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WhatsApp announces it has 1B users every day, up from 1B users per month in February last year — Just last year, we shared that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every month. Today, we are excited and proud to share that one billion people around the world use WhatsApp every …
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Facebook Q2: $9.3B revenue, up 45% YoY, mobile made 87% of total; profit up 71% YoY; 1.3B DAUs, up 17% YoY; 2B MAUs, up 17% YoY; 20.7K headcount, up 43% YoY — “We had a good second quarter and first half of the year,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says WhatsApp Status, a Snapchat Stories clone, has 250M DAUs and Instagram Stories has 250M+ DAUs; Snapchat had 166M DAUs as of May — Facebook is winning the race to bring Snapchat's Stories format to the rest of the world before its originator.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung posts record net profit of $9.9B in Q2, up 89% YoY boosted by strong chip and Galaxy S8 sales, revenue rose to $54.8B, up 19.8% — Results position the company to top Apple in quarterly profits — SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. delivered its biggest-ever quarter of profits …
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| Bloomberg: |
Behind the scenes at Samsung, as it posts record profits while being embroiled in a corruption scandal, a year after the exploding Galaxy Note 7 debacle — A year after the exploding phones, Samsung is embroiled in the mess that brought down South Korea's president. How is it still thriving?| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Slack raising $250M, led by SoftBank and Accel Partners, valuing the company at more than $5B — Messaging startup is set to be valued at more than $5 billion in new funding round. — Slack Technologies Inc. is raising about $250 million in a funding round co-led by SoftBank Group Corp. …
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Twitter's Q2 revenue of $574M beats expectations, but monthly active users remain flat at 328M; advertising revenue decreased 8% YoY to $489M, shares fall 8%+ — - Twitter posted better-than-expected EPS and revenue growth in its second-quarter earnings report.
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Sources: Amazon's 1492, a skunkworks lab, is working on healthcare tech including a platform for medical records, telemedicine, and apps for devices like Echo — - Areas of exploration include a platform for electronic medical record data, telemedicine and health apps for existing devices like the Amazon Echo.
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| U.S. Department of Justice: |
US Justice Department charges Russia's Alexander Vinnik on suspicion of laundering $4B+ funds via bitcoin, alleges funds obtained via Mt.Gox hack — Defendant Alexander Vinnik Was Arrested in Greece to Face Charges in the United States; Bitcoin Exchange Alleged to Have Received Deposits Valued at Over $4 Billion
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Microsoft debuts Azure Container Instances, which make it easier to deploy and bill containers on Azure, and joins foundation that oversees Kubernetes — Microsoft's cloud business is making two notable moves involving containers Wednesday — unveiling a new service that aims to make it much easier …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Tech leaders including Tim Cook, Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, and Marc Benioff speak out against Trump's transgender troop ban — Salesforce and the CEO of Google are among the first tech leaders to publicly speak out after President Trump's announcement Wednesday …
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, @sundarpichai, @tim_cook, @google, @benioff, @bchesky, @salesforce, @kylegriffin1, @nkulw, @mlevchin, @buzzfeednews, @uber_comms, @basti, @chaddickerson, @sama, @randizuckerberg, and @uber_comms. Thanks:@inafried
| New York Times: |
Foxconn says it plans to invest $10B in Wisconsin plant, creating 3,000 jobs, manufacturing flat-panel displays for TVs and other consumer electronics — Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics supplier for Apple and other tech giants, said Wednesday it would open its first major American factory in Wisconsin … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Apple and Cochlear partner to introduce the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor hearing implant, which works directly with iOS devices rather than via an app — Apple has teamed up with Australian-based Cochlearto bring iPhone users the first made for iPhone Cochlear implant.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber could appoint a new CEO within six weeks, says head of HR; shortlist has fewer than six candidates, including HPE's Meg Whitman — Uber Technologies Inc. hopes to name a new leader by early September to replace its ousted chief executive officer and steer the ride-hailing business out of a turbulent period.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Verizon Q2 meets expectations with $1.07 EPS and revenue of $30.5B down 2% YoY; wireless business sees overall growth of 1.2% to 114.5M users — Verizon Communications has been investing in building out new areas of business like media and wireless services to offset declines in legacy products …
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| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: |
US Treasury's FinCEN fines BTC-e $110M for violating US anti-money laundering laws — Immediate Release — WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working in coordination with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California …
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