|
April 28, 2022, 11:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Business Wire: |
Apple reports Q2 revenue of $97.3B, up 9% YoY, $25B net income, up from $23.6B YoY, authorizes an additional $90B in share repurchases, and hikes dividend by 5% — Revenue up 9 percent to new March quarter record — Services revenue reaches new all-time high
More:
Bloomberg, AppleInsider, MacRumors, CNET, Digital Trends, New York Times, iDownloadBlog.com, and BGR
Tweets: @jsnell, @jsnell, @darth, @darth, @neilcybart, @kirkburgess, @stevekovach, @asymco, @ryanreith, @inafried, @epro, @iansherr, @susanlitv, @benbajarin, @caro_milanesi, @neilcybart, @anthony, @neilcybart, @iansherr, and @kfury
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple Q2 revenue: $50.57B from iPhone, up 5.5% YoY, $10.44B from Mac, up 14.7% YoY, $7.65B from iPad, down 1.9% YoY, and $8.8B from other products, up 12.4% YoY — - Apple's revenue grew nearly 9% year over year during the quarter ended in March. — But shares fell nearly 4% …
More:
9to5Mac, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, Six Colors, MacRumors, iMore, Investopedia, MobileSyrup, iPhone Hacks, Axios, AppleInsider, Macworld, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, and MacStories
Tweets: @jsnell, @cnbc, @cnbcnow, @neilcybart, @asymco, @neilcybart, @htsfhickey, @neilcybart, @munster_gene, @brandonbutch, @neilcybart, @jsnell, @jsnell, @kantrowitz, @jyarow, @jyarow, @joannastern, @kifleswing, @alex, @munster_gene, @jimcramer, @samifathi_, @wsj, and @jsnell
| Reuters: |
Apple reports Services revenue grew 17% YoY to $19.8B in Q2 2022 and 825M paying subscribers globally across all its services, up from 785M in Q1 2022 — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Thursday reported record fiscal second-quarter sales and profit that beat Wall Street estimates as it managed chip shortages …
More:
Billboard, 9to5Mac, iMore, TechCrunch, CNET, MacRumors, and Variety
Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @asymco, @greengart, @asymco, @daveleeft, @asymco, @caro_milanesi, and @patrickmcgee_
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Snap announces Pixy, a $230 mini drone that can capture 2.7K videos and 12MP photos, syncs with Snapchat, and weighs 101g, available in the US and France — Meet Pixy, Snap's little flying companion. Pixy is a mini drone that can act as a camera sidekick when you can't ask someone to take a video of you.
More:
The Verge, newsroom.snap.com, FCC, Bloomberg, YouTube, Mashable, The Economic Times, The Verge, Android Central, Input, Fast Company, Engadget, KnowTechie, Android Police, Wired, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Variety, and CNBC
Tweets: @caseynewton, @mattnavarra, @qwongsj, @pierce, @pt, @mcwm, @qwongsj, @libshipwreck, @hypervisible, @jetscott, @alexeheath, @bigblackjacobin, @vadimyuryev, @awallenstein, @mcproulx, @mgsiegler, @parkerortolani, @casey, @scobleizer, @harrymccracken, @sarahintampa, @alexeheath, @alexhern, @dcseifert, @itsalexclark, @brianroemmele, @vjeranpavic, @joannastern, @reckless, and @kylebrussell
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel dismisses Meta's metaverse ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” and says the word “metaverse” is never uttered in Snap's offices — Founder says his company is committed to augmenting the real world rather than replacing it
More:
Financial Times and The Verge
Tweets: @mgsiegler, @liahaberman, @amaldorai, @mattnavarra, @daveleeft, @mcwm, @ernestc_smitten, @jerrycap, @mr_derivatives, and @tfadell
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Snap Pixy review: a cute drone with four flying modes, but the footage quality is not the best, the battery lasts only a few flights, and it can't handle wind — With this new kind of flying camera, Snapchat's creators take the stress out of piloting remote-controlled aircraft for aerial photography.
More:
newsroom.snap.com, CNET, Digit, Neowin, DroneDJ, MacRumors, SlashGear, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, Liliputing, Sublink, and PCMag
Tweets: @teroterotero, @jeremyburge, @counternotions, @robaeprice, @joannastern, @heatherkelly, and @petersterne
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
More:
newsroom.snap.com, Tubefilter, Protocol, and dot.LA
Tweets: @richlightshed, @richlightshed, @scobleizer, @anshelsag, and @snapar
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: during Twitter deal negotiations, Elon Musk said he would be focused on the company's bottom line and floated the idea of cutting both costs and jobs — As he negotiated a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc., Elon Musk told bankers that he would be focused …
More:
TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Reuters, Financial Times, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @michaeldell, @goldman, @lopezlinette, @reckless, @kairyssdal, @dudejohan, @ivanthek, and @danprimack
| Financial Times: |
More:
Hacking, But Legal, Washington Post, AdExchanger, and Protocol
Tweets: @scalzi, @tim, @kantrowitz, @davidrlurie, @mikeelgan, and @ishaantharoor
| Business Wire: |
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to $116.4B, $3.8B net loss vs. $8.1B net income in Q1 2021, and AWS revenue up 37% YoY; stock down 10%+ on weak Q2 guidance — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
More:
Reuters, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, GameSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Times, and GeekWire
Tweets: @thestalwart, @tcarmody, @thestalwart, @markdistef, @plantmath1, @unusual_whales, @jerrycap, @justin_hart, @pkedrosky, @tcarmody, @jerrycap, @trendspider, @epro, @garyblack00, and @delrey
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
More:
iTnews, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Variety, SiliconANGLE, and The Verge
Tweets: @quinnypig, @quinnypig, @cnbcnow, @quinnypig, and @carnage4life
| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
Robinhood reports Q1 revenue down 43% YoY to $299M, vs. $355.8M est., net loss of $392M, down from $1.4B YoY, 15.9M MAUs, down from 17.7M YoY; stock drops 10%+ — Retail brokerage firm Robinhood reported a wider-than-expected loss and shrinking revenue for the first quarter …
More:
TheStreet, GlobeNewswire News Room, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, The Block, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @carnage4life, @unusual_whales, and @cnbc
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids on second-gen Fire TV Cubes for Starkey hearing aids, the first US streaming media player to support ASHA — Today, Amazon Fire TV announced the launch of Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) on Fire TV Cube (2nd gen) for compatible Bluetooth hearing aids from Starkey.
