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Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly in China — To Apple investors: — Today we are revising our guidance for Apple's fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29. We now expect the following: — Revenue of approximately $84 billion
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Apple lowers revenue guidance to $84B after previously projecting $89B-$93B, says it saw fewer iPhone upgrades than expected; stock down ~7% after hours — Apple has lowered its Q1 guidance in a letter to investors from CEO Tim Cook Wednesday. — Apple stock was halted in after-hours trading …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku Channel adds premium subscriptions, with networks including Showtime, Starz, and Epix available on Roku devices and apps, Samsung smart TVs, and more — Pay for everything on one bill with your Roku account — The Roku Channel, which offers free-to-watch, ad-supported movies …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Net Applications: Windows 10 reached 39.2% worldwide OS market share in December, finally surpassing Windows 7, which dropped to 36.9% — More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share. That means more desktop computers are now running Microsoft's latest … | Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks, at the moment a connection is made — USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks.
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Netflix confirms it has hired Spencer Neumann as new CFO; source says Activision Blizzard fired Neumann because he was pursuing another job — - Netflix has hired Spencer Neumann as chief financial officer. He was the former CFO at Activision Blizzard. — Activision Blizzard fired Neuman …
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| Arjun Balaji: |
Thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018, which marked the start of a crypto recession, and predictions for 2019 as experts now focus on adoption and usage — My thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018 and where we're headed — As another year wraps up, I started writing an email … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC grants permission for Google to deploy its Soli radar-based sensors that enable touchless control of devices with hand gestures — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit won approval from U.S. regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
After closing on around half of its $250M Fund VIII, August Capital abruptly ended the fundraising and will return the limited partner commitments — Silicon Valley venture firm August Capital held its annual holiday dinner on Dec. 6. The mood was festive, not only because of the season … | Li Yuan / New York Times: |
Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its “censorship factories”, with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China's censors — Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content …
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| Shadma Shaikh / FactorDaily: |
Sensor Tower: in India's Google Play Store, 44 of the top 100 apps and five of the top 10 apps were Chinese by the end of 2018, with TikTok taking the top spot — “TikTok is a Youtube killer.” — “Helo is giving ShareChat a tough time and has a higher chance of winning India market.”
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| Dave Briggs / CNN: |
Popular Fortnite streamer Tyler Blevins, aka Ninja, says he has earned nearly $10M in 2018, with 70% of the revenue coming from Twitch and YouTube — New York (CNN Business)Any year in which a young man earns a living playing video games is a pretty darn good one.
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