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April 21, 2016, 6:20 PM
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Microsoft:
Earnings Release FY16 Q2: Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Third Quarter Results  —  Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $10.0 billion; Windows 10 active on over 270 million devices REDMOND, Wash. — April 21, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016:
Alphabet Investor Relations:
Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2016 Results  —  Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.  —  “Our Q1 results represent a tremendous start to the year with 17% revenue growth year on year and 23% growth on a constant currency basis.
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Alphabet misses estimates with $20.26B in revenue as cost-per-click falls 9% YoY  —  Alphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on revenue of $20.3B  —  For a split second, Alphabet was the most valuable company in the world.  Not so much any more, however …
Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd:
How “dirty” term sheets protecting valuations will imperil founders, employees, and investors alike  —  On the Road to Recap:  —  Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous...For All Involved  —  In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith …
Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo:
Opera Now Has a Totally Free and Unlimited Built-In VPN  —  Dodging firewalls and masking your IP address usually requires firing up separate—often paid-for—software or plug-ins while you're browsing.  Now, though, Opera has its own free VPN baked right into the desktop browser.
Dan Graziano / CNET:
Acer announces range of new devices including Switch Alpha 12 liquid-cooled 2-in-1 notebook, new gaming PCs, durable Chromebook 14 for Work, and more  —  Acer debuts new gaming PCs with VR support and a powerful 2-in-1 laptop  —  The company also showed off a new smartphone and fitness devices set to arrive later this year.
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast announces Xfinity app will be available to subscribers directly through Roku devices and Samsung smart TVs, without requiring leasing of a set-top box  —  Comcast Fires Back at FCC by Making TV Service Available Without a Set-Top Box  —  Comcast's full TV lineup will be available on Roku, Samsung smart TVs for first time
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Report: political infighting between Apple's iCloud and Siri teams is holding back development; Apple working on building its own internal cloud infrastructure  —  iCloud and Siri Teams at Odds as Apple Seeks to Move Cloud Services In-House  —  Apple's efforts to move its cloud infrastructure …
Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed starts prioritizing time spent on content, and reduces how often it shows posts in a row from the same source  —  News Feed FYI: More Articles You Want to Spend Time Viewing  —  As we work to improve News Feed, we make updates to help make sure you see the most relevant stories at the top.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Live TV listings coming to search results as Google announces new ad platform for video  —  Following big Google Cloud announcements at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show earlier this week, the company is announcing a new ad platform to monetize and personalize video content …
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Verizon Q1: $32.2B revenue misses estimates, adds 640K postpaid wireless subscribers, $195M IoT revenue  —  Verizon Q1 on track, $195 million in IoT revenue, 640,000 postpaid wireless additions  —  Verizon's wireless business hummed along as it aims to grow via investments in new businesses such as AOL and Internet of things.
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Microsoft Translator for Android now translates text in photos, supports 43 languages offline  —  Microsoft Translator Adds Image Translation to Android  —  Today, we are announcing several new Microsoft Translator capabilities available for Android users, including instant translation of images.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
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