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Apple reports record Q2 revenue of $89.6B, up 54% YoY, net income of $23.6B, up from $11.2B YoY, iPhone sales of $47.9B, up from $29B YoY — Revenue up 54 percent to new March quarter record — Services and Mac revenue reach new all-time high — Apple today announced financial results …
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| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Apple Q2: record Mac sales of $9.1B, up from $5.4B last year, iPad sales of $7.8B, up from $4.4B, Wearables, Home, and Accessories sales of $7.8B, up from $6.3B — Apple earned $89.6 billion in revenue for the second fiscal quarter of 2021, a huge Wall Street beat attributed in large part …
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| Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: |
Apple says it has 660M subscriptions across its platform; Apple Q2 Services revenue hit a record $16.9B, up from $13.3B a year ago — The tech giant's overall revenue hit $89.6 billion, up 54 percent from a year prior. — Apple's services business is off to a hot start in 2021.
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| Investor Relations: |
Facebook reports Q1 revenue of $26.2B, up from $17.7B YoY, MAUs of 2.85B, up 10% YoY, headcount of 60,654, up 26% YoY, avg. ad price up 30% YoY; stock rises ~5% — MENLO PARK, Calif., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported nancial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Facebook says Q1 ad revenue was $25.4B, up 46% YoY, expects continued growth in Q2, with headwinds in H2 due to regulatory changes and Apple's iOS 14.5 update — The average price per ad in Q1 increased by 30 percent year-over-year, driving up Facebook ad revenue growth.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
After 526 days of its initial launch, Google finally gives users a way to search through Stadia's 172 games available on the service — If only Google knew anyone with experience building search engines — Stadia is an online game streaming service from Google, a company …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google says it's rolling out an update for Assistant that allows a user to train Assistant how to pronounce and recognize uncommon names, at first in English — handful new updates that will make Assistant better at pronouncing tricky names and understanding the context of conversations you share with it.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook blocked all posts with “#ResignModi” in India, says they were blocked by mistake and not due to a govt. order, and that posts have now been restored — Updated at 1.17am IST, Thursday: Facebook comms Andy Stone said the company has restored the posts and is “looking into what happened.”
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon will invest $1B+ to increase wages for more than 500K of its warehouse workers by $.50 to $3 an hour, rolling out from mid-May to early June — Amazon announced Wednesday that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in wage increases for its operations workers, promising raises …
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Epic files expert testimonies before next week's trial, arguing its antitrust case and disputing Apple's claim that App Store's primary role is to protect users — The Epic Games lawsuit continues in the form of written testimony ahead of the trial next month.
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| Associated Press: |
A federal appeals court rules that plans for 3D-printed “ghost guns” can be posted online without US State Department approval, reinstating a Trump admin order — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Plans for 3D-printed, self-assembled “ghost guns” can be posted online without U.S. State Department approval …
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Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange GlobeDX raises $18M seed from investors including Y Combinator, Pantera Capital, and Draper Dragon — Up-and-coming derivatives exchange GlobeDEX - or Globe as it's simply known - h as closed a private round worth $18 million.| Josef Adalian / Vulture: |
Netflix launches Play Something, an opt-in viewing mode that gives the service a more TV-like feel to fight viewers' decision fatigue — Ten years ago, Netflix got the idea that its app should work more like regular TV. This was early on in its transition from DVD delivery to streaming on demand …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Uber will let customers schedule Covid-19 vaccine appointments through its app in the US and book rides to and from participating nearby Walgreens pharmacies — Uber Technologies Inc. will let customers schedule Covid-19 vaccine appointments through the app at nearby Walgreens pharmacies in the U.S. …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Mighty debuts a premium Chromium-based macOS browser, now invite-only, that “entirely streams” from cloud, can load “hundreds” of tabs without stalling a Mac — With the underlying concept popularized by Stadia and other game services, Mighty wants to stream an entire Chromium browser from the cloud.
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| Reuters: |
Samsung reports Q1 net profit of $6.4B, up 46% YoY, driven by 66% profit surge in mobile business to $3.97B, and revenue of $59B, up 18% YoY — ReutersJoyce LeeHeekyong Yang — 3 minutes read
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Samsung announces two lightweight laptops with OLED screens: the Galaxy Book Pro, starting at $1K, and the Galaxy Book Pro 360, a convertible starting at $1.2K — Premium screens and premium features — Samsung has announced two new Galaxy Book devices: the Galaxy Book Pro …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based digital asset custody and financial services provider Finoa raises $22M Series A led by Balderton Capital — Institutions need to keep their crypto assets somewhere. And they aren't going to keep it on some random, or consumer-grade crypto operation. This requires more sophisticated technology.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, bringing its total raised to $36M+ — In Indonesia, daily necessities often cost more in smaller cities and rural areas. Super co-founder and chief executive officer Steven Wongsoredjo …
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| Levi Sumagaysay / MarketWatch: |
eBay reports Q1 revenue of $3.0B, up 42% YoY and profits of $641M, as GMV rose 29% to $27.5B, while active buyers increased 7% to 187M worldwide; stock down 5%+ — EBay Inc.'s first-quarter results beat expectations on growth in its core categories, namely sneakers and luxury watches, the company said Wednesday.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
ElasticRun, which helps neighborhood stores in India secure capital and boost sales by working with e-commerce firms, raises $75M Series D — A startup that is helping over 125,000 neighborhood stores in India secure working capital, inventory from top brands, and work with e-commerce firms … Sponsor Posts
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