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Amazon Q4: $87.4B revenue, up 21% YoY, net income of $3.3B, up from $3B in Q4 2018, AWS revenue of $9.9B, up from $7.4B in Q4 2018; stock up 11%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) January 30, 2020—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2019.
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Apple says its updated Maps are rolling out across the US, with more detailed visuals and new features like Look Around, and coming to Europe later this year — Apple's updated and more detailed Maps experience has now rolled out across the U.S., the company announced this morning.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to step down on April 6, to be replaced by SVP of Cloud and Cognitive Software Arvind Krishna; Jim Whitehurst to become President — - Ginni Rometty has been executive chairman, president and CEO since 2012. — Rometty has been at IBM for almost four decades; the next one has been there for three decades.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Reports from four analytics companies: Huawei surpassed Apple in 2019 with global smartphone shipments of 241M vs. 198M; Samsung retains its top spot with 298M — Apple's strong fourth quarter wasn't enough to hold off the Chinese challenger — Huawei overtook Apple to become … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Avast will shut down its marketing subsidiary Jumpshot following controversy over selling user data to third parties — Avast's CEO said the move is “absolutely the right thing to do.” — Avast is winding down its subsidiary Jumpshot following an explosive investigation into the sale …
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Microsoft launches Xbox bug bounty program, will pay rewards up to $20K for vulnerabilities found in the Xbox Live network and services — Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) to start accepting vulnerabilities in Xbox gaming platform. — Microsoft announced today the launch …
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| Angela Chen / MIT Technology Review: |
Pitch deck details Column, a paid social network centered on tech/business notables, with Aron Ping D'Souza as CEO; investor Sarah Cone later said she was CEO — Business and technology leaders are being asked to spend $100,000 buying in to the service. — A proposed new social network …
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The EU Parliament overwhelmingly passes measure pushing for adoption of a common charging standard for mobile devices, which Apple said would stifle innovation — The European Parliament in a landslide vote on Thursday called on the EU Commission to adopt rules that would establish …
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| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
Survey of 12,043 US adults: 59% distrust Facebook for political and election news, including 62% of Republicans and 59% of Democrats, while 48% distrust Twitter — Facebook and Twitter are a long way from instilling confidence after letting misinformation flood their services during recent elections, according to a new survey.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Uber and DoorDash held failed merger talks about six months ago; the talks were at SoftBank's behest which wanted to consolidate food-delivery industry — Uber and DoorDash held talks to combine last year in a deal that would have accelerated the long-awaited consolidation …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
EA reports Q3 revenues of $1.98B, beating expectations, on growth of its live services to $993M, up 27% YoY; net income is expected to be $2.93B for 2019 — Electronic Arts reported earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31 …
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| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
House subcommittee launches an investigation into dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors … | Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Woman tried for 4 years to get Facebook to remove a business page someone created for her “butthole”; the company removed it only after BuzzFeed wrote about it — “This unofficial Page was created because people on Facebook have shown interest in this place or business.
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Sources: FBI has probed Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group for its possible role in hacks of US residents, companies and intel gathering on governments since 2017 — (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents … Sponsor Posts
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