Alphabet Q1: revenue of $36.3B, up 17% YoY, net income of $6.66B with EC fine, CPC down 19%, and paid clicks on Google properties up 39% YoY; stock is down 8%+
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 29, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
Sources: Anki, the robotics startup that raised $200M+ from investors including a16z, is shuttering and laying off its staff of 200 with one week's severance
It's a hard, hard fall. — Anki, the robotics company that has raised over $200 million in venture capital …
Apple says its photo-editing software Aperture, which hasn't been actively developed in years, won't run in future macOS versions after Mojave
In a new support document, Apple has indicated that its legacy photo editing suite Aperture will not run in future versions of macOS after macOS Mojave.
Vodafone says it found backdoors in Huawei equipment in 2011 and 2012 after Huawei failed to disable devices' Telnet protocol, but the issues were resolved
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Facebook unveils plans for Messenger app for Windows and macOS, a new social video-watching feature, a lightweight and full-featured version of Messenger, more
Ahead of its annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Facebook has offered a glimpse into some of the things it's cooking …
Samsung posts a profit of $5.4B in Q1, down 60% YoY, as its semiconductor and mobile businesses post a 64% drop and a 40% drop in operating profits respectively
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 60 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday …
Google says Q1 results reflect industry pressure on premium smartphone sales; Sundar Pichai cites “year over year headwinds” after the release of Pixel 3 line
esp as ads slow down. One analyst even asked if we had another Microsoft on our hands (!). (Pichai was defensive, said Google is committed for the long term, but eek.) http://twitter.com/... Benedict ...
Vodafone denies report that said Huawei could have had unauthorized access to the carrier's fixed-line network in Italy, saying the issues were caught and fixed
Vodafone has revealed that it found vulnerabilities in equipment supplied to it by Huawei in Italy 10 years ago.
The We Company, better known as WeWork, announces it has filed confidentially for IPO; the company has said its 2018 revenue was $1.8B with a net loss of $1.9B
KEY POINTS — The We Company, better known as WeWork, filed confidentially for an IPO. — The company did not reveal …
Alphabet's “Other Bets”, which includes Waymo, Verily, Fiber, and others, had a Q1 operating loss of $868M on revenues of just $170M, up from $150M YoY
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Garmin adds period tracking to Garmin Connect, announces three new types of Forerunner smartwatches, starting at $199
The new Garmin Forerunner 45 smartwatch. [credit: Garmin ] — Garmin has been slowly updating its smartwatches and fitness trackers over the past few years, and 2019 appears to be the year of the Fo...
Bird is launching monthly scooter rentals for $24.99 in San Francisco and Barcelona
The company will even deliver the scooter right to your front door — If using an app to track down a nearby electric scooter to rent is too much of a crapshoot, Bird is now offering monthly rentals ...
Amazon announces that the Alexa Skills Kit now supports Spanish in the US and that Alexa-enabled devices in the US will gain support for Spanish later this year
Hola, Alexa. ¿Cómo estás? Amazon today announced that the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) …
Amazon is looking to hire a managing editor of news for its video doorbell company Ring to “deliver breaking crime news alerts to our neighbors”
When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it's usually in terms of the audience's attention and advertisers' dollars.
Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN
- Twitter Expands Live-Streaming Video Lineup, Sets Content Deals With Viacom, ESPN, Live Nation, Univision, and More
The Apache Software Foundation has completed migrating its Git service to GitHub, says its Git service was decommissioned after completing migration in February
Provides source code tooling services for 200M+ lines of code across 350+ Apache Projects — The Apache® Software Foundation …
UiPath, a process automation platform targeting IT businesses, raises $568M Series D led by Coatue, at a $7B valuation
Companies are on the hunt for ways to reduce the time and money it costs their employees to perform repetitive tasks, so today a startup that has built a business …
Chewy.com, the online pet product retailer acquired by PetSmart for ~$3B in 2017, files for IPO, reports net loss of $268M on sales of $3.5B for fiscal year '18
KEY POINTS — Chewy.com, the online pet product retailer owned by PetSmart, filed documents with regulators on Monday to prepare for an initial public offering.
Uber has capped the number of drivers in NYC since Apr. 1, source says due to NYC's new driver wage rules; Lyft has similarly capped drivers since Apr. 19
Uber's and Lyft's once inexorable-seeming growth in New York City has ground to a halt. — Uber stopped hiring new drivers in New York City on April 1.
Facebook to give 60+ academics around the world access to its data from January 2017 to February 2019, which excludes run-up to the 2016 US election and Brexit
Facebook is opening up its data for the first time to more than 60 academics from around the world, who will be able to look …
Divvy, which helps businesses manage expenses in real time, raises $200M Series C led by NEA, bringing its total raised to $245.5M
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Cable operator Altice USA agrees to acquire streaming-video network Cheddar for $200M; Cheddar founder Jon Steinberg to become president of the Altice News unit
Cheddar founder and CEO Jon Steinberg is set to become president of Altice News, overseeing Cheddar, News 12 and i24News
Facebook's Ad Archive API is criticized for lacking info on ad targeting criteria and being limited to keyword searches, preventing a comprehensive look at ads
a failing grade. As a result, Facebook prevents misinformation researchers from doing their jobs ahead of the 2019 EU Parliamentary elections: http://blog.mozilla.org/... Shoshana Wodinsky / @swodinsk...
