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| Robin Givhan / Washington Post: |
Democrats at the hearing focused on big questions about the power of Big Tech, while the Republicans focused on Google and how it is “unfair” to conservatives — The congressional hearing starring the country's tech titans began as so many video conferences have in the midst of a pandemic …
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
An overview of attempts by tech CEOs to obfuscate and minimize during the hearing, claiming their companies are not that big and data remains under user control — No, Google, we're not really in control of our data. And yes, Facebook, you profit from harmful information.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Internal emails from 2010 show how an Amazon ad prompted Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller to block in-app purchases of Kindle books on iOS — As part of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust probe into Apple, lawmakers have released a variety of internal emails from Apple.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Emails between Eddy Cue and other Apple execs from 2011, revealed in House hearing, show Apple considered 40% cut of first year digital content subscriptions — Apple once considered taking a 40 percent cut from some subscription apps, according to documents shared today by the House Judiciary Committee (via Bloomberg).
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
A recap of antitrust hearing, which was messy but overdue and showed us the beginning of Congress holding powerful tech CEOs to account based on actual evidence — Well, we had an antitrust hearing. — A long one, too. The House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the market power of Amazon …
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
A trove of 1M+ documents from the House antitrust panel builds a far better antitrust case against the tech giants than anything the CEOs said under questioning — - Wednesday's Big Tech hearing provided almost no new information or insight into potential antitrust activity by Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Emails from 2016 show Apple agreed to halve its 30% App Store fee for Amazon as part of deal to get the Prime Video app on iPhones and Apple TV — - IPhone maker's Eddy Cue reached 2016 deal with Amazon's Bezos — In 2011, Apple executives weighed 40% fee for subscriptions
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Facebook: |
Facebook Q2: $18.68B revenue, up 11% YoY, as DAUs rise 12% YoY to 1.79B, MAUs rise 12% YoY to 2.7B; stock up 5%+ after hours — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. — “We're glad to be able to provide small businesses the tools …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google teases the launch of a phone on August 3, presumed to be its budget phone Pixel 4a — While thoroughly leaked, Google has stayed quiet about when to expect its next mid-range phone. That's changing today with a “lorem ipsum” tease for what is most likely the Pixel 4a.
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| Apple: |
Apple reports Q3 revenue of $59.7B, up 11% YoY, of which $46.5B came from products, $13.1B from services, and net income of $11.2B; stock up 5%+ after hours — Revenue up 11 percent and EPS up 18 percent to new June quarter records — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27, 2020.
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| Canalys: |
Analysis: Huawei shipped 55.8M devices globally, down 5% YoY, overtaking Samsung, which shipped 53.7M, down 30% YoY, to become the world's top smartphone vendor — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Thursday, 30 July 2020
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple, saying Apple must “allow users to have the opportunity of downloading software outside the App Store” — Messaging company is latest company to criticise restrictions and fees — Telegram, the messaging app …
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| Washington Post: |
Rakuten: Amazon's share of US e-commerce fell to 38.5% in June from 42.1% in January; Target's share grew from 2.2% to 3.5% and Walmart's from 4.2% to 5% — Amid surging sales, some struggles to address worker safety concerns and get parcels to customers quickly opened the door to rivals.
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.3B, down 2% YoY, net income of $6.96B, down from $9.9B YoY, Other Bets operating loss grew to $1.1B — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 30, 2020 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
Tweets: @techledes, @alfredoyigal, @loudmouthjulia, @mhbergen, @loudmouthjulia, and @ericjackson
| Amazon.com: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $88.91B, up 40% YoY, net income of $5.2B, up from $2.5B in Q1 2019, and AWS revenue of $10.81B, up 29%; stock up 5%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2020.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google upgrades Chrome Autofill on Android with biometric support when inputting credit card info and introduces a new “touch-to-fill” accounts feature — Using a credentials manager is convenient and highly recommended in this day and age. Google is upgrading Chrome Autofill …
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| Associated Press: |
EU imposes its first ever cyber sanctions, hitting six people and three organizations including GRU, for involvement in WannaCry, NotPetya, and other attacks — BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday slapped sanctions on six people and three organizations, including Russia's military …
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| Shubham Agarwal / Digital Trends: |
TikTok says it will pay US creators $1B+ in the next three years, up from the $200M announced before, unveils $70M fund for creators in some European countries — After reports of Instagram poaching TikTok creators emerged, TikTok says it's ramping up its Creator Fund to over a billion dollars … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation of Google's $2.1B bid for Fitbit after EC preliminary review ends August 4 — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into Alphabet Inc unit Google's $2.1 billion bid …
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