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Samsung posts record net profit of $9.9B in Q2, up 89% YoY boosted by strong chip and Galaxy S8 sales, revenue rose to $54.8B, up 19.8% — Results position the company to top Apple in quarterly profits — SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. delivered its biggest-ever quarter of profits …
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Behind the scenes at Samsung, as it posts record profits while being embroiled in a corruption scandal, a year after the exploding Galaxy Note 7 debacle — A year after the exploding phones, Samsung is embroiled in the mess that brought down South Korea's president. How is it still thriving?| WhatsApp Blog: |
WhatsApp announces it has 1B users every day, up from 1B users per month in February last year — Just last year, we shared that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every month. Today, we are excited and proud to share that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every …
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Facebook Q2: $9.3B revenue, up 45% YoY, mobile made 87% of total; profit up 71% YoY; 1.3B DAUs, up 17% YoY; 2B MAUs, up 17% YoY; 20.7K headcount, up 43% YoY — “We had a good second quarter and first half of the year,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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Twitter's Q2 revenue of $574M beats expectations, but monthly active users remain flat at 328M; advertising revenue decreased 8% YoY to $489M, shares fall 8%+ — - Twitter posted better-than-expected EPS and revenue growth in its second-quarter earnings report.
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Sources: Slack raising $250M, led by SoftBank and Accel Partners, valuing the company at more than $5B — Messaging startup is set to be valued at more than $5 billion in new funding round. — Slack Technologies Inc. is raising about $250 million in a funding round co-led by SoftBank Group Corp. …
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US Justice Department charges Russia's Alexander Vinnik on suspicion of laundering $4B+ funds via bitcoin, alleges funds obtained via Mt.Gox hack — Defendant Alexander Vinnik Was Arrested in Greece to Face Charges in the United States; Bitcoin Exchange Alleged to Have Received Deposits Valued at Over $4 Billion
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Sources: Amazon's 1492, a skunkworks lab, is working on healthcare tech including a platform for medical records, telemedicine, and apps for devices like Echo — - Areas of exploration include a platform for electronic medical record data, telemedicine and health apps for existing devices like the Amazon Echo.
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Microsoft debuts Azure Container Instances, which make it easier to deploy and bill containers on Azure, and joins foundation that oversees Kubernetes — Microsoft's cloud business is making two notable moves involving containers Wednesday — unveiling a new service that aims to make it much easier …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Tech leaders including Tim Cook, Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, and Marc Benioff speak out against Trump's transgender troop ban — Salesforce and the CEO of Google are among the first tech leaders to publicly speak out after President Trump's announcement Wednesday …
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US Treasury's FinCEN fines BTC-e $110M for violating US anti-money laundering laws — Immediate Release — WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working in coordination with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California …
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Foxconn says it plans to invest $10B in Wisconsin plant, creating 3,000 jobs, manufacturing flat-panel displays for TVs and other consumer electronics — Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics supplier for Apple and other tech giants, said Wednesday it would open its first major American factory in Wisconsin … | Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
Dow Jones: 30 US VC funds raised $500M+ each last year, up from 17 in 2015, and the most since 54 in 2000 — Canaan Partners' $800 million fund is the latest jumbo-size capital pool — Giant venture-capital funds are piling up in Silicon Valley, a sign that foundations … | Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters: |
Amazon launches Prime Now, its two-hour delivery service, in Singapore, taking on Chinese rival, Alibaba — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc launched its two-hour delivery service in Singapore on Thursday, marking the e-commerce giant's biggest push into Southeast Asia and its first head …
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