Apple reports Q2 revenue of $58B, down 5% YoY, with international sales accounting for 61% of Q2 revenue, record services revenue of $11.5B
Services Revenue Reaches New All-Time High of $11.5 Billion — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 second quarter ended March 30, 2019.
Zuckerberg opens F8 reiterating Facebook's new focus on a “privacy-focused communications platform” prioritizing end-to-end encryption and interoperability
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is doubling down on privacy. — At F8, the social network's annual developer conference …
Instagram is launching a camera redesign to make it easier to make high quality posts without importing media, adds dedicated shopping tags for creators
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Google says it is adding Tiles, swipeable widgets with useful information, to Wear OS over the next month
The new feature is rolling out over the next month — Google has spent the last year refining its Wear OS smartwatch software to make everything feel simpler, more intuitive, and easier to use.
At F8, Mark Zuckerberg left out the fact that users are already moving towards more private sharing while discussing Facebook's privacy-focused next chapter
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Facebook says users will be able to send chat messages across Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the future
There were rumors that Facebook was going to make its messaging products interoperable, but now it appears they're about to be a reality. At F8, Messenger's head …
Hackers are actively exploiting a recently-patched zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware, with no end-user interaction required
High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now. — Attackers have been actively exploiting …
Apple reports Q2 iPhone revenue of $31.1B, vs $30.5B est., down from $37.6B YoY, Mac revenue of $5.5B, down from $5.8B, iPad revenue of $4.9B, up from $4B YoY
here's what 4 experts predict will come next Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Apple Pay is coming to New York City's mess of a subway system Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Apple Pay Netherlands: Dutch bank ING co...
IDC: 310.8M smartphones were shipped in Q1, down 6.6% YoY; Samsung was the top vendor with 23.1% marketshare, followed by Huawei with 19% and Apple with 11.7%
The battle for second rages on. — While Samsung held the top smartphone spot all four quarters last year …
Facebook Dating launches in 14 more countries, will come to US in 2019, adds Secret Crush feature to let users select up to 9 friends for Tinder-like matching
and it was promptly hacked (by a frat) and published, and the rest of my senior year was basically a series of awkward encounters in campus bars. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! http://twitter.com/... Sophie Ve...
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
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Alphabet says Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene will not seek re-election to Alphabet's board; Schmidt will continue his role as a technical adviser to Alphabet
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced it has appointed Robin L. Washington to its Board of Directors.
Facebook launches a major redesign that ditches the blue bar at the top, features Groups and Stories more prominently, and debuts Meet New Friends feature
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Around 20 security experts have united with Securepairs.org to support right-to-repair legislation with expert witnesses at hearings across the US
TWO YEARS AGO, as Nebraska was considering a “right to repair” bill designed to make it easier for consumers to fix their own gadgets, an Apple lobbyist made a frightening prediction.
ACLU says info uncovered through its lawsuit show CBP and ICE have “near-unfettered” authority to search and seize travelers' electronic devices at the border
In September 2017, we, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the federal government for its warrantless …
Study: if Facebook continues to grow at its current rate, it could have 4.9B deceased members by 2100, raising questions about what happens to their data
Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, a $750M early-stage fund and a $2B later-stage fund, putting its total fundraising haul at nearly $10B
Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, Axios has learned. — The big picture: Last year we previewed the venture giant's …
Facebook relaunches Oculus for Business, coming this fall, with a new software suite and UX customized for business use cases, adds support for the Oculus Quest
At F8, Facebook announced a launch date for the Oculus Quest and Rift S, as well as completely new enterprise-grade Oculus for Business software.
Google employees plan to hold a “sit-in” on May 1 to protest the alleged retaliation against staff from management over previous activism
Google workers are staging a sit-in Wednesday to protest alleged retaliation from management toward employee organizers at the company.
