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Microsoft reports $28.92B in Q2 2018 revenue, up 12% YoY, net loss of $6.3B due to $13.8B charge related to tax overhaul — REDMOND, Wash. — January 31, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017: · Revenue was $28.9 billion and increased 12%
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Mark Zuckerberg says showing fewer viral videos reduced the total time people spent on Facebook by ~50M hours every day, as MAUs reach 2.13B, up 14% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Facebook reports Q4 revenue of $12.97B, vs $12.55B est., up 47% YoY; net income of $4.27B, up 20% YoY, despite $2.27B charge due to tax overhaul — The world's biggest social network is almost minting money, even after Mark Zuckerberg's warnings that news feed changes could hurt business.
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Google Flights says it will use historical data and AI to predict when planes may be delayed — Google has announced two new features for its flight-booking search service. — Using historical flight status data, Google Flights will now try to predict when flights will be delayed … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
PayPal reports Q4 revenue of $3.71B, up 24% YoY, vs. $3.63B est., processes $131B in total payments volume, up 32% YoY, and adds 8.7M customer accounts — PayPal beat The Street when it reported fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. The global payments giant surpassed analyst expectations for both sales and profit.
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Jack Dorsey says almost all Square Cash App users can now trade bitcoin on the platform; service isn't available for users in NY, Georgia, Wyoming, Hawaii — - Users of Square's Cash payments app can now trade bitcoin, except for those located in New York, Georgia, Wyoming and Hawaii, according to the company's website.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Spotify is testing Stations, a Pandora-style free music app that includes some personalization options; app is currently only available on some Android devices — Music streaming service Spotify released a new Android app that's all about free music Tuesday.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Samsung confirms it is manufacturing ASIC chips, which are used to mine cryptocurrencies; the ASIC industry is dominated by China's Bitmain and Canaan Creative — Fresh from toppling Intel as the planet's biggest seller of chipsets, Samsung has confirmed that it has begun manufacturing ASIC chips …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Users around the world who infrequently log in to Facebook say it has been increasing re-engagement prompts via emails and text messages recently — It's been about a year since Rishi Gorantala deleted the Facebook app from his phone, and the company has only gotten more aggressive in its emails to win him back.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
AT&T reports Q4 revenue of $41.7B, vs. $41.8B last year, 4.1M total wireless net adds, and $19B net income, vs. $2.4B last year, boosted by tax reform benefit — AT&T has never shied away from a fight. — The Dallas telecom giant has been in the thick of a long battle …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber partners with JUMP to begin piloting a bike-sharing service called Uber Bike in San Francisco starting next week — Uber is launching a bike-sharing service next week in partnership with JUMP, a startup that recently received the first and only permit to operate dockless bike-sharing in San Francisco.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Qualcomm and Samsung announce patent cross-licensing agreement, with Samsung withdrawing its interventions in Qualcomm's appeal against $868M fine — Qualcomm has struck a broad new alliance with Samsung, which could help the mobile chipmaker resolve its antitrust case in South Korea and fend off a hostile takeover bid from Broadcom.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Game broadcasting platform Caffeine, founded by two ex-Apple designers, raised $46M across two rounds led by Greylock in 2016 and a16z in 2017 — A team of ex-Apple engineers and execs is taking on Amazon-owned Twitch and Google's YouTube Gaming with today's official launch of a new social broadcasting platform, Caffeine.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter now says 1.4M+ US users interacted with tweets from Russia-linked accounts during 2016 election, up from 670K previously announced, has notified them — Twitter on Wednesday said it notified 1.4 million people in the US that they engaged with Kremlin-linked troll accounts during the 2016 US election.| Reuters: |
South Korea says it has no plans to ban cryptocurrency exchanges, as it uncovers illegal cryptocurrency foreign exchange trading worth nearly $600M — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading …
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Venezuela's president says a pre-sale of its new “petro” cryptocurrency, with each token backed by one barrel of crude oil, will begin on February 20 — - Critics have slammed the initiative as not only illegal but nothing more than a debt issuance by the government amid quadruple-digit inflation and major shortages.
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| Valentina Zarya / Fortune: |
PitchBook: all-female founding teams received ~2.2% of $85B total invested by VCs in 2017, up from 1.9% in 2016, as all-male founding teams received ~79% — Things are changing for women in the startup and venture capital world. Last year, a handful of them came forward to share their stories …
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