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Apple Q1: revenue from iPhone declined 15% YoY, but total revenue from all other products and services grew 19%; services revenue hit an all-time high of $10.9B — Services, Mac and Wearables Set New All-Time Revenue Records EPS Reaches All-Time High at $4.18 Cupertino, California …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Q1 2019 profit of $19.97B and revenue of $84.3B, following its revision down from $89B-$93B, and projects $55B to $59B over the next quarter — Apple's earnings day has arrived, and despite massive revenue and profit in the billions, it's a bit of a different quarter for Apple for a few reasons.
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Apple says revenue from services reached $10.8B, in line with estimates, and that it now has 360M subscribers to both its own and to third-party services — (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday reported sharp growth in its services business and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between …
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Apple booked $13.17B in revenue from China in Q1, down 27% YoY from $17.96B — - Apple cited weak economic conditions in China as a reason for its lowered guidance for its first quarter 2019 in its warning to investors earlier this month. — Apple's revenue in China came in at $13.17 billion during … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple disables Group FaceTime on the server side as a temporary workaround after recently reported security flaw, says software update is coming this week — Software update still due later this week — Apple has temporarily disabled its Group FaceTime feature in iOS and macOS to fix a major security flaw.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Gmail's Android and iOS apps will get a refreshed design in coming weeks to reflect the Google Material Theme, with other G Suite apps to follow — Google is rolling out a new interface overhaul for Gmail on mobile devices, a move that fits with the company's broader mission …
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Slack says it now has over 10M DAUs, more than half outside the US, and its global paying customers total has grown by over 50% YoY to 85,000+ — An update on how our customers use Slack — With our fifth birthday just around the corner, Slack now has more than 10 million daily active users … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
US judge rejects proposed Yahoo data breach settlement, citing high lawyer fees and size of the class Yahoo privately disclosed as smaller than its user base — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information …
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GameStop shares close down 27% after the board of the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended its search for a buyer — GameStop shares plunged nearly 30 percent Tuesday after the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended the search for a buyer …
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EU publishes first monthly reports by Facebook, Google, Firefox, and Twitter on their fight against disinformation, wants them to intensify efforts — The European Union has urged US internet giants and advertising firms to intensify the fight against disinformation campaigns before EU elections in May, or risk regulation.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q4 revenue of $1.42B, up 6% YoY but missing analyst estimates of $1.44B, and net income of $38M; stock up 8%+ after hours — The company's weak outlook comes after Nvidia said it was seeing softer sales. AMD said inventory and the end of the blockchain boom were issues.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon to fund computer science classes in 130+ NYC high schools, covering basic lessons, tutorials, and teacher development via a NY-area curriculum provider — Following Amazon's decision to set up one of its new headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, the company announced this morning … | Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waze expands its open-source Bluetooth beacons to NYC to mitigate poor GPS signal in tunnels and offers the service to third parties for $28.50 per unit — Drivers in New York City will soon be able to use Waze — and other navigation apps — in places like tunnels or bridges where it's common to lose a GPS signal.| Chris Brantner / Streaming Observer: |
Study: of 3,839 movies on Netflix, 596 are “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, more than Prime, Hulu, HBO combined, despite Prime having 17,461 movies total — Amazon Prime Video may have more than 4.5x as many movies as Netflix, but quantity isn't everything.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
eBay beats on Q4 sales of $2.9B, but global merchandise volume of $24.6B was up only 1%; will return $5.5B to investors in 2019 amid activist pressure — As eBay gets increasing pressure from activist shareholder Elliott Management to reform its business and turn it into a high-growth tech stock … | Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Huawei MateBook 13 review: solid performance, comfortable keyboard, and sturdy design, but no Thunderbolt 3, lackluster battery life, and crazy-loud fans — This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro. — Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market.
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Collibra, which provides data governance tech to manage and track corporate data, raises $100M Series E led by CapitalG at a $1B+ valuation — CapitalG, an investment arm of Google parent Alphabet, has led a $100 million funding round in the data technology startup Collibra.
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| Marrian Zhou / CNET: |
Samsung says One UI, its redesigned mobile UI, is rolling out now to US Galaxy S9 and S9+ phones on Xfinity Mobile and to other carriers in the coming days — Samsung's has started rolling out One UI, its new mobile software, in the US. — On Tuesday, Xfinity Mobile released the One UI update for Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+ models.
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| U.S. Department of Justice: |
DOJ indictment details Huawei's efforts to steal trade secrets from T-Mobile and offer bonuses to staff who stole confidential information from other companies — Huawei Corporate Entities Conspired to Steal Trade Secret Technology and Offered Bonus to Workers who Stole Confidential Information from Companies Around the World
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