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Tanking</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a> on December 30, 2013 at 6:49 am PT </p> <p>After a wild run last week that saw them soar to an all-time high of $74.73, shares of Twitter are crashing brutally back to earth. The company’s stock tumbled more than six percent in early trading Monday, falling to $59.43. The reason? That’s not entirely clear, though perhaps investors are realizing that there’s no fundamental business change with which to rationalize last week’s run.</p> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131229/2013-was-a-good-year-for-chromebooks/" id="epost-381987" class="post-link">2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a> on December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT </p> New data from NPD suggests that Chromebooks accounted for 21 percent of all commercial notebook sales. </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/12/chromebook-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="chromebook" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131229/blackberry-pulls-latest-twitter-for-bb10-update/" id="epost-381900" class="post-link">BlackBerry Pulls Latest Twitter for BB10 Update</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a> on December 29, 2013 at 5:58 am PT </p> The update had been available for just 10 days. </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/12/twitter_for_blackberry-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="twitter_for_blackberry" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131228/apple-ceo-tim-cook-made-4-25-million-this-year/" id="epost-381893" class="post-link">Apple CEO Tim Cook Made $4.25 Million This Year</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a> on December 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT </p> … but he lost another $4 million in performance-based stock awards. </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/05/TimCookJazzHands-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="TimCookJazzHands" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131228/apple-asks-judge-to-keep-patent-pressure-on-samsung/" id="epost-381867" class="post-link">Apple Asks Judge to Keep Patent Pressure on Samsung</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a> on December 28, 2013 at 5:00 am PT </p> Apple wants discontinued Samsung devices banned — and for good reason. </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/11/Samsung-Apple-Men-In-Black-Suits-II-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="Samsung Apple Men In Black Suits II" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131227/apple-explains-why-icahns-buyback-proposal-should-be-shot-down/" id="epost-381875" class="post-link">Apple Explains Why Icahn’s Buyback Proposal Should Be Shot Down</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a> on December 27, 2013 at 3:43 pm PT </p> “The company is one of the largest dividend payers in the world and has the largest share repurchase authorization in history.” </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/12/icahn_great_and_powerful-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="icahn_great_and_powerful" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt news-byte"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <p class="col-name">News Byte</p> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131227/rdio-killed-the-vdio-star/" id="easide-381849" class="post-link">Rdio Killed the Vdio Star</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a> on December 27, 2013 at 12:56 pm PT </p> Not even a year old, and already Vdio is taking a dirt nap. Rdio said on Friday that it is <a href="https://help.vdio.com/customer/portal/articles/1399889-end-of-vdio-beta-faq">scrapping the nascent video-streaming platform</a> with which it had hoped to take on Netflix and Hulu. “Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the differentiated customer experience we had hoped for, and so Vdio is now closed,” the company said in a message to users of the service. Evidently, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5793323/layoffs-hit-rdio">Rdio’s bottom line</a> has taken precedence over its dreams of becoming a global entertainment streaming platform. </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131227/nokia-yanks-here-maps-from-apples-app-store/" id="epost-381616" class="post-link">Nokia Yanks Here Maps From Apple’s App Store</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a> on December 27, 2013 at 9:52 am PT </p> Nokia says iOS 7 harms the Here experience. </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/12/nokia_here_maps-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="nokia_here_maps" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt has-photo"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131227/u-s-christmas-shoppers-bought-more-on-ios-than-android/" id="epost-381500" class="post-link">U.S. Christmas Day Shoppers Bought More on iOS Than Android</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a> on December 27, 2013 at 6:06 am PT </p> Does a unit of market share matter if it’s not being used? </div> <div class="excerpt-image"> <a href="/files/2013/12/A-Christmas-Story-Bunny-Suit-140x105.jpg" class="attachment-140x105 wp-post-image" alt="A-Christmas-Story-Bunny-Suit" /></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt news-byte"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <p class="col-name">News Byte</p> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131226/blackberry-shares-sink-on-lazaridis-letdown/" id="easide-381164" class="post-link">BlackBerry Shares Sink on Lazaridis Letdown</a></h2> <p class="byline"> <a href="author/jason/feed.html" rel="author">John Paczkowski</a> in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a> on December 26, 2013 at 1:14 pm PT </p> Evidently some folks really did believe BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis was going to swoop in like a deus ex machina and return the dilapidated smartphone pioneer to its former glory. Shares in the sadly diminished company closed down nearly nine percent at $7.05 on the revelation that Lazaridis has <a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131225/blackberry-co-founder-cuts-stake-to-under-five-percent/">abandoned</a> his, let’s face it, <a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131010/blackberry-co-founders-lazaridis-fregin-mulling-bid-to-buy-back-company/">largely fantastical bid for the company</a>, and reduced his combined stake with co-founder Doug Fregin to below five percent from eight percent. </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131226/amazon-prime-tops-dozens-of-members/" id="epost-381106" class="post-link">Amazon Prime Tops Dozens of Members</a></h2> <p class="byline"> Posted by John Paczkowski in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/commerce/">Commerce</a>, December 26, 2013 at 10:45 am PT </p> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131226/dark-tower-a-mac-pro-review-round-up/" id="epost-381056" class="post-link">Dark Tower: A Mac Pro Review Roundup</a></h2> <p class="byline"> Posted by John Paczkowski in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a>, December 26, 2013 at 6:30 am PT </p> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131213/iphones-dominate-sales-at-all-four-major-u-s-carriers/" id="epost-378564" class="post-link">iPhones Dominate Sales at All Four Major U.S. Carriers</a></h2> <p class="byline"> Posted by John Paczkowski in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a>, December 13, 2013 at 3:05 am PT </p> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short news-byte"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131212/former-google-exec-appointed-deputy-director-of-the-uspto/">Former Google Exec Appointed Deputy Director of the USPTO</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short news-byte"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131211/apple-tv-adds-bloomberg-crackle-kor-tv-and-watch-abc-channels/">Apple TV Adds Bloomberg, Crackle, KOR-TV and Watch ABC Channels</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131211/cisco-loses-microsoft-skype-challenge-in-eu/" id="epost-378128" class="post-link">Cisco Loses Microsoft-Skype Challenge in EU</a></h2> <p class="byline"> Posted by John Paczkowski in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/news/">News</a>, December 11, 2013 at 7:25 am PT </p> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short news-byte"> <div class="excerpt-text"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131206/fruit-loop-construction-on-apple-campus-2-begins/">Fruit Loop: Construction on Apple Campus 2 Begins</a></h2> </div> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131206/ios-7-adoption-already-at-74-percent/" id="epost-377164" class="post-link">iOS 7 Adoption Already at 74 Percent</a></h2> <p class="byline"> Posted by John Paczkowski in <a href="https://allthingsd.com/category/mobile/">Mobile</a>, December 6, 2013 at 4:45 am PT </p> </div> <div class="clearing"></div> <div class="excerpt excerpt-short"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://allthingsd.com/20131205/j-p-morgan-warns-of-ucard-data-breach/" id="epost-377135" class="post-link">J.P. 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