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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta says Apple updated its App Store rules to require IAPs for social media “boosts” to grow its business “while undercutting others in the digital economy” — Just when I thought the relationship between Apple and Meta couldn't get more hostile, here we are.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Spotify says Apple's behavior is “choking competition” after Apple rejected its proposed audiobook purchasing process three times for breaking App Store rules — The company called Apple practices “anticompetitive” and said it was “choking competition” in a blog post published …
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| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY from $65.1B to $69.09B, $13.91B net income, down from $18.94B YoY, 186,779 employees, up from 150,028 YoY; stock drops 5%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 25, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
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| Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Alphabet reports Google ad sales of $54.5B in Q3, up from $53.1B YoY, missing estimates of $56.6B, and Google Search revenue of $39.5B, up from $37.9B YoY — Total Google ad sales miss expectations by more than $2 billion as Alphabet revenue grows at its slowest pace in more than two years
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Alphabet reports an “Other Bets” Q3 operating loss of $1.61B, up 25% YoY from $1.29B, on revenue of $209M, up 15% YoY from $182M — Alphabet today announced Q3 2022 earnings with $69.1 billion in revenue. These numbers range from July to September with the fiscal year almost coming to a close.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Internal research: Twitter has been losing “heavy tweeters”, who tweet three to four times a week, since the pandemic began, masked by an overall growth in DAUs — “Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform.
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $50.1B, net income down 14% YoY to $17.6B, Office Commercial revenue up 7% YoY, LinkedIn up 17% YoY; stock drops 5%+ — REDMOND, Wash. — October 25, 2022 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30 …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
After Apple rolls out its new App Store ad units, prominent developers complain about gambling ads appearing in their app listings with no way to stop them — Apple today rolled out new ad placements in the App Store on the iPhone, allowing developers to advertise their apps in more places …
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: a16z's flagship crypto fund lost ~40% of its value in H1 2022, above the 10%-20% losses at rival funds; a16z has dramatically slowed crypto investments — Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’ — Crypto Crashed, Coinbase's Stock Followed: What Went Wrong
Tweets: @mayazi, @mayazi, and @somospostpc
| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says US subscribers can expect price hikes in 2023, after recent increases by Apple and YouTube; Premium has cost $9.99/month since 2011 — Audio streaming giant surpassed growth forecasts, increasing monthly active users by 20% to reach 456 million
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 21% YoY to €3.04B, MAUs up 20% YoY to 456M vs. 448.6M est., and Premium subs up 13% YoY to 195M; stock drops 4%+ on ad growth miss — Audio streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) Tuesday surpassed Wall Street's estimates for revenue and subscriber gains …
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| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Australia's AG unveils plans for tougher online privacy laws after several major data breaches, including increasing fines from AU$2.22M to AU$50M or more — Australia plans to strengthen its online privacy laws following several major data breaches, attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said in a statement on Saturday.
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| Clare Duffy / CNN: |
LinkedIn starts letting users verify their profile with a work email address or phone number and plans to alert users if a message they receive seems suspicious — Here's how Elon Musk calculated the number of bots on Twitter — Robot artist Ai-Da reset while speaking to UK politicians
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Tweets: @claresduffy, @rachelmetz, @lamonicabuzz, and @caseynewton
| Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register: |
Google plans to stop supporting Chrome for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in February 2023; StatCounter says Windows 7 was on 10.63% of Windows PCs in September 2022 — Even better, upgrade to Windows 10 at the very least — Google has joined the funeral procession for Windows 7 and 8.1 …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Samsung rolls out Maintenance Mode, meant to keep a device's data locked away from technicians during repair, to select Galaxy devices with One UI 5 worldwide — Handing your phone off to be repaired can be a little anxiety-inducing, given that it contains your valuable info.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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