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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results — Capital Return Program Expanding to $250 Billion — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter ended March 26, 2016. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $50.6 billion and quarterly net income of $10.5 billion, or $1.90 per diluted share.
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| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
Apple misses with Q2 revenue of $50.6B, down from $58B last year; net income down to $10.5B; 51.2M iPhones sold; sees Q3 sales drop to $41B-$43B; stock down 7%+ — Apple Forecasts Another Sales Decline as iPhone Demand Cools — Apple Inc. posted its first quarterly revenue drop …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple services revenue grows 20% YoY to $5.99B, now higher than Mac revenue — Apple now makes more money from its services than selling Macs — Apple now makes more revenue from its services than it does from selling Macs. Revenue from services like iTunes, the App Store, iTunes …
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Sources: FBI plans to keep iPhone-hacking method secret, will discourage White House from beginning internal review of whether it should be disclosed to Apple — FBI Plans to Keep Apple iPhone-Hacking Method Secret — Move would likely keep Apple in the dark about security weakness| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Apple says it received its first FBI tip via Vulnerability Equities Process on April 14; vulnerability already fixed on iOS9 and El Capitan — Apple says FBI gave it first vulnerability tip on April 14 — The FBI informed Apple Inc of a vulnerability in its iPhone and Mac software on April 14 …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox previews Project Infinite, which will show files locally but store them remotely; no launch timeline or pricing set — Dropbox's Project Infinite shows all company files locally but stores them remotely — Cloud file syncing and sharing software company Dropbox today is announcing …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
None of the changes Twitter made over the past year have broadened the appeal of the core service — Nothing Twitter is doing is working — Twitter reported its first-quarter earnings today, and they came in under expectations: the company's haul of $595 million was less than the $607.8 million … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter reports mixed Q1 with $595M in revenue, up 36% YoY but less than $608M expected, 310M MAUs, up 3% YoY; stock drops 13%+ after hours — Twitter's woes continue on Q1 sales of $595M, a sluggish 310M MAUs and weak guidance — Twitter reported its Q1 earnings today, and they're not great.
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel CEO outlines new strategy: focus on connected things like PC and IoT, cloud, new memory business like 3D XPoint, 5G, manufacturing and fab innovation — Intel declares independence from the PC as it lays out a broader 5-point strategy — The PC's just another ‘connected thing’ in this new world order.| Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
Ex-Twitter VP Michael Sippey launches Talkshow, a public chatroom where only invited users can talk, available on iOS today — This New Messaging App Talkshow Makes Your Texts Public (Sort Of) — It's more like a public Slack room. — Talkshow is a new messaging app where all the conversations are public.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
YouTube brings a new homepage with larger thumbnail previews and improved recommendations powered by machine learning to its iOS and Android apps — YouTube brings a new homepage with improved recommendations to its iOS and Android apps — Next time you open the YouTube app on your iOS or Android phone … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3B+, would likely merge DreamWorks with Universal Pictures — Comcast in Talks to Buy DreamWorks Animation for More Than $3 Billion — Deal would join DreamWorks with Comcast's Universal Pictures
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
AT&T meets expectations with $40.5B Q1 revenue, $3.8B in net income, is losing U-Verse customers faster than adding DirecTV subs; adds 1.8M wireless subscribers — AT&T adds 1.8 million U.S. wireless customers as sales top $40 billion — AT&T on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
HTC launches Vive X, a $100M VR startup accelerator, in Beijing, Taipei, and San Francisco — HTC launches $100 million VR startup accelerator — HTC is launching a $100 million accelerator program for startups that want to use its VR technology. The program, called Vive X …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Interbank messaging platform SWIFT warns customers of multiple cyber fraud cases, saying the Bangladesh Bank hack was not an isolated incident — Exclusive: SWIFT warns customers of multiple cyber fraud cases — SWIFT, the global financial network that banks use to transfer billions of dollars every day …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft releases Skype for Business Mac Preview with Outlook calendar integration today, plans to add instant messaging, telephony, and more this summer — Microsoft introducing Skype for Business Mac Preview w/ Outlook calendar integration — Microsoft is getting serious with the Mac today … Sponsor Posts
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