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Investigation finds that Facebook has been paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN to gather data on phone use habits, which may violate Apple policy — Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” …
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| Apple: |
Apple Q1: revenue from iPhone declined 15% YoY, but total revenue from all other products and services grew 19%; services revenue hit an all-time high of $10.9B — Services, Mac and Wearables Set New All-Time Revenue Records EPS Reaches All-Time High at $4.18 Cupertino, California …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces Q1 2019 profit of $19.97B and revenue of $84.3B, following its revision down from $89B-$93B, and projects $55B to $59B over the next quarter — Apple's earnings day has arrived, and despite massive revenue and profit in the billions, it's a bit of a different quarter for Apple for a few reasons.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple says revenue from services reached $10.8B, in line with estimates, and that it now has 360M subscribers to both its own and to third-party services — (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday reported sharp growth in its services business and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between …
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Apple booked $13.17B in revenue from China in Q1, down 27% YoY from $17.96B — - Apple cited weak economic conditions in China as a reason for its lowered guidance for its first quarter 2019 in its warning to investors earlier this month. — Apple's revenue in China came in at $13.17 billion during …
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
A mother reported FaceTime bug to Apple over a week ago after her 14-year-old son discovered the flaw; Apple asked her to send report via developer account — SAN FRANCISCO — On Jan. 19, Grant Thompson, a 14-year-old in Arizona, made an unexpected discovery: Using FaceTime …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Report: Apple told studios and networks to be ready for a launch of Apple's streaming service by mid-April, the same month investors see a Disney+ preview — Studios were reportedly told to be ready by mid-April — Little is known about Apple's standalone streaming service, aside from the mountain of original content that's coming.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp hires EFF counsel Nate Cardozo and Facebook hires Open Technology Institute counsel Robyn Green, both as privacy policy managers — In an effort to bolster its public credibility in the wake of a very rough year, Facebook is bringing a fierce former critic into the fold.
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| The Information: |
Source: Stripe has raised an additional $100M from Tiger Global, bringing its valuation to $22B+, up from its $20B valuation in September 2018 — Payments startup Stripe has raised an additional $100 million from Tiger Global Management, boosting the firm's valuation to more than $22 billion … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Gmail's Android and iOS apps will get a refreshed design in coming weeks to reflect the Google Material Theme, with other G Suite apps to follow — Google is rolling out a new interface overhaul for Gmail on mobile devices, a move that fits with the company's broader mission …
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| Reuters: |
Intel will invest $10B alongside a $1B state grant to expand its chip fab in Israel, adding 1,000 jobs to its nearly 13,000-strong workforce in the country — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Intel Corp will receive a grant of about $1 billion from the Israeli government for its latest investment plan …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon to fund computer science classes in 130+ NYC high schools, covering basic lessons, tutorials, and teacher development via a NY-area curriculum provider — Following Amazon's decision to set up one of its new headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, the company announced this morning …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
US judge rejects proposed Yahoo data breach settlement, citing high lawyer fees and size of the class Yahoo privately disclosed as smaller than its user base — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information …
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| AFP: |
EU publishes first monthly reports by Facebook, Google, Firefox, and Twitter on their fight against disinformation, wants them to intensify efforts — The European Union has urged US internet giants and advertising firms to intensify the fight against disinformation campaigns before EU elections in May, or risk regulation.
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| Slack: |
Slack says it now has over 10M DAUs, more than half outside the US, and its global paying customers total has grown by over 50% YoY to 85,000+ — An update on how our customers use Slack — With our fifth birthday just around the corner, Slack now has more than 10 million daily active users … | Rachel Siegel / Washington Post: |
GameStop shares close down 27% after the board of the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended its search for a buyer — GameStop shares plunged nearly 30 percent Tuesday after the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended the search for a buyer …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Office 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure Government Cloud saw global authentication outage affecting new sessions on Tuesday; Microsoft says it is now resolved — Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure Government Cloud impacted by authentication issue. — Microsoft engineers can't seem to catch a break.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waze expands its open-source Bluetooth beacons to NYC to mitigate poor GPS signal in tunnels and offers the service to third parties for $28.50 per unit — Drivers in New York City will soon be able to use Waze — and other navigation apps — in places like tunnels or bridges where it's common to lose a GPS signal.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
IT security and cloud data management firm Rubrik leaves server online without password, exposing tens of GBs of data, customer names, contact info, case work — A server security lapse has exposed a massive database of customer information belonging to Rubrik, an IT security and cloud data management giant.
Tweets: @zackwhittaker
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