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Wednesday April 15, 2015

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Seven takeaways from Zuckerberg’s impromptu Q&A
Eli Langer | @EliLanger
CNBC.com

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
It’s not every day the average Internet user gets to ask the world’s fourteenth richest person any question he or she desires, but Facebook users were treated to just that on Tuesday evening.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg held an impromptu Q&A session with his nearly 32 million fans, inviting them to share whatever’s on their mind. In the span of an hour, the social media giant’s CEO answered over 15 questions, ranging from what his workday looks like to the company’s big plans for Internet.org.

“We’ve held a few Townhall Q&As over the past few months,” Zuckerberg wrote, “and I thought doing a Q&A right here on Facebook would be valuable so more people can participate.”

Here are seven things we just learned from the seemingly spontaneous chat.

Zuckerberg “works” just 50-60 hours a week
When asked to reveal how many hours he works in a single day, Zuckerberg said he’s usually in the office “no more than 50-60 hours a week.” The 30-year-old explained that he does a great deal of thinking outside of the office on “how to connect the world and serve our community better.”
The creator of Facebook doesn’t think Facebook hinders face-to-face communication skills
Many critics of the ever-growing digital world claim social media stunts real life social skills, but Zuckerberg isn’t one of them. “Tools like Facebook help people communicate mostly with people who aren’t directly around them,” he wrote. “For example, I can stay in touch with family members who are traveling or friends who live in other countries. It’s great to be able to do that since I wouldn’t have good opportunities to stay in touch with those folks otherwise.”
Facebook has ambitious plans for its Internet.org project, and it’s working from the bottom up
Two thirds of the world is not connected to the Internet, and Facebook wants to change that. When asked whether Facebook plans to expand the Internet.org project into Europe, Zuckerberg said the company is “prioritizing the countries with the most unconnected people.” Zuckerberg has noted in the past that putting an Internet connection in the hands of everyone on planet Earth is not something he expects to be profitable for Facebook in the near term.
Ever wonder how Facebook handles 1.4 billion visitors from around the world each month? “It takes many terabits per second of bandwidth, and many hundreds of thousands of servers!” explained Zuckerberg.
The wild technology Facebook is working on
It’s been 14 months since Facebook spent $2 billion on Oculus VR, the virtual-reality company that Zuckerberg now says will create a “pretty wild” digital future for us. “Our mission [is] to give people the power to experience anything,” he wrote. “Even if you don’t have the ability to travel somewhere, or to be with someone in person, or even if something is physically impossible to build in our analog world, the goal is to help build a medium that will give you the ability to do all of these things you might not otherwise be able to do.”
How so?
“Just like we capture photos and videos today and then share them on the internet to let others experience them too, we’ll be able to capture whole 3D scenes and create new environments and then share those with people as well,” wrote Zuckerberg.
Last month, Facebook introduced a new feature in its Messenger app that allows friends to send money to each other. Zuckerberg announced the company plans “to roll this out more widely soon,” adding that he is “very excited about expanding over time.”
Read MoreAn inside look at Facebook’s controversial ad strategy
Someone asked Zuckerberg for a job and Zuckerberg replied
When Facebook user Van Chau Tran asked Zuckerberg for a job, another user named Nicolas Hecq jokingly responded, “Yes, of course! Monday, 8am! Don’t be late.” At first, it didn’t appear Zuckerberg would respond to the question, which was one of hundreds submitted during the chat. But he did. 19 minutes later, Zuckerberg shared a link to Facebook’s jobs board. “[I am] about to put this on my resume,” said Tran.
No word on whether he applied for a job.

Today’s Inspiration

The Lord Is My Rock

by Joyce Meyer – posted April 15, 2015

The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. Psalm 18:2

Why do you think Jesus is referred to as “the Rock”? Because He is stable and never-changing, just like a rock. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever—and we’re supposed to imitate Him.

Waiting to see how you feel each day is never a good idea. Has anyone ever invited you to do something and you responded, “Let me wait and see how I feel”? That just gives the devil room to make sure you don’t feel like doing what you need to do or what can benefit you. We will sometimes have unpleasant times, but we don’t have to live by our feelings; we can choose to stand firm and be stable when we find our strength in the One Who never changes.

Tuesday April 14, 2015

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JPMorgan profit rises as fixed-income trading rebounds
Reem Nasr | @reemanasr
CNBC.com

JPMorgan Chase delivered quarterly earnings that topped analysts’ expectations on Tuesday, as revenue from fixed-income trading rebounded.
JPMorgan’s shares moved higher in premarket trading following the announcement. (Click here to track its shares.)
The biggest bank in the U.S. by assets posted first-quarter earnings of $5.91 billion, or $1.45 per share, from $5.27 billion, or $1.28 per share, a year earlier.
The results included an after-tax charge of $487 million for legal expenses.
Revenue rose to $24.8 billion from $23.86 billion a year ago.
Wall Street had expected the company to deliver quarterly earnings per share of $1.40 on $24.41 billion in revenue, according to consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters.
Shares of the U.S. bank have risen 12 percent over the past 12 months, outpacing the nearly 2 percent drop in the S&P 500’s financial sector.
Financials are the second worst performing sector in the S&P so far this year.

Today’s Inspiration

Speak and Act with Humility

by Joyce Meyer – posted April 14, 2015

Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance go forth from your mouth . . . 1 Samuel 2:3

When we can do something well, or when we reach a personal goal, we tend to feel good about those things. As long as we feel positively about ourselves in a balanced way, it’s fine. When we become proud and fail to be merciful toward others who struggle with things we have mastered, it’s a problem.

I am fairly disciplined in my eating habits, and I recently spent a week with someone who really struggles in that area. She mentioned several times how disciplined I am and how undisciplined she is. Each time she did so, I said, ” I have areas of weakness also, and you will overcome this as you continue to pray and make an effort.”

There was a time in my life when I would not have been so sensitive to my friend’s feelings. I probably would have given a sermon about the dangers of overeating and poor nutrition. But I would not have succeeded in doing anything but making my friend feel guilty and con¬demned. I have discovered that one way to love people is to help them not to feel worse about things they already feel bad about.

Meekness and humility are two of the most beautiful aspects of love. Paul said that love is not boastful (see I Cor. 13:4). Love never wants to make people feel badly because they cannot do what we can do. Instead of bragging about our strengths, let’s thank God for them and encourage those who are weak in ways we are strong.

Love Others Today: What are some things you do well? Be merciful and humble toward people who are struggling in those areas.