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Alphabet beats Q4 estimates with $26.06B revenue; Other Bets revenue up from $150M a year ago to $262M as division's losses shrink to $1.1B from $1.2B — Google reported mixed earnings for its fourth quarter today — but we're starting to see some flashes of improvement in its “other bets” … | Alphabet: |
Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Results — Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. — “Our growth in the fourth quarter was exceptional — with revenues up 22% year on year and 24% on a constant currency basis.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft reports Surface revenue down 2% YoY to $1.32B as Azure revenue increased 93% and Phone revenue declined 81% — Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2017, including revenue of $26.1 billion, net income of $6.5 billion, and earnings per share of $0.83.
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| Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Leaked image shows Samsung Galaxy S8 with rear-facing fingerprint reader, no home button; source says S8 will be unveiled March 29 in 5.8", 6.2" configurations — EXCLUSIVE: — Samsung is preparing to unveil a pair of Galaxy S8 smartphones significantly different from past models …
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Twitter says it's replacing the Moments tab with an Explore tab, which emphasizes trending topics and live video — Content advisory — Twitter's central Moments tab, which once terrorized obsessive-compulsive users with a blue dot that never went away, is going away.
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Facebook says it will promote longer videos with high completion rates in News Feed — Because that's what's on TV. — You know how mobile + social is supposed to = short attention span? — No more, says Facebook: It says it is going to start rewarding video makers who create longer clips.
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Google creates Google Trust Services to operate its own Root Certification Authority — In the support of our work to implement HTTPS across all of our products (https://www.google.com/transparencyrep ort/ https/) we have been operating our own subordinate Certificate Authority (GIAG2), issued by a third-party.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome 56 arrives with 28% faster page reloading, “Not secure” warning for HTTP password and credit card forms — Google has launched Chrome 56 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Among the additions is a new warning for websites that collect passwords or credit card numbers …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel reports Q4 revenue of $16.4B, up from $14.9B last year, as IoT revenue grew 16% YoY to $726M and non-volatile memory revenue grew 25% YoY to $816M — Intel reported fourth-quarter earnings that were mixed, missing its target on earnings per share but beating estimates for revenues.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Facebook adds support for physical USB security keys, including Yubico's NFC key for Android — A new kind of two-factor authentication — Today, Facebook announced support for security keys, giving users the chance secure their logins with a physical device.
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| Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
VMware reports Q4 revenue of $2.03B, up 8.7% YoY, announces $1.2B stock buyback plan — Shares of virtualization software makers VMware (VMW), majority owned by privately held Dell, are up $3.25, or almost 4%, at $87.47, in late trading, after the company this afternoon reported Q4 revenue …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Claude Zellweger, HTC's head of design who focused on the Vive headset, is leaving to work on Google Daydream — Switching VR camps from the Vive to Google's mobile alternative — It seems like Silicon Valley hiring season right now, as swiftly on the heels of Hugo Barra announcing … | Bloomberg: |
Alphabet's medical arm Verily gets $800M investment from Singapore-based investment firm Temasek, which gets a minority stake and a seat on operating board — Funds will support the biotech firm's entrance into Asia — Investment is first outside investor for Google's Other Bets
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