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Microsoft Cloud and Devices Momentum Highlights Second Quarter Results — Commercial cloud revenue grows triple-digits for the sixth consecutive quarter, reaching an annualized revenue run rate of $5.5 billion REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue …
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| Brandon Bailey / Associated Press: |
Microsoft shares down 4.4% after hours as investors react to “not great” results for flagship business — Microsoft earnings report doesn't excite market — 1 photo — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Big jumps in sales of its Surface tablets, cloud computing software …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft sees Surface revenue jump to $1.1B in Q2 2015, sells record 10.5M Lumia smartphones — As part of the company's latest quarterly earnings announcement, Microsoft today revealed Surface revenue increased to $1.1 billion in Q2 2015, driven mainly by Surface Pro 3 and its accessories.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
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| Eileen Sullivan / Associated Press: |
Sheriffs pressure Google to disable Waze feature that warns when police are near, saying it endangers officers — Sheriffs want popular police-tracking app disabled — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sheriffs are campaigning to pressure Google Inc. to turn off a feature on its Waze traffic software that warns drivers when police are nearby.
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| Spencer Woodman / The Verge: |
Exclusive: politicians are supporting Comcast's TWC merger with letters ghostwritten by Comcast — On August 21st, 2014, Mayor Jere Wood of Roswell, Georgia, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing emphatic support for Comcast's controversial effort to merge with Time Warner Cable.
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Snapchat “Discover” Content Feature Launches Tuesday — Snapchat's boosters have long argued the company could be more than just a messaging service: It could also be a platform for media companies to reach the startup's youthful audience. — Now Snapchat will try to deliver on its promises.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins tried to ‘acquire’ Social+Capital Partnership — Venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers recently tried to “acquire” Social+Capital Partnership, a Palo Alto-based VC firm formed in 2011 by former Facebook FB executive Chamath Palihapitiya, Fortune has learned.
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WSJ: Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Nashville and North Carolina — Rumors broke over the weekend that Google might bring its gigabit internet Fiber connection to Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, NC next, but it's not stopping there. The Tennesseean reports Nashville has an announcement planned …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Is Testing A Simple App For Low-End Android Phones — Not content with spinning out apps for stickers inside Messenger, Groups and new addition Rooms, Facebook has launched another standalone app. Facebook Lite, which some may recall as a simplified version of its mobile website from 2009-2010 …
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| Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
Google's new wireless service can switch between T-Mobile, Sprint, and Wi-Fi hotspots to find best signal, could be available nationwide first half 2015 — Google's MVNO would reportedly look for best Sprint, T-Mobile or Wi-Fi signal — Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) rumored MVNO service with Sprint …
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Nest to replace old Dropcams for free before they go dark April 15 — One downside of having products that require cloud services in order to work is that the physical objects can suddenly become obsolete. — Over the weekend, Dropcam announced a “legacy camera replacement program,” … | Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Analysts expect Apple Q1 2015 sales to surpass $68B, up 21% YoY, and higher than Apple's $63.5B to $66.5B guidance — Handicapping Apple's earnings — This is one of those “big, but how big?” quarters. — Apple told Wall Street to expect total sales somewhere in the range of $63.5 to $66.5 billion …
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Apple Maps Connect for small businesses expands to UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Singapore — Apple Maps Connect for small businesses expands beyond the U.S. — Apple has notified Apple Maps Connect for Small Businesses users that the service has expanded beyond the United States …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
1Password for iOS adds one-time password tool for two factor auth, new login creator, more — The popular secure password management app 1Password is out with a big update today adding new features on both iOS and Mac. Arriving in version 5.2 of 1Password for iOS is a new login creator tool …
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Facebook Said to Block Pages on Muhammad to Avoid Ban in Turkey — ISTANBUL — To avoid being banned throughout Turkey, Facebook has blocked a number of pages containing content that the Turkish authorities had deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, according to a company employee with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Dropbox acquires design-minded collaboration software startup Pixelapse — Summary:Pixelapse will remain a standalone product as a migration plan to the core Dropbox platform is hatched out. — Dropbox has added another collaboration startup to the portfolio with the acquisition of Pixelapse.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
OS X 10.10.2 Includes Fix for ‘Thunderstrike’ Hardware Exploit Affecting Macs — Apple is readying a fix in OS X 10.10.2 for the so-called “Thunderstrike” hardware exploit targeting Macs equipped with Thunderbolt ports, iMore has learned. According to the report, Apple patched the vulnerability …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Online Learning Service Pluralsight Acquires Code School For $36 Million — Online technology training service Pluralsight has acquired the Orlando, Fla.-based Code School, which offers dozens of instructional courses and videos for developers both online and via mobile apps.
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DEA's license plate reader program tracks car journeys across US, data shared with other law enforcement agencies — DEA cameras tracking hundreds of millions of car journeys across the US — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program to keep tabs on cars close to the U.S.-Mexican border …
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