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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it only sold 4.5M Lumia devices last quarter, a 57% drop year-over-year — Windows Phone is dead — Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets as the true third mobile ecosystem …
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| Microsoft: |
Earnings Release FY16 Q2: Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Second Quarter Results — Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $9.4 billion; Windows 10 active on over 200 million devices REDMOND, Wash. — January 28, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2015:
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Apple working on wireless charging tech for iOS devices that works over a distance, may be released as soon as next year — Apple Said Developing Wireless-Charged Phone for as Soon as 2017 — Technology could power devices further away than charging mats
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| Deon Roberts / The Charlotte Observer: |
Cardless ATMs coming to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase this year, enabling customers to perform transactions with their smartphones — Bank of America will allow ATM transactions using smartphones this year — The Charlotte-based bank joins rivals who are also planning to roll out similar technology
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| New York Times: |
Facebook to shut down Parse, the toolkit for mobile developers it acquired in 2013; developers will have year-long window to migrate their data — Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers — Facebook acquired Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, in 2013.
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| Amazon.com: |
Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 22% to $35.7 Billion — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. — Operating cash flow increased 74% to $11.9 billion for the trailing twelve months …
| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
| Bloomberg Business: |
Apple says it has acquired LearnSprout, a startup that creates software for schools and teachers to track students' performance — Apple Acquires Education-Tech Startup LearnSprout — The iPhone maker bought startup to develop education software — LearnSprout competes with Sequoia-backed startup Clever
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| Vadim Lavrusik / Facebook: |
Facebook extends ability to share live video to all iPhone users in the US, rest of the world over coming weeks, Android users soon — Expanding Live Video to More People — In December, we started testing the ability for people to share live video on Facebook, and it has been inspiring …
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
LG patches vulnerability discovered in Smart Notice, a preinstalled app on the G3 affecting an estimated 10M phones — LG closes data-theft hole affecting millions of G3 smartphones — Bug allows attackers to embed malicious code in data fed to phone. — LG is closing a security hole … | Christine Hall / FOSS Force: |
SourceForge Media acquires Slashdot Media; sources say longtime Slashdot employees are being replaced by inexperienced, less costly staff — SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold — Breaking News — Editor's note: This breaking news story was updated on Thursday, January 28 …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Apple issues AC adapter recall for Macs and iPads sold in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Europe, New Zealand, and South Korea between 2003 and 2015 — Apple Is Issuing A Recall For Some Of Its Wall Plug Adapters — Today in power cord plug wall-adapter news, Apple is announcing …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sony Posts $1B Profit For Q3 2015 But Feels Pinch From Slowing Mobile Market — Another quarter of promise for Sony. The Japanese tech giant just released its Q3 2015 financial results, posting net income of 120.1 billion JPY ($1 billion) on total revenue 2,580.8 billion JPY ($21.5 billion) …
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