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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta says Apple updated its App Store rules to require IAPs for social media “boosts” to grow its business “while undercutting others in the digital economy” — Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Spotify says Apple's behavior is “choking competition” after Apple rejected its proposed audiobook purchasing process three times for breaking App Store rules — The company called Apple practices “anticompetitive” and said it was “choking competition” in a blog post published …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
After Apple rolls out its new App Store ad units, prominent developers complain about gambling ads appearing in their app listings with no way to stop them — Apple today rolled out new ad placements in the App Store on the iPhone, allowing developers to advertise their apps in more places …
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY from $65.1B to $69.09B, $13.91B net income, down from $18.94B YoY, 186,779 employees, up from 150,028 YoY; stock drops 5%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 25, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
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| Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Internal research: Twitter has been losing “heavy tweeters”, who tweet three to four times a week, since the pandemic began, masked by an overall growth in DAUs — “Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform.
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $50.1B, net income down 14% YoY to $17.6B, Office Commercial revenue up 7% YoY, LinkedIn up 17% YoY; stock drops 5%+ — REDMOND, Wash. — October 25, 2022 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30 …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: a16z's flagship crypto fund lost ~40% of its value in H1 2022, above the 10%-20% losses at rival funds; a16z has dramatically slowed crypto investments — Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’ — Crypto Crashed, Coinbase's Stock Followed: What Went Wrong
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Tweets: @dhm, @cavandy, @riddle245, @cararlombardo, @paleofuture, @mayazi, @mayazi, @somospostpc, @wublockchain, and @0xcrypton
| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says US subscribers can expect price hikes in 2023, after recent increases by Apple and YouTube; Premium has cost $9.99/month since 2011 — Audio streaming giant surpassed growth forecasts, increasing monthly active users by 20% to reach 456 million
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Thurrott, Deadline, Insider, Android Headlines, iMore, Silicon Republic, Music Ally, ExchangeWire.com, Mint Insights, MarketWatch, and Variety
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
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| Lauren Hirsch / New York Times: |
A profile of Delaware Chancery Court judge Kathaleen McCormick, who is overseeing the Elon Musk-Twitter dispute, ahead of the Friday deadline to close the deal — Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, the chief judge of Delaware's Chancery Court, gave Mr. Musk until Friday to acquire Twitter.| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
LinkedIn starts letting users verify their profile with a work email address or phone number and plans to alert users if a message they receive seems suspicious — Here's how Elon Musk calculated the number of bots on Twitter — Robot artist Ai-Da reset while speaking to UK politicians
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LinkedIn Official Blog, Silicon Republic, Livemint, Social Media Today, BGR India, and Adweek
Tweets: @claresduffy, @lamonicabuzz, @caseynewton, and @rachelmetz
| Reuters: |
SK Hynix warns memory chip demand faces an “unprecedented deterioration” and reports Q3 2022 operating profit fell 60% YoY to ~$1.16B amid soaring inflation — South Korea's SK Hynix Inc (000660.KS) warned on Wednesday of an “unprecedented deterioration” in memory chip demand …
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Tom's Hardware, Nikkei Asia, Protocol, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @martijnrasser, @pstasiatech, and @chengtingfang
| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Square's parent company Block sells access to customers' email addresses used to receive receipts, which privacy experts say falls short of best practices — When COVID-19 forced Compass Coffee to close down its Washington, D.C.-area shops, the roastery's owners turned to email to stay in touch with customers.
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Slashdot. Tweets: @shiraovide, @chernandburn, @protocol, @benbrodydc, @benbrodydc, @cobun, @eff, and @mar_to_go
| Bloomberg: |
Seagate misses Q1 estimates with $2.04B revenue and plans to cut around 3,000 jobs to reduce costs amid slowing demand; stock drops 9%+ and is down ~50% YTD — Seagate Technology Holdings Plc, the biggest maker of computer hard drives, said it's eliminating about 3,000 jobs and that big buyers …
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Reuters, Barron's Online, CNBC, and Seagate
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Match Group plans to add profile verification to Hinge in November, asking users to provide a video selfie, aiming to crack down on scammers — To combat the scourge of fake accounts, the dating site will ask users to prove their humanity by capturing a video selfie.| Omose Ighodaro / Bloomberg: |
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