Wednesday's filing also shed light on Facebook's expanding user base.
There is only the implied promise of an expanding user base to whom to sell new or replacement phones, watches and music services.
To boost it the firm will need to find more creative ways of making money from its expanding user base without driving up its costs, which have soared as it pumps money into new data centres and other infrastructure to support its growth.The obvious way for Facebook to boost revenue is to keep inventing clever ways to advertise on its network.
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"These acquisitions dramatically increase our ability to execute on our vision of helping recruiters be more successful, develop new products, and serve our exponentially expanding user base".
Its expanding user base in the rest of Southeast Asia also underscores that region's potential as an emerging market for tech and online services.
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Under his leadership, PayPal expanded its user base to 104 million active users from 50 million, increased its revenue to $4 billion from $1.8 billion, developed new mobile products and was well positioned to be eBay's biggest breadwinner by 2014.
While Softbank trailed KDDI by over 10 million subscribers at the time, Softbank has rapidly expanded its user base on the back of the explosive popularity of the iPhone.
Facebook has consistently expanded its user base as well, demonstrating functional longevity.