More:
Amazon Fire TV, CNET, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, and AFTVnews
| João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers: |
A Microsoft support page shows the company is testing the Microsoft Edge Secure Network feature, a built-in VPN-like service for Edge, powered by Cloudflare — Microsoft is testing a VPN-like service for its Edge browser, adding a new layer of security and privacy to the browsing experience.
Source:
Microsoft Support. More:
BleepingComputer, SlashGear, TNW, Digital Trends, OnMSFT.com, WinBuzzer, Windows Central, and ZDNet
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter says it overstated mDAUs from Q1 2019 to Q4 2021 by up to 1.9M per quarter, counting one user's multiple accounts as active, even if they weren't in use — How did this happen twice? — Twitter overstated the number of daily users on its service for three years straight, overcounting by up to 1.9 million users each quarter.
More:
TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Financial Times, govtech.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Input
Tweets: @sarafischer, @lukebk, @sarthakgh, @kantrowitz, @rob_cyran, @kantrowitz, @reckless, @bradmichelson, @pkafka, @dcseifert, @timodc, and @calbucci
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
More:
PR Newswire, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @b_fung, @tomaxwell, @alexweprin, @twitterir, @benedictevans, @kurtwagner8, @jamespmcleod, @zerohedge, @robinw, @modestproposal1, @jonerlichman, @techau, @techau, @flytip, and @jpmaheu
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q1 revenue down 7% YoY to $18.35B, vs. $18.31B est., Datacenter and AI revenue of $6B, up 22% YoY, and Client Computing revenue of $9.3B, down 13% — - Intel beat on the top and bottom lines for the first quarter but forecast weak quarterly guidance. — The company's quarterly PC chip business came in light.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Analysis of 3,759 non-stablecoin tokens: ~80% of freshly minted cryptocurrencies are underwater, with average one-year returns close to zero relative to bitcoin — About 80% of freshly minted cryptocurrencies are underwater and their average returns are close to zero relative to Bitcoin within a year … | Malique Morris / The Information: |
Document: one-click checkout service Bolt's revenue has stalled and has been losing customers amid competition from PayPal and Shopify; Bolt is valued at $11B — Bolt, which develops software that online stores use to help shoppers pay with one click, started the year riding high …
Tweets: @mdudas and @kateclarktweets
| Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix's quest to grow in Asia faces formidable challenges, including a crowded field of foreign and local services, preferences for local content, and more — The competition is cutthroat across Asia, the world's key streaming battleground, with a crowded field of foreign and local servicesSponsor Posts
ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
Intel:
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
Zoho:
5 common AI pitfalls in staffing and how to fix them — Staffing teams are turning to AI to keep up with growing hiring demands. It helps recruiters move faster, handle more applications, and stay on top of their pipelines.
5 common AI pitfalls in staffing and how to fix them — Staffing teams are turning to AI to keep up with growing hiring demands. It helps recruiters move faster, handle more applications, and stay on top of their pipelines.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Access:
Live @ Nvidia's nerd Super Bowl, poker takes over tech, and the future of AI banking
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Superapp Ambitions, Jensen on Jobs, Bezos's $100 Billion Automation Fund
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Hard Fork:
'A.I.-Washing' Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can't Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Social Radars:
Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator
Come be a fly on the wall as Y Combinator's Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
Subscribe to The Social Radars.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Star Catcher's Andrew Rush: Harnessing The Sun To Build The First Energy Grid In Space
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:45 PM ET, April 28, 2022.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Wall Street Journal:Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
More:
Airbnb Newsroom. Tweets: @bchesky, @bchesky, @bchesky, @bchesky, @bchesky, @bchesky, @bchesky, and @mikeisaac
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
More:
noyb.eu. Tweets: @privacat, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @arcapde, @maxschrems, @oskargstrein, @innogenna, @egelynbraun, @robertjbateman, @robertjbateman, @ibuscke, @robertjbateman, @evasimon_info, @vmanancourt, @vmanancourt, @bertuzluca, and @robertjbateman
Earlier Picks
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
More:
PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Neowin, The Mac Observer, iThinkDifferent, TechSpot, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, and Thurrott
Tweets: @javierespft, @muradahmed, and @carnage4life
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |