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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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| Steve Costello / Mobile World Live: |
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai to be succeeded by current CFO in April; Sony reports record Q3 profits of $3.2B boosted by games division; smartphone shipments down to 4M — Sony trimmed the sales forecast for its mobile business following a weak fiscal Q3, as it also announced changes in its top management.
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube says it will start labeling videos from state-funded broadcasters like PBS and RT, considers surfacing videos from credible sources alongside hoaxes — Google unit to provide more context around some videos — YouTube said it is planning changes to give users more context …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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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| Eric Lam / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin briefly dropped below $8K, for the first time since November, amid the broad cryptocurrency market sell-off — Biggest digital token takes losses since peak to about 60% — Rival coins including Ripple, Ether and Litecoin tumble — Bitcoin fell below $8,000 as a miserable 2018 continued …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
California DMV self-driving report: Waymo and GM lead with 63 disengagements over 352K+ miles and 105 disengagements over 131K+ miles, respectively — So how'd everyone do? — California's Department of Motor Vehicles released its annual autonomous vehicle disengagement report today.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
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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| Alphabet Investor Relations: |
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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| 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: |
| 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: |
Motorola Solutions to acquire Avigilon, Canadian maker of surveillance cameras and software, for ~$1B amid concerns around critical infrastructure and China — Motorola Solutions Inc. sees an opening to take advantage of a backlash against Chinese-made technology products with its latest acquisition.
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| Sonam Rai / Reuters: |
Dell says it is evaluating a potential public offering or a combination with VMware — (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc said on Friday it is evaluating a potential public offering of its common stock or a potential business combination between the U.S. computer maker and business software provider VMware Inc (VMW.N).Sponsor Posts
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