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fees. The company spent 29 percent of its revenue dollars on research and ope
in 2014, and spent a record $1,831 billion on purchasing new propery and equipmese
Inunched its audience network in 2014, which allowed advertiser (o ran their
ds on third-party mobile applictions. Then in 2015, Facebook unveiled its ow | sec
ng distributor, similar to rival Twitter's MoPub aimed at attracting more business
-Zaikerberg spent much of early 2015 personally traveling the world, to India, Latin
“Africa, Jakarta, and elsewhere, meeting with groups who petition their governments for
Given that Facebook wants to grow globally, Mr. Zukerberg describes his travels
ealy cook.” He wants to aggressively help phone companies build Internet connections glob-
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