SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) surging mobile advertising lifted its profits and revenues as the world’s biggest social network grew to over 1.5 billion people.

Net profit in the third quarter jumped 11 percent from a year ago to $891 million as revenues leapt 41 percent to $4.5 billion, despite the negative impact of a strong dollar.

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