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Earnings Release FY16 Q2: Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Second Quarter Results — Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $9.4 billion; Windows 10 active on over 200 million devices REDMOND, Wash. — January 28, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2015:
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces only 4.5M Lumia devices sold in last quarter, a 57% drop year-over-year — Windows Phone is dead — Windows Phone started off life as a promising alternative to Android and iOS five years ago. Microsoft positioned its range of Windows Phone 7 handsets …
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Microsoft Q2: Surface revenue up 29% YoY to $1.35B; Windows Phone revenue down 49% YoY — Microsoft's Q2 2016: Surface strong and Lumia phones weak — Microsoft has published its Q2 fiscal 2016 earnings report, and the company has made $6.3 billion in net income on $25.7 billion in revenue.
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Cardless ATMs coming to Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Chase this year, enabling customers to perform transactions with their smartphones — Bank of America will allow ATM transactions using smartphones this year — The Charlotte-based bank joins rivals who are also planning to roll out similar technology
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
T-Mobile adds Amazon Video, Fox News, others to Binge On, makes it easier to disable throttling, says users streaming twice as much video than before service — T-Mobile adds Amazon Video to Binge On, makes it easier to turn off throttling — T-Mobile's doing two things with its Binge On program today … | Amazon.com: |
Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 22% to $35.7 Billion — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. — Operating cash flow increased 74% to $11.9 billion for the trailing twelve months …
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Facebook extends ability to share live video to all iPhone users in the US, rest of the world over coming weeks, Android users soon — Expanding Live Video to More People — In December, we started testing the ability for people to share live video on Facebook, and it has been inspiring …
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Apple says it has acquired LearnSprout, a startup that creates software for schools and teachers to track students' performance — Apple Acquires Education-Tech Startup LearnSprout — The iPhone maker bought startup to develop education software — LearnSprout competes with Sequoia-backed startup Clever
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Facebook to shut down Parse, the toolkit for mobile developers it acquired in 2013; developers will have year-long window to migrate their data — Facebook to Shut Down Parse, Its Platform for Mobile Developers — Facebook acquired Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, in 2013.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Apple issues AC adapter recall for Macs and iPads sold in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Europe, New Zealand, and South Korea between 2003 and 2015 — Apple Is Issuing A Recall For Some Of Its Wall Plug Adapters — Today in power cord plug wall-adapter news, Apple is announcing …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder Makes Messaging More Fun With GIFs & Bigger Emoji, Finally Lets You Upload Photos Directly — Tinder users will now have better chatting tools, thanks to an upgraded messaging experience in the mobile dating app. Amid a flurry of changes that began rolling out last night to the iOS application …
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Google's AlphaGo becomes the first AI to beat a professional player in the board game Go, uses both deep neural networks and tree search algorithms — In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of Go — In a major breakthrough for artificial intelligence …
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