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Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results — CUPERTINO, California — January 26, 2016 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 26, 2015. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $75.9 billion and record quarterly net income of $18.4 billion, or $3.28 per diluted share.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says it now has over 1B active devices worldwide, up 25% year-over-year — Apple Now Has Over 1 Billion Active Devices Worldwide — Apple has announced that its active installed base of devices has reached 1 billion, based on the number of iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod touch …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple says it sold 74.8M iPhones, up less than 1% year-over-year, the slowest growth pace ever — Apple Reports Slowing Growth in iPhone Sales — Company sees revenue in current quarter declining at the steepest rate in 15 years — Apple Inc. said iPhone sales grew at the slowest pace since …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Sources: Twitter's former VP of product Kevin Weil joins Instagram as product head — Former Twitter Product Head Kevin Weil Is Joining Instagram — Kevin Weil, Twitter's former VP of product who was among the group of executives who left the company over the weekend, has a new job: Head of Product at Facebook-owned Instagram.
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Apple's Safari browser is crashing on iPhones and Macs worldwide — Apple's Safari browser appears to be experiencing issues worldwide this morning. Searching from the address bar in both iOS and OS X is causing the browser to crash in some instances. The Verge has confirmed the problem …
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Juniper Networks buying cloud provider BTI Systems — Juniper's general manager for innovation hinted at which markets the networking provider plans to target with its new assets. — Juniper Networks entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BTI Systems, which sells cloud …
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Bing-powered iOS news app, News Pro, and personalizes interests by using Facebook and LinkedIn sign-ins — Microsoft Launches A Bing-Powered News App For iOS Devices, News Pro — Microsoft today unveiled yet another application aimed at iOS users … | Heather Clancy / Fortune: |
Slack hires Foursquare SVP of Product Strategy Noah Weiss for AI push — Slack Hires Foursquare Exec for Artificial Intelligence Push — This story was updated at Tuesday afternoon to include comments by Noah Weiss. — It seems Foursquare, the once-high-flying location app company, can't catch a break.
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| Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times: |
Lyft settles California lawsuit by paying $12.25M, without granting drivers employee status — Lyft settles worker misclassification lawsuit for $12.25 million — Lyft has settled a lawsuit over worker misclassification. — Lyft has settled a worker misclassification lawsuit for $12.25 million …
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| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
VMware beats slightly with $1.87B in revenue, up 10% YoY, confirms layoffs of 800, and appoints new CFO Zane Rowe from EMC — VMware Q4 Beats; Will Cut 800 Jobs; Appoints EMC CFO — Virtualization software pioneers VMware (VMW), which is in the process of being acquired …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 44 arrives with ability for sites to send notifications after webpage closed with the user's permission and RC4 encryption support discontinued — Firefox 44 arrives with push notifications that sites can send even after users close the page — Mozilla today launched Firefox 44 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.| Re/code: |
Twitter is eyeing Apple veteran Natalie Kerris for top communications job — Twitter Eyeing Apple Veteran for Top Comms Job — Twitter is close to hiring Natalie Kerris, the longtime and high-profile Apple communications exec, to run its communications unit, a critically important job given …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces first technical preview of Azure Stack, which puts Azure on-premises, to launch January 29 with full release slated for Q4 — Microsoft Announces The First Technical Preview Of Azure Stack — With Azure Stack, Microsoft wants to bring its Azure cloud computing services into its customers' data centers.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Apple building paywall system to let publishers offer subscription content through the News app — Apple plans to offer subscription content through News app — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is working to make subscription content available through its News app, giving publishers with paywalls …
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Tweets: @bernsteind, @brianroemmele and @mikeisaac
See also Mediagazer| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Inbox By Gmail Gets Smarter Search With Quick Answer Cards — Inbox by Gmail, Google's next-gen email client for mobile and the web, is getting a nice little update today that will make it easier to find information like addresses, membership numbers and package tracking numbers in your emails.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
YouTube now lets video creators use Donation Cards, which overlay the page, to help raise money for charities directly — YouTube's New Donation Cards Help Video Creators Raise Money For Charities — YouTube just made it a lot easier for its users in the U.S. to use their videos to drive donations to nonprofit organizations.
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Lyft Co-Founder John Zimmer says it will offer autonomous rides within the next 10 years with GM's help; rides could be themed “experience pods” — Here's What Lyft's Driverless Future Might Look Like — It's the year 2030. You step outside your home onto a street unmarked … Sponsor Posts
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