TechFlash: LivingSocial cuts its Q4 loss; Airbnb to collect hotel taxes in D.C.

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LivingSocial cuts its Q4 loss but revenue down, expenses up The company says it's still in transition mode, but that 2015 will bring big changes. Airbnb to begin collecting hotel taxes in D.C. Airbnb says it has collected and remitted $5 million for Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco since introducing taxes there in the last few months. D.C.-area design firms dish out advice on making the perfect website Washington's visual art and design firms turned out to be chock full of advice (and sometimes a little snark). T-Mobile creates first ad for live stream of Super Bowl T-Mobile US Inc. said it has created the first ad made especially for NBC's live streaming coverage of Sunday's Super Bowl. National Technology News Former 'Shark Tank' contestant may save SkyMall Synek’s ‘Keurig for beer’ dispenser nears public launch Shake Shack IPO values company near $1B Twitch more than doubled its viewership in a year Hewlett-Packard reveals the roles its top brass will hold when it splits in two Twitter co-founder Dorsey gets effusive about Twitter, on Twitter Google profits, revenue miss forecasts as advertisers paid less per click 5 things we learned about Facebook's mobile strategy this week

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