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July 22, 2020, 8:45 PM
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Microsoft Q4: revenue up 13% YoY to $38B, net income of $11.2B, down 15% YoY, Intelligent Cloud revenue of $13.4B, up 17%, and Azure revenue up 47% — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft's Personal Computing saw Q4 revenue rise by 14% YoY to $12.9B, with Surface up 28%; LinkedIn rose 10% YoY, Office 365 consumer subscribers hit 42.7M — Microsoft today reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $38.0 billion, net income of $11.2 billion … | Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Apple hires economists to help prove its App Store commissions aren't anti-competitive — Ahead of an antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill next week, Apple is fighting back against the perception that its App Store charges onerous commission rates to developers.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia expressed interest about a potential deal for ARM as SoftBank explores a sale; Apple declined to pursue a bid after being approached by SoftBank — - Graphics chipmaker expressed interest in recent weeks — SoftBank approached Apple to gauge its interest in Arm| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Slack files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft, accusing it of unfairly bundling its rival app Teams with its Office 365 tools — Workplace messaging app says it is unfair for tech group to bundle Teams with Office 365 — The workplace messaging app Slack has filed a formal antitrust complaint …
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| Manuel Vonau / Android Police: |
AT&T told some customers their phones are not compatible with its new network, without explicitly saying the issue may not affect them until February 2022 — Amid an economy-crushing pandemic, AT&T has decided that now is the best time to send a scaremongering email to some customers …
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AT&T Community Forums, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, CNET, Houston Chronicle, Neowin, Mashable, SlashGear, Android Headlines, and TechSpot
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger updates with a new App Lock feature with Face ID or Touch ID authentication on iPhone and iPad, as well as a new Privacy section in settings — There's a new Privacy section in settings — Facebook now lets you add an extra layer of security when opening Messenger on an iPhone or iPad.
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| MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is lining up periscope telephoto lens suppliers for the 2022 iPhone; periscope lenses allow manufacturers to provide higher optical zoom capabilities — Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo today released a new report detailing his research on which lens suppliers will begin providing parts for Apple in the coming years.| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Sources: Kevin Roose's tweets on Facebook stories with the highest engagement per CrowdTangle worry the News Feed team, which favors “reach”-focused metrics — What news should people see when they come to Facebook? — In the old days, your answer might have been “whatever they want to see,” or even “who cares?”
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
US bank regulator grants national savings banks and federal savings associations the authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers — The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has opened the door for federal savings associations and national savings banks …
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OCC, Coin Center, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
Tweets: @alexisgoldstein, @alexsaundersau, @stomarova, @lopp, @vtg2, and @mdudas. Thanks:@saniyamore
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple starts giving “hacker-friendly” iPhones with a custom and more accessible iOS version to vetted researchers in the iOS Security Research Device program — For the past decade Apple has tried to make the iPhone one of the most secure devices on the market.
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Tweets: @alexstamos, @adamely, @zackwhittaker, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, and @josephfcox
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon unveils new Alexa developer tools including Alexa for Apps, to let Alexa apps trigger actions like searches within phone apps, and Alexa Conversations — Today during Alexa Live, a virtual event for Alexa vendors and developer partners, Amazon unveiled tools and resources designed to enable new Alexa voice app experiences.| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Profile of Tim Bray, the former VP at Amazon who quit in May criticizing its “vein of toxicity” and who is building a business case for breaking up the company — Tim Bray was a celebrated engineer at Amazon. Now, he is its most high-profile defector.
Tweets: @kyweise, @zephyrteachout, @stacyfmitchell, @nytimestech, and @pinboard
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip 5G for $1,450, shipping August 7, available on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US — Samsung has officially announced the 5G version of its Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone. Called the Galaxy Z Flip 5G (naturally enough), the phone is nearly identical to its 4G predecessor.
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Samsung US Newsroom, Android Central, Android Authority, Android Central, Android Headlines, Mashable, MacRumors, and TechSpot. Tweets: @greengart
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
US Rep. Jim Jordan writes Democratic House leadership to call on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify at Monday's antitrust hearing with CEOs of tech giants — - Republicans have called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify at the upcoming antitrust hearing featuring CEOs of Amazon, Apple …
Tweets: @karaswisher, @kurtwagner8, @daveleeft, @alexeheath, @thedextriarchy, @sarahfrier, @stevekovach, and @lauren_feiner
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Fintech startup Meemo emerges from stealth with $10M seed investment from Greycroft and others and launches its social finance app — Fintech startup Meemo came out of a year-long stealth period Tuesday to launch its social finance app with a seed investment of $10 million.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: NBCU's Peacock streaming service was downloaded ~1.5M times across the US App Store and Google Play in its first six days, 25% more than Quibi — NBCU's Peacock appears to be having a somewhat better launch than Quibi did, based on data from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google delays its switch to mobile-first indexing of Search, originally scheduled for this September, until March 2021, citing “uncertain times” — With smartphone browsing so much more common in this day and age, Google wants Search results to reflect that reality.
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Google Webmaster Central Blog, Search Engine Roundtable, and Engadget
Tweets: @googlewmc and @aleyda
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Ubisoft lays out an anti-harassment plan including a confidential third-party “listening and alert” system and the appointment of a head of workplace culture — Ubisoft Entertainment SA, the French video-gamemaker, laid out several steps it's taking to address a sexual-harassment controversy at the company.
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Windows Central, The Verge, The Verge, Neowin, Gamasutra, GamesIndustry.biz, USgamer.net, Polygon, VentureBeat, and GameSpot. Tweets: @samueltolbert
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Asus unveils 6.59" ROG Phone 3 with a 144Hz display, up to 16GB of RAM, and Snapdragon 865+ with 5G support, launching in the US in September — Sporting the Snapdragon 865 Plus and a very fast RAM and storage combo — Asus' new ROG Phone 3 aims to be the pinnacle of smartphones …
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VentureBeat, Ars Technica, CNET, The ROG Strix XG16 …, Game Rant, PCWorld, 9to5Google, Mashable, and Android Authority. Tweets: @backlon
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook is preparing to limit the reach of QAnon content, with an announcement next month, and has been coordinating with Twitter and other companies — The company permanently suspended thousands of accounts associated with the fringe conspiracy theory movement.| NBC News: |
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Jamf, which helps businesses deploy Apple products, closed up 50% on first day of trading, after raising around $468M in its IPO — - Shares of JAMF jumped as much as 92% on Wednesday after the Apple partner priced 18 million shares at $26 each. — JAMF was founded in 2002 …
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| Bloomberg: |
Italy's antitrust authority says it's investigating Apple and Amazon, suspecting them of curbing Beats headphone sales by anyone other than official resellers — Italy's antitrust authority said it's investigating Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. after a local retailer complained they'd been banned …
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