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Source: Apple's car project switches focus to developing an autonomous driving software system, though Apple isn't ditching efforts to create its own vehicle — Dan Dodge, former founder, CEO of QNX, joined Apple this year — Bob Mansfield took over cars initiative with emphasis on tech
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2016 Results — Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. — “Our terrific second quarter results, with 21% revenue growth year on year, and 25% on a constant currency basis reflect …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet beats expectations with net profit of $4.88B, up 24% YoY, on revenue of $21.5B, up 21% YoY — Google parent Alphabet Inc. rode strong advertising demand to a 24% increase in profits, as it continues to capture users and advertisers shifting to mobile.
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| Mark Bergen / Recode: |
Alphabet shows strong growth in non-ads business, reporting $2.17B in “other revenues” from segments like enterprise, Google Play, and hardware, up 33% YoY — Looking to the cloud. — Facebook isn't the only tech giant keeping Wall Street happy.
| Amazon.com: |
Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 31% to $30.4 Billion — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2016. — Operating cash flow increased 42% to $12.7 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $9. billion …
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How Apple's assertive negotiating style alienated cable providers and networks, and hurt its efforts to revolutionize the TV industry — In search of its new big thing, the company has alienated cable providers and networks with an assertive negotiating style; ‘time is on my side’
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Google introduces add-ons for Docs and Sheets on Android; initial integrations include DocuSign and Scanbot — Posted by By Saurabh Gupta, Product Manager, Google Apps — We know many of you consider your mobile device as your primary tool to consume business information … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Uber launches UberCentral, a website for businesses to book and pay for multiple Uber rides — Transportation has long been a helpful extra service that businesses like hotels have used to enhance their customer experiences, and Uber wants a piece of that business.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: Smartphone shipments flat for second quarter in a row; Samsung widens lead over Apple in Q2 2016 — Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 343.3 million smartphones worldwide last quarter. This figure is up just 0.3 percent from the 342.4 million units in Q2 2015. Sound familiar?
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Didi Chuxing and Uber to become legal in China starting November; drivers must be licensed, have three years experience, and no criminal record — HONG KONG — Ride-hailing services in China have attracted billions of dollars in investments. They have pulled in money from some of the …
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| Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal: |
Oracle to Buy Cloud-Software Provider NetSuite for $9.3 Billion — Larry Ellison is largest holder of NetSuite, which is led by an ex-Oracle executive — Oracle Corp. agreed to buy NetSuite Inc. for $9.3 billion, among the largest acquisitions in its history, bolstering …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Keys to Chimera crypto ransomware allegedly leaked by rival crime gang — First, Mischa devs stole their rival's code. Now, they may have killed its business. — Sometimes, the fierce competition in the booming crypto ransomware market works in the favor of the victims whose priceless data is held hostage.Sponsor Posts
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