users to check-in to various locations, leave reviews, and collect badges. The service is integrated into other apps, such as Instagram where it is used to retrieve locations, although recently it looks like Microsoft and Foursquare have managed to negotiate a deal in which both companies have entered into a data licensing partnership. The deal is said to have cost Microsoft $15 million and will help Foursquare generate revenue while not being an exclusive to Microsoft.

Microsoft is also said to have sign a multi-year contract deal with Foursquare in which the company’s data will be further integrated into Microsoft’s own services, such as its Windows Phone operating system and their Bing search engine. Given that Foursquare has managed to build up a pretty impressive database, it would make sense for Microsoft to leverage the data that they have collected rather than to start doing it themselves. Rumors of Microsoft’s interest in the company surfaced back in 2013 suggesting that the deal might have been in the works for quite a while now, but we guess it has finally come to fruition.

Microsoft Invests $15 Million Into Foursquare original content from Ubergizmo.

Throughout this week, many major public companies have reported their fourth quarter 2013 earnings, and Facebook just so happens to be one of them. Facebook 4Q earnings have been well received by Wall Street, as the company’s revenue beat analysts expectations, resulting in a sharp spike in stock price during after hours trading. Facebook also revealed that 53 percent of its revenue now stems from mobile advertising, calming down the Street which was skeptical about the shift from desktop to mobile after the company’s IPO.

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Facebook 4Q Earnings Make Wall Street Happy original content from Ubergizmo.