Apple's CFO says services now account for “one third” of Apple's gross profits, and Tim Cook says Apple now has 390M paid subscriptions across its services
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Amazon says Amazon Managed Blockchain, its AWS service that helps companies quickly create their own scalable blockchain networks, is now generally available
Amazon is in the blockchain business in a big way. Its Amazon Managed Blockchain is a fully managed service designed …
In a letter to creators, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube wants to have half of the videos in its trending tab come from YouTube creators
YouTube wants to have half of the featured videos in its trending tab come from streams originating on the company's own site going forward …
Q&A with Oculus' director of content ecosystem, Chris Pruett, on content strategy, positioning in the VR headset market, social VR, developer approach, more
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Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup operating in Latin America, has raised up to $1B from SoftBank, the largest ever round for a Latin American tech startup
Rappi represents a new era for Latin American technology startups. — Based in Bogotá, Colombia, the on-demand delivery startup …
Amazon says it will make Alexa's in-skill purchases available to developers in the UK, Germany, and Japan, expanding beyond the US
A year after Amazon opened up in-skill purchasing to all Alexa developers in the U.S., the company is launching the service internationally.
In an experiment, the NYT bought and displayed ads targeting 16 profile attributes to reveal what advertisers think they know about users seeing targeted ads
Nearly every ad you see online is tailored just for you. These digital ads are powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow advertisers … Tweets: @privacyproject , @hacks4pancakes , @stuartathompson ,...
Hulu says it has 26.8M paying subscribers in the US, up from 23M at the end of 2018, not including the 1.3M users signed up through promotions like free trials
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Bond Mobility, an e-bike startup previously known as Smide co-founded by Horace Dediu, raises $20M Series A from Denso and others
Some prominent names from the mobile world have teamed up to form Bond Mobility, an e-bike startup that has raised $20 million from backers including Japanese car parts giant Denso.
Slack and other workplace messaging services undermine their goal of increased productivity by becoming distractions, where users are constantly chatting
Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven't. — Several people are typing. Tweets: @mostafanageeb , @bdsams , @cebsilver , @howelloneill , @a...
Code for America created an algorithm that identified 8K+ cannabis-related convictions eligible for expungement, cutting the process from months to minutes
This month, a judge in California cleared thousands of criminal records with one stroke of his pen. Tweets: @kittenhotep , @heransays , @bengoldacre , and @chris_kuang Tweets: @kittenhotep : A San Fra...
AMD reports Q1 revenue of $1.27B, down 23% YoY but slightly beating analyst estimates of $1.26B; computing and graphics division revenue fell 26% YoY to $831M
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Technisys, which provides a digital banking software platform, raises $50M Series C led by Riverwood Capital
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Aryaka, which provides software-defined network connectivity tools, raises $50M Series F led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its total raised to $184M
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Report: in Q1 2019, funding for Chinese fintech startups dropped 87.6% YoY to $192.1M, India became Asia's top fintech funding hub with $285.6M raised
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Built Technologies, which provides cloud-based construction lending software, raises $31M Series B led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup Oyo acquires the @Leisure Group from Axel Springer for €369.5M to expand into Europe
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Examity, a platform for online course providers that offers student ID verification and automated exam proctoring, raises $90M round led by Great Hill Partners
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Report: VC funding into Latin American startups reached a record $1.98B in 2018, up from $1.14B in 2017, with top five investments accounting for $1.2B
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Tweets: @galima_ Tweets: Guilherme Lima / @galima_ : Brazil has almost 60% of VC investment flow in Latam... I would bet that this year the region will increase 5...
Dell updates its Latitude commercial laptops with Express Sign-in, which uses proximity sensors to sign in users instantly, and ExpressCharge for batteries
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Facebook says it will allow patients to post sensitive health-related info anonymously by letting Facebook Group admins post questions on a patient's behalf
Christina Farr / CNBC : Tweets: @yoda and @chrissyfarr . Thanks: @chrissyfarr Tweets: Drew Olanoff / @yoda : BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no. http://twitter.com/... Christina Farr / @chrissyfarr : NEW: Fac...
Indian media group Times Internet reports 450M+ monthly users across its ~36 news, video, and music properties, says its biggest challenge is increasing revenue
a huge media firm in India with 450M users across a range of services including video/music streaming, news and more. Its reach offers a credible online ad alternative to Facebook and Google in India ...
India-based BlackBuck, which connects businesses with truck owners and freight operators, raises $150M Series D, source says at an almost $1B valuation
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Amazon confirms it provides an online freight service that matches truck drivers with shippers; sources say the service has been in testing since last year
Eugene Kim / CNBC :
Denver-based Pana, a startup with an online service that helps companies coordinate business travel, has closed a $10M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
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ManyChat, a startup that helps companies create Facebook Messenger bots for marketing, sales, and support, raises $18M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners
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