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July 27, 2016, 6:50 PM

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Apple:

Apple says it has now sold over a billion iPhones — Cupertino, California July 27, 2016At an employee meeting in Cupertino this morning, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple recently sold the billionth iPhone. — “iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history.

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Leena Rao / Fortune:

Tim Cook says Apple Pay now accounts for 75% of all contactless payments made in the US

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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Apple beats expectations with quarterly net income of $7.8B, down from $10.68B last year; iPad revenue grows for first time in 10 quarters, to $4.9B

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Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch:

Apple's quarterly Greater China revenue dropped 33% YoY to $8.85B, accounted for a little more than 20% of overall company revenue

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Facebook:

Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. — “Our community and business had another good quarter,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We're particularly pleased …

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $6.44B vs $6.02B expected, $0.97 EPS vs $0.82 expected; mobile ad revenue 84% of total ad revenue, up from 76% last year — Coming off an all-time high stock price of $123.34, Facebook in Q2 2016 smashed earnings again. The social network continued steady growth …

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Facebook daily active users rise 17% year-over-year to 1.13B for the month of June, mobile DAUs rise 22% year-over-year to 1.03B; stock up 6%+ after hours

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Raj Iyengar / The Official Google Blog:

Google Play launches Family Library, a way for up to 6 family members to share purchases across devices — Friday night is movie night at our home, and my wife and I look forward to our weekly ritual of putting the kids to bed, getting some takeout, and catching up on our movie wishlist.

Richard Lai / Engadget:

Xiaomi unveils $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop in 13.3" and 12.5" sizes, launches in China August 2 — It wouldn't be a Xiaomi event if it was just announcing one product. In addition to the new Redmi Pro smartphone, the Chinese company threw in a huge surprise by launching its first-ever laptop line …

Ina Fried / Recode:

Microsoft launches Pix, a free camera app for the iPhone that uses AI to enhance photos — Born in the company's research labs, Microsoft Pix focuses on taking better pictures of people. — Don't look now, but Microsoft is becoming a serious player in the world of iPhone apps.

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Shari Steele / The Tor Blog:

External investigator hired by Tor confirms inappropriate conduct by Jacob Appelbaum; Tor creates anti-harassment policy, complaints process, community council — Seven weeks ago, I published a blog post saying that Jacob Appelbaum had left the Tor Project, and I invited people to contact …

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Tumblr launches ads on all users' blogs Thursday, will unveil revenue program for partners later in 2016; users can opt out of ads on their blogs — Tumblr this week quietly announced plans to roll out a new advertising program across its site which will see it implementing ads across users' blogs.

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