Apple sold 50.7M iPhones in Q2, down from 51.2M last year, 8.92M iPads, down from 10.2M, 4.19M Macs, up from 4.03M; services revenue grew to $7.04B, 18% YoY
below expectations Shara Tibken / CNET : Apple's iPhone unit sales take a surprising fall Caitlin McGarry / Macworld : Apple in Q2: Sold fewer iPhones than last year, but also made more money Anya Geo...
Hulu launches its live TV service for $40 a month, which also includes Hulu's subscription video service as well as Hulu originals
It includes Hulu's other subscription service — but not the most popular show on TV. — Want to watch TV, delivered live and on-demand, over the web, for about $40 a month?
With Facebook Live being used to broadcast murders, Facebook to add 3,000 people to its community operations team to review reports of inappropriate content
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Microsoft debuts 13.5" Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S with 4 color options, USB 3 Type A, Mini DisplayPort, 14.5-hour battery life, ships June 15 from $999
& It's A Must-Have Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Microsoft's Surface Laptop doesn't need gimmicks to be special Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Liveblog: Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new Windows, ...
Apple reports Q2 revenue of $52.9B vs. $53.02B estimated, posts Q3 guidance of $43.5B-$45.5B vs. $45.6B expected; China sales down 14% YoY; stock down ~1.5%
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Tim Cook says Apple Watch sales have nearly doubled year-over-year in Q2; “Other Products” category revenue was $2.87B, up 31% YoY
Revenue from Apple's wearables would be “well into” the Fortune 500, according to Tim Cook — Sales of the Apple Watch have nearly doubled year over year …
China's internet regulator, CAC, issues new rules, effective June 1, requiring online news services to be managed by party-sanctioned editorial staff
China on Tuesday issued tighter rules for online news portals and network providers, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's push to secure …
Amazon's FreeTime app comes to Android, the first time it's available on non-Amazon devices, and includes kid-friendly books, videos, apps, and games
Amazon's FreeTime service provides parents with firm controls over the content their kids consume. The company approves books, videos …
Microsoft will add Windows 10 AR feature called View Mixed Reality that lets users insert 3D imagery from 3D Paint into real-time video
Microsoft is planning to bring a View Mixed Reality feature to Windows 10 later this year. It's designed to let Windows 10 users augment 3D objects …
Samsung gets government approval to test a self-driving Hyundai, customized with Samsung technology, on roads in South Korea
Samsung's ambitions to be a player in the self-driving car space aren't new, but today the company hit a big milestone. The company's home country of South Korea …
Apple Pay transaction volume is up 450% YoY, likely due to Apple's 2016 expansion into many international markets; accepted at 20M locations worldwide
Apple's mobile payments wallet is growing quickly. — The number of Apple Pay transactions in the latest quarter rose 450% …
YouTube revamps its desktop site with an updated design based on Google's Material Design, optional dark theme, and faster framework
YouTube turned 12 on Monday. To celebrate the milestone, the company is today launching a redesign of its desktop site, which now takes advantage …
Hands-on: Microsoft targets backpacks with its 2.76 lbs Surface Laptop, lighter than MacBook Air; keyboard impresses with suede-like durable Alcantara covering
School Daze — Low-cost Chromebook laptops … Jeremy Kaplan / Digital Trends : Microsoft Surface Laptop With Windows 10 S: Our first take Microsoft : Live stream of Microsoft's “Learn what's next” eve...
SoundCloud debuts The Upload, a Discover Weekly-style playlist that recommends new music
SoundCloud has unveiled a new feature today to help listeners discover even more new music. The Upload is SoundCloud's answer to the music discovery playlists that have become popular with other stre...
Airbnb has acquired its partner Deco Software, which had developed an IDE to build React Native apps; Deco IDE will be open sourced
Airbnb — the peer-to-peer marketplace that started with accommodation rentals but has now expanded to other travel services — has made an acquisition …
Etsy Q1 rev up 18.4% YoY to $96M; CEO Chad Dickerson to be replaced by Josh Silverman, give chair role to Fred Wilson; firm to lay off 80; stock down 14%+
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Cheetah Mobile's Live.me live streaming service raises $60M to expand overseas
Live.me, a one-year-old startup that makes a live-streaming video app, has banked $60 million from investors including its majority owner, Chinese app developer Cheetah Mobile.
Nine Senate Republicans co-sponsor legislation to nullify the FCC's net neutrality rules
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Groupon reports Q1 revenue of $673.6M, missing expectations, and shutters 11 more international operations; stock opens down 13%+
Groupon — the once-dominant daily deals business that has more recently tried to shift to other kinds of local commerce — today reported first-quarter earnings …
Sources: code written by women at Facebook rejected far more than men's; Facebook says study inaccurate, performed by former employee with incomplete data
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Inquirer : Facebook under fire for gender bias in code review process Aman Jain / ValueWalk : Facebook Inc (FB) Rejects Claims Of Bias Against Female Coders Julia Carrie Wong / ...
Survey of 942 AirPods owners says 82% are “very satisfied” and 16% are “satisfied”, beating customer satisfaction levels of other new Apple products
Ben Bajarin / Tech.pinions :
Geospatial big data startup Orbital Insight raises $50M Series C led by Sequoia, as it expands its analytics business
John Mannes / TechCrunch :
Twilio reports Q1 revenue of $87M, up 47% YoY, weak Q2 and '17 guidance; shares plummet 29%+
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
As challenges from tech companies mount, FBI issues 12,150 national security letters in 2016, down 5% YoY
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
Google will now allow 300x250 ads above the fold on mobile webpages, says they can be ‘user-friendly’
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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