Justice Department charges a Russian citizen, arrested in Thailand and extradited to the US in March, with stealing $1.5M in targeted hacks of US tax preparers
U.S. authorities have charged a Russian citizen in a scam that netted $1.5 million through bogus tax returns between June 2014 and November 2016 …
ICE's Bakkt, which has faced regulatory delays, says it has acquired the Digital Asset Custody Company and has applied with NY to become a registered trust
Setting a new standard for securely storing digital assets Osato Avan-Nomayo / Bitcoinist.com : NYSE Owner Seeking Bitcoin Custody ‘NY Trust’ License Celia Wan / The Block : Bakkt acquires custodian D...
Researchers find the addresses and demographic details of more than 80M US households listed on an unsecured database, now offline, on a Microsoft cloud service
or if so, how. http://www.vpnmentor.com/... Kate Cox / @kcoxdc : Data leakage: now so ubiquitous that data piles are just sitting around and nobody can even tell who dropped them. Like a random black ...
Alibaba settles US lawsuit for $250M over its failure to disclose meeting with Chinese regulators to discuss counterfeit goods on its platform months before IPO
The proposed settlement has come ahead of Alibaba's scheduled quarterly earnings report on May 15 The proposed settlement …
Analysis: Germany's AfD right-wing party, estimated to have support of 11%-15% voters, accounts for 85% of all German political party posts shared on Facebook
4000! a week—use images from Russian databases. http://www.spiegel.de/... Frederik Kulager / @frederikkulager : “He calls the @AfD “the country's first Facebook party,” and argues that it has built up...
Microsoft and Dell announce a new partnership that lets Azure cloud computing customers use VMware's virtualization software to manage their IT operations
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Ablacon, which develops an AI-based mapping system for atrial fibrillation therapies, raises $21.5M Series A led by Ajax Health
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Consent forms to access the phones of victims of crime, including those alleging rape, have been rolled out across England and Wales
Apple says $250 Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds will be available to preorder on May 3 and ship on May 10 in black with three other colors coming in the summer
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Uber adds public transit directions and schedules to its app for users in London, after bringing the feature to users in Denver in January
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
Spotify reports Q1 revenue of €1.5B, up 33% YoY, reduces net loss to €142M, says it has 217M MAUs, up 26% YoY, with 100M premium subscribers, up 32% YoY
Spotify John Kennedy / Silicon Republic : This is why Spotify isn't just talking the talk about podcasts Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News : Spotify paid ~$56 million for Parcast Marco Lancaster / Gizchina...
Dating app Tantan, acquired by Momo last year for ~$763M, is suspended from multiple app stores in China amid ongoing government effort to “clean up cyberspace”
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post :
Sensor Tower: in Q1 2019, apps developed by Chinese firms or by companies with large Chinese investors, had revenues of $674.8M in the US, up 67% YoY
KEY POINTS — In the first quarter of 2019, apps developed by Chinese firms or by companies with large Chinese investors …
CoinSchedule: UAE accounted for 25%+ of all funds raised in digital coin offerings in 2019 through early April, as US falls from being the leader in 2018 to 7th
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg :
On paid email newsletter platforms, small audiences are translating to dollars for writers, such as on Substack, where the 12 top earners make $160K+ on average
“unbundling” writers from outlets — and i feel like i've already hit my limit on how much pocket money i want to burn on different channels. it adds up pretty fast! http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Elizabe...
Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising, says it will introduce more advertising products with built-in AI over the next year
The evolution of Microsoft Advertising Rebecca Stewart / The Drum : Bing Ads rebrands to Microsoft Advertising Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost : Bing Ads Becomes ‘Microsoft Advertising,’ Rolls Out New Pro...
Royalties from digital services to UK copyright society PRS for Music rose 17% to £145.7M in 2018, the first year of its licensing deal with Facebook
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally : See also Mediagazer
After a record-busting $1.2B opening weekend, Avengers: Endgame shows that, despite the ubiquity of streaming content, theaters can still deliver breakout hits
Brooks Barnes / New York Times : Tweets: @mehdirhasan , @canterrain , and @moviesnowtv Tweets: Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan : Despite some ludicrous plot twists and things that made no sense, it was to...
How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber by leading a $32M Series B at the last moment, after a16z failed to accept Uber's terms, and went on to reap billions
Kate Clark / TechCrunch : Tweets: @kateclarktweets and @kateclarktweets Tweets: Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets : Some other good nuggets here, like how Menlo celebrated Roku's IPO w/ boxes of popcorn ...
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