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Tim Cook says Apple Pay now accounts for 75% of all contactless payments made in the US — Apple reported better than expected earnings this afternoon, and one nugget shared on the call by CEO Tim Cook could be a good sign for the company's mobile payments service.
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Apple beats expectations with quarterly net income of $7.8B, down from $10.68B last year; iPad revenue grows for first time in 10 quarters, to $4.9B — Revenue drops for second straight quarter, but shares rise as results still top views — Apple Inc. said its quarterly profit fell 27% …
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Apple's quarterly Greater China revenue dropped 33% YoY to $8.85B, accounted for a little more than 20% of overall company revenue — China impacted Apple's bottom line quite a lot this quarter — and not in a good way. But the company still plans to invest in the country …
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Xiaomi unveils $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop in 13.3" and 12.5" sizes, launches in China August 2 — It wouldn't be a Xiaomi event if it was just announcing one product. In addition to the new Redmi Pro smartphone, the Chinese company threw in a huge surprise by launching its first-ever laptop line … | Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company: |
Inside the development of Facebook's $30K Surround 360 Camera, which was just open-sourced — Today, Facebook is releasing the open-source design of its 360-degree 3D camera. Fast Company got an exclusive look behind the curtain. — Stapled to the wall outside a lab near Facebook's …
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The genesis story of Niantic, a gaming skunkworks overlooked at Google, and Pokémon Go, which began as an April Fool's Google Maps prank — It's not hard to spot players of the most popular smartphone game of all time. They have a peculiar way of carrying their devices in front … | Sensor Tower App Marketing Blog: |
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo records $49 million operating loss as Wii U sales crumble — Nintendo made an operating loss of 5.13 billion yen ($48.6 million) in the first quarter of its 2016 fiscal year as Wii U sales plunged 53 percent year over year to just 220,000 units. Nintendo cited the strengthening yen … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Mobile gaming company Scopely raises $55M Series B round led by Greycroft — Scopely is announcing that it has raised a $55 million Series B round of funding. — The Los Angeles-based company has built tools for promoting and monetizing mobile games — some of those games are developed in-house …
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LinkedIn acquires presentation creation and sharing software startup PointDrive, will integrate technology into its Sales Solution business unit — PointDrive, whose CEO is Bill Burnett, left, has been acquired by LinkedIn. — Blue Sky Innovation — Privacy Policy
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T-Mobile Binge On gets 16 new video services, including video content from Apple Music — Binge On is growing once again. — T-Mobile today added 16 more video providers to Binge On that customers with a 3GB or higher data plan can stream without touching their high-speed data allotment.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Popular wireless keyboards from HP, Toshiba, GE, others don't use encryption, can easily be snooped on and exploited to send malicious text to linked device — You should be able to trust your wireless keyboard. And yet security researchers have been warning people to be suspicious … | Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
President Obama announces the Cyber Incident Severity Schema, a new way the feds will codify the threat level of hacking attacks, but it lacks specifics — George W. Bush's Homeland Security Advisory System—the color-coded terrorism “threat level” indicator that became a symbol of post-9/11 fear mongering … | Twitter: |
Twitter reports Q2 revenue of $602M, an increase of 20% YoY, 313M MAUs, up from 310M last quarter; stock drops on low Q3 guidance of $590M-610M in revenue — Dear Shareholders, We look forward to discussing our second quarter 2016 financial results with you at 2:00 p.m. PT today.
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