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Apple Q1: 77.3M iPhones, down 1% YoY, with $796 ASP; 13.2M iPads, up 1% YoY; 5.1M Macs, down 5% YoY; $8.5B services revenue, up 18% YoY — Revenue and EPS Hit New All-Time Records — Active Installed Base of Devices Reaches 1.3 Billion in January — Apple today announced financial results …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple reports Q1 revenue of $88.3B, up 13% YoY; $20.1B net income, up from $17.89B YoY; China revenue of $17.96B, up 11% YoY; Q2 revenue guidance of $60B-$62B — After forecasting a record quarter with revenue between $84 billion and $87 billion, Apple has just reported its quarterly results for the last three months of 2017.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
CFO Luca Maestri says Apple plans to reduce its net cash balance to “approximately zero” following the new US tax law, possibly via M&A, dividends, and buybacks — Apple plans to reduce its net cash balance to “approximately zero” following a new US law that will allow …
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Alphabet Q4 revenue $32.3B, up 24% YoY, net loss of $3B due to $9.9B tax charge; Google ad revenue $27.2B; Other Bets revenue $409M, operating loss $916M — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 1, 2018 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
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Google releases YouTube TV app for Apple TV and select Roku devices for $35/month, bundling over 50 channels with option to separately purchase more — As announced with a tease on Twitter, Google has just released an Apple TV client for YouTube TV, providing owners of the fourth-generation Apple TV …
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| Business Wire: |
Amazon beats with Q4 revenue of $60.5B, up 38% YoY; $1.9B net income, up from $749M YoY; ~$789M benefit from new tax law — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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Sources: HQ Trivia is raising a $15M round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund at a $100M+ valuation — Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister is leading the round. — HQ Trivia, the popular trivia gameshow app, plans to raise money in a new round of financing that values the company north of $100 million …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolling out Chrome OS 64 with browser enhancements, a new screenshot shortcut, and ability to enable VPN for Play apps — Following updates to Android, Mac, Windows, and Linux last week, version 64 is now rolling out to Chrome OS. In addition to several browser enhacements …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel plans to sell a majority stake in its AR business, seeking as much as $350M, which has been working on smart glasses for smartphones — Smart specs will allow users to see contextual information — Division valued at as much as $350 million; Intel keeps stake
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| Shrutika Verma / Livemint: |
India's restaurant search and food delivery service Zomato raises $200M from Ant Financial at a pre-money valuation of $880M — The funding includes a $50 million secondary share sale by Zomato shareholder Info Edge to Ant Financials, which will dilute its stake in Zomato to about 30.91% post the fresh capital infusion
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| Deirdre Bosa / CNBC: |
CEO Brian Chesky says Airbnb will not go public in 2018; CFO Laurence Tosi is stepping down to focus on his investment fund; Belinda Johnson becomes first COO — Airbnb is losing its Wall Street-savvy CFO, getting its first COO and ruling out going public in 2018, delaying any payout …
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| Eric Lam / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin dropped by ~12% to below $8K, the lowest since Nov. 24, while rivals Ripple, Ether, and Litecoin dropped at least 18% amid broad cryptocurrency sell-off — Biggest digital token takes losses since peak to about 60% — Rival coins including Ripple, Ether and Litecoin tumble
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