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April 23, 2015, 7:05 PM

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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Comcast to drop proposed Time Warner Cable takeover deal after FCC staff recommends hearing; announcement as soon as Friday  —  Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal  —  Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. …
Microsoft:
Earnings Release FY15 Q3  —  Strength in Microsoft Cloud Highlights Q3 Results Increasing usage of Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Bing and Xbox Live contributes to Q3 growth REDMOND, Wash. — April 23, 2015 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 grew to $21.7 billion.
Rachel King / ZDNet:
Amazon Web Services generated $5.16B in revenue last year, $1.57B in revenue last quarter, up from $1.1B in the same quarter last year  —  Amazon breaks out cloud results for first time on Q1 earnings report  —  Summary:Analysts and shareholders have been waiting many moons for Amazon …
Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed:
Apple shares list of must-have apps for Watch, including Twitter, Instagram, New York Times, Mint, Citymapper, Strava, and more, as Watch App Store goes live  —  Apple Thinks You Should Use These Apps On The Apple Watch  —  As the App Store for the Apple Watch goes live today, Apple reveals which apps it thinks are must-haves.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple opens up the Apple Watch App Store with “more than 3,000 apps”  —  Day one developer support is an encouraging sign for early adopters.  —  The App Store tab in the Apple Watch app offers a list of prominent apps but no other sorting or search options.
Google:
Google Inc. Announces First Quarter 2015 Results  —  Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  —  “Google's first quarter revenue was $17.3 billion, up 12% year on year.  Excluding the net impact of foreign currency headwinds …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Xiaomi unveils Mi 4i for around $205 in India, with 5-inch Full HD display, 13MP camera, Snapdragon 615, and LTE  —  Xiaomi's New Mi4i Packs A Gamut Of High-End Features Into A $200 Smartphone  —  Xiaomi today took the wraps of off its newest smartphone, the Mi4i, at an event in New Delhi, India.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
How to Detect Sneaky NSA ‘Quantum Insert’ Attacks  —  Among all of the NSA hacking operations exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden over the last two years, one in particular has stood out for its sophistication and stealthiness.  Known as Quantum Insert, the man-on-the-side hacking technique …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Dropbox's Collaborative Note-Taking Service, Dropbox Notes, Heads Into Beta Testing  —  Earlier this month, Dropbox was spotted testing an early version of an online note-taking service dubbed “Project Composer,” which appeared to have roots in the company's 2014 acquisition of collaborative docs startup HackPad.
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