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Facebook posts Q1 revenue of $8.03B, up 49% YoY, as DAUs reach 1.28B, up 18% YoY, and MAUs reach 1.94B, up 17% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. — “We had a good start to 2017,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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| Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple will start $1B fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in US and announce the first investment later this month — Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company will start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States. — “We're announcing it today.
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Qualcomm plans to ask the International Trade Commission to halt iPhone imports from Asia into the US as part of ongoing patent dispute — Appeal to trade agency could pressure Apple in legal fight — ITC has authority to halt product shipments into U.S. market
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Judge says Waymo has yet to offer “smoking gun” that Uber knew of stolen docs after Waymo said Levandowski made deal with Uber, took 9.7GB data — Lawyers for Google's former self-driving car unit showed internal Uber emails Wednesday that it says bolster its case …
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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Facebook to add 3,000 people to its community operations team to review reports of inappropriate content, after several high-profile violent video incidents — Over the last few weeks, we've seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook — either live or in video posted later.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google says it has disabled the accounts responsible for the widespread phishing email that mimicked Google Docs' design — If someone invites you to edit a file in Google Docs today, don't open it — it may be spam from a phishing scheme that's been spreading quickly this afternoon.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Bonsai raises $7.6M Series B from Microsoft Ventures, Samsung, and others to help companies build AI for their own businesses — AI startup Bonsai has raised $7.6 million to grow its platform that simplifies open-source machine learning library TensorFlow to help businesses construct …
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| Natalia Wojcik / CNBC: |
Fitbit beats Q1 expectations on revenue of $299M vs $281M est, sold 3M devices as average selling price declined 4% to $96.45 per device; stock up 9%+ — Here's what Fitbit reported: — Shares of Fitbit spiked after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results on Wednesday after the bell.
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| Taylor Rhodes / The Official Rackspace Blog: |
Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes says he has resigned to become CEO of an unnamed smaller private firm; Rackspace president Jeff Cotten will become interim CEO — This morning, I announced to my fellow Rackers the toughest decision I've ever had to make: I'm leaving the company that I love …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
WhatsApp service restored after two-hour outage — It's been a bit of a rough day if you enjoy using the internet. Google Docs experienced a widespread phishing attack, sending the internet into panic. Now WhatsApp has been down for more than an hour, and users of the popular Facebook … | Greg Barbosa / 9to5Mac: |
SoundCloud debuts The Upload, a Discover Weekly-style playlist that recommends new music, available now on iOS and Android — SoundCloud has unveiled a new feature today to help listeners discover even more new music. The Upload is SoundCloud's answer to the music discovery playlists …
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SoundCloud, Ubergizmo, International Business Times, Android Authority, Android Police, TechCrunch, MacRumors, and The Verge. Tweets: @soundcloud
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Ubiquity of WeChat in China means Apple cannot differentiate iPhones with iOS as it does elsewhere, hurting sales and putting pressure on new hardware releases — Did you hear about the new Microsoft Surface Laptop? The usual suspects are claiming it's a MacBook competitor, which is true insomuch as it is a laptop.
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Slack updates its search function to suggest users who are knowledgable on the subject, available to paid teams of over 50 people — Slack has launched a feature designed to elevate how you search for information in the team chat and productivity app. Instead of querying by messages …
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