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Apple sold 50.7M iPhones in Q2, down from 51.2M last year, 8.92M iPads, down from 10.2M, 4.19M Macs, up from 4.03M; services revenue grew to $7.04B, 18% YoY — Capital Return Program Expanding to $300 Billion — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2017 second quarter ended April 1, 2017.
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Apple reports Q2 revenue of $52.9B vs. $53.02B estimated, posts Q3 guidance of $43.5B-$45.5B vs. $45.6B expected; China sales down 14% YoY; stock down ~1.5% — Apple's massive cash hoard could become a major windfall under the Trump administration — Analysts have predicted new iPhone features …
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Microsoft debuts 13.5" Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S with 4 color options, USB 3 Type A, Mini DisplayPort, 14.5-hour battery life, ships June 15 from $999 — Microsoft has announced a brand new Windows-powered notebook called the Surface Laptop. — At an event in New York City today …
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| Bloomberg: |
Hands-on: Microsoft targets backpacks with its 2.76 lbs Surface Laptop, lighter than MacBook Air; keyboard impresses with suede-like durable Alcantara covering — Microsoft has already cracked the professional and creative markets with inventive tablets and a desktop that turns into a virtual drafting table.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 S, a streamlined version for education that only runs apps from Windows Store, launching this summer — At its education event in New York City today, Microsoft announced a new edition of its latest operating system: Windows 10 S. Available on first-party …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Teams with education-focused tools, including a dashboard for students' work with access to learning materials, available this summer — Microsoft Teams started life competing with Slack in the workplace, but now Microsoft plans to bring its chat and collaboration app to another environment: schools.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Samsung gets government approval to test a self-driving Hyundai, customized with Samsung technology, on roads in South Korea — Samsung's ambitions to be a player in the self-driving car space aren't new, but today the company hit a big milestone. The company's home country of South Korea … | Etsy Investor Relations: |
Etsy Q1 rev up 18.4% YoY to $96M; CEO Chad Dickerson to be replaced by Josh Silverman, give chair role to Fred Wilson; firm to lay off 80; stock down 14%+ — Etsy, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial ResultsAnnounces CEO Transition — Etsy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY), which builds markets …
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Facebook rolls out Instant Games on Messenger to all users, currently with up to 50 games including Words with Friends — Facebook is announcing today that it is rolling out Instant Games on Messenger more broadly to the 1.2 billion people who use the messaging system every month.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twilio reports Q1 revenue of $87M, up 47% YoY, weak Q2 and '17 guidance; shares plummet 29%+ — Twilio ($TWLO) has reported its first quarter 2017 earnings, revealing that it generated $87.4 million in revenue, a 47 percent annual increase, with a non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.04.
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: code written by women at Facebook rejected far more than men's; Facebook says study inaccurate, performed by former employee with incomplete data — Analysis found female engineers received 35% more rejections of their code than men — Last year, a longtime engineer …
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| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Geospatial big data startup Orbital Insight raises $50M Series C led by Sequoia, as it expands its analytics business — This morning, Orbital Insight, a geospatial analytics startup, announced it had completed raising a $50 million Series C round of financing from Sequoia.
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