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Microsoft Cloud Strength and Hardware Progress Drive Record First-Quarter Revenue — Strong performance across commercial and consumer segments delivers revenue of $23.20 billion. — REDMOND, Wash. — October 23, 2014 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $23.20 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Takes $170 Million Writedown on Weak Fire Phone Sales — Amazon said in a conference call following the release of a disappointing third-quarter financial report that it would take a $170 million charge “primarily related to Fire phone inventory valuation and supplier commitment costs.”
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| Amazon.com: |
Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 20% to $20.58 Billion — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2014. — Operating cash flow increased 15% to $5.71 billion for the trailing twelve months …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Amazon posts $437 million loss, worse than Wall Street feared … Amazon posted a $437 million net loss for the second quarter, or a loss of 95 cents a share, significantly deeper than the net loss of 74 cents per share expected by analysts polled in advance by Thomson Reuters.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Launches Pseudonymous App “Rooms” That Lets You Create Forums About Any Topic — It's not quite anonymous, but forums standalone app Rooms is Facebook's first product that allows you to ditch your real name. Rooms lets you set up a mobile-only in-app discussion space about any topic …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Airbnb valued at $13B ahead of staff stock sale — Airbnb's valuation is set to rise to $13 billion, up from $10 billion earlier this year, as it prepares an employee stock sale, according to people familiar with its plans. — The valuation would make the accommodation site second …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Ello raises $5.5M round led by Foundry Group; investors and founders commit to ad free mission — Ello Raises $5.5 Million to Grow Its Ad-Free Social Network — Ello, the ad-free social network that promises users it will never sell their data, has raised $5.5 million in new venture funding, according to CEO Paul Budnitz.
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| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
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| Sam Colt / Business Insider: |
Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson launching Enjoy in 2015, has raised $30M to help consumers find products — The Genius Behind The Apple Store Wants To Help You Choose Your Next Gadget — Former J.C. Penny CEO and Apple retail chief Ron Johnson has a new startup that hopes to help …
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| Scott Austin / Wall Street Journal: |
Study finds VC confidence in Silicon Valley declining for first time in two years — Venture Capitalists' Confidence Is Waning — or So It Seems … A quarterly survey that gauges the confidence level in Silicon Valley shows that venture capitalists downgraded their enthusiasm in the third quarter.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Judge says Aereo must shut for good as live TV, but service may survive as a cloud DVR — Broadcasters put the final nail in the coffin of Aereo as a live-streaming TV service on Thursday, but a judge's ruling could open the door to it operating as a cloud-DVR service.
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| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Facebook and Yahoo develop RRVS, a new standard for securing recycled email addresses — Facebook and Yahoo Find a New Way to Save the Web's Lost Email Addresses — When Yahoo proposed a plan to reuse mothballed email addresses, a lot of people didn't like it.
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The Next Web, Facebook, The Register, AllFacebook, PC World and ZDNet
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says it is considering “other options” for GT Advanced sapphire plant, and is continuing to monitor sapphire production progress — Apple to Continue Evaluating GT's Sapphire Production Progress, Looking for New Uses for Arizona Plant — Earlier today …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo's new home page, rolling out next month, emphasizes mail, video, and big-name content — Wanna See the Latest New Yahoo Home Page, Rolling Out Next Month? Bokay! — I have been a little lax in lifting interesting tidbits out of Yahoo for some months now, mostly because it felt …
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TechnoBuffalo and WebProNews. Tweets: @michaelbonnett, @recode and @alexia. See also Mediagazer
| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
LG Gets Into the Smartphone Chip Game With Nuclun, an Eight-Core Processor — Korea's LG confirmed on Thursday night that it is indeed getting into the business of making its own mobile processors. — While most phone makers get their processors from companies such as Qualcomm and Nvidia …
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| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Shuddle, an Uber for kids with childcare pros as drivers, launches today, has raised $2.6M, founded by Sidecar co-founder Nick Allen — Shuddle Is an Uber for Kids Driven by Childcare Pros — Shuddle, a new service for parents to arrange paid rides for their children, launches today.
Tweets: @fmanjoo
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