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Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2017 Results — Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. — “With revenues of $26 billion, up 21% versus the second quarter of 2016 and 23% on a constant currency basis …
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Alphabet: Q2 revenue of $26.01B, up 21% YoY, vs $25.64B est., net income of $3.52B with EC fine, CPC down 26%, and paid clicks on Google properties up 61% YoY — Google's parent company Alphabet beat expectations for its second-quarter earnings on the top and bottom lines …
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| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai appointed to Alphabet board of directors as its 13th member — Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who has led the company for the past two years, is joining the board of directors of Alphabet, Google's parent company said on Monday. — The more represents a vote of confidence … | Terri Cullen / CNBC: |
KKR's Internet Brands to acquire WebMD in $2.8B deal, for $66.50 per share, which is a 20% premium to Friday's closing price — - Prior to the acquisition WebMD ran a five-month auction and solicited bids from more than 100 companies and private-equity firms.
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| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
Microsoft Paint, first released with Windows 1.0 in 1985, to be “removed or deprecated” in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update; Paint 3D to remain — Long-standing basic graphics editing program, used throughout childhoods since the 1980s, has been marked for death
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Grab raises $2B from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing, which says the round could expand by $500M, to help defeat Uber in SE Asia; source: Grab valuation now over $6B — Grab, the ride-hailing company competing with Uber in Southeast Asia, has pulled in $2 billion of new financing … | Jan Wolfe / Reuters: |
Roomba vacuum maker iRobot hopes to sell its users' floor plan data, seeking deals with Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet — (Reuters) - The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than dirt.
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Facebook has acquired a content rights startup called Source3 to help fight video pirates — Facebook wants to make sure video creators can't get ripped off. — Facebook has acquired a startup to help it crack down on users who share pirated videos and other content without permission.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft designs new AI chip for next version of HoloLens, which will let mixed reality goggles recognize speech and images on device instead of the cloud — New HoloLens processor will let mixed reality goggles recognize speech and images — Tech companies are keen …
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| Yi Shu Ng / Mashable: |
China forces citizens in Xinjiang, a Muslim-majority region, to put spyware on their phones; locals who don't install the Android app could face 10 days in jail — China has ramped up surveillance measures in Xinjiang, home to much of its Muslim minority population, according to reports from Radio Free Asia.
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| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
EU sets July 20 date for new proposals from Facebook, Google, Twitter to bring their user terms into compliance, after deeming earlier proposals insufficient — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union authorities have increased pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to amend their user terms … | Tom Hancock / Financial Times: |
BingoBox already has more than a dozen Amazon Go-like unmanned shops open in China, plans to have almost 200 more by the end of August — Wide use of mobile payments propels country's vendors past the likes of Amazon Go — Read next … Like other convenience stores across China … Sponsor Posts
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