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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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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Apple's “Other products” (including Apple TV, Apple Watch) recorded $4.35B sales, up 43% QoQ, 62% YoY — Apple TV And Apple Watch (Probably) Had A Big Quarter — Apple posted its quarterly earnings after the bell on Tuesday, showcasing record profits of $18.4 billion.| 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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| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg Business: |
| Bloomberg Business: |
A look at MSR NeXT, a group created from 500+ of Microsoft Research staff, which is now delivering actual products like Skype Translator, HoloLens, and more — How Microsoft Plans to Beat Google and Facebook to the Next Tech Breakthrough — The company behind Windows and Office is remaking … | Shira Ovide / Bloomberg Business: |
Twitter's revenue growth rate better than almost every company that had $2B in sales over the past year — Changing the Twitter Conversation — Shira Ovide is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering technology. She previously was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
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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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| 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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| Guardian: |
Uber ordered to pay €1.2m to French taxi union by court in Paris — Drivers' group complained that ridesharing app's drivers were acting as traditional cabs and not returning to garage after each fare — Uber has been ordered to pay €1.2m (£910,000) to a French taxi union …
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| 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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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple's Safari browser is crashing on iPhones and Macs worldwide, can be fixed by disabling search suggestions — Apple's Safari browser is crashing on iPhones and Macs worldwide — Apple's Safari browser appears to be experiencing issues worldwide this morning.
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Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @tomwarren, @phillipcaudell and @stroughtonsmith
| 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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| 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 …
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