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Apple reports Q3 revenue of $59.7B, up 11% YoY, of which $46.5B came from products, $13.1B from services, and net income of $11.2B; stock up 5%+ after hours — Revenue up 11 percent and EPS up 18 percent to new June quarter records — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter ended June 27, 2020.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Internal emails from 2010 show how an Amazon ad prompted Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller to block in-app purchases of Kindle books on iOS — As part of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust probe into Apple, lawmakers have released a variety of internal emails from Apple.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Emails from Jeff Bezos and other Amazon employees suggest the acquisition of Ring was for “market position - not technology” — ‘And that market position and momentum is very valuable’ — On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held its last hearing as part … | Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $38.3B, down 2% YoY, net income of $6.96B, down from $9.9B YoY, Other Bets operating loss grew to $1.1B — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 30, 2020 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
In an update to the July 15 hack, Twitter says a few employees were targeted in a phone spear phishing attack, and it had since limited access to internal tools — ‘This attack relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees’ — Twitter provided an update …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook has made deals with Sony, UMG, and Warner Music for the right to show music videos and approached artists about exclusive rights to videos — - Social giant also could bankroll some video production — Music videos have surged on YouTube during the pandemic| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
The hearing at times felt like gaslighting, with the CEOs trying to convince lawmakers that the evidence the House collected wasn't really evidence of anything — It is less clear that tech executives' strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework.
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| Facebook: |
Facebook Q2: $18.68B revenue, up 11% YoY, net income $5.18B, up 98% YoY, as DAUs rise 12% YoY to 1.79B, MAUs rise 12% YoY to 2.7B; stock up 6%+ after hours — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.
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| Amazon.com: |
Amazon reports Q2 revenue of $88.91B, up 40% YoY, net income of $5.2B, up from $2.5B in Q1 2019, and AWS revenue of $10.81B, up 29%; stock up 5%+ after hours — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2020.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Apple confirms new iPhone models will arrive a few weeks later than they have in years past, confirming earlier news reports and supplier comments — Apple's financial chief said Thursday that this year's new iPhone models will arrive a few weeks later than they have in years past …
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| Caitlin Dewey / OneZero : |
A look at the “hustle economy”, where unemployed teachers, cooks, and dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans to monetize their digital offerings — Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans — e have nothing to sell besides physical touch.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Affirm, a point-of-sale lender for e-commerce, is in early stage preparations for an IPO that would value the company at as much as $10B — Point-of-sale lender is working with Goldman Sachs in early-stage discussions of a potential listing — Affirm Inc. is laying the groundwork …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google teases the launch of a phone on August 3, presumed to be its budget phone Pixel 4a — While thoroughly leaked, Google has stayed quiet about when to expect its next mid-range phone. That's changing today with a “lorem ipsum” tease for what is most likely the Pixel 4a.
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| South China Morning Post: |
Chinese importers are ramping up chip imports through Hong Kong before US sanctions shut the route; chip imports to China through Hong King are up 11% YoY — Re-exports of semiconductors through Hong Kong to the mainland jumped by 11 per cent in the first half of the year from the same period … | Bloomberg: |
The French startup scene also suffers from a lack of diversity, but it cannot be measured because it is mostly illegal in France to track people's ethnicity — - Bloomberg polled top venture capital firms on diversity policy — 'Absence of ethnic diversity doesn't seem to bother investors'
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