Apple reports record first quarter results
iPhone, Wearables & Services Drive All-Time Record Revenue and Earnings — Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2020 first quarter ended December 28, 2019. The Company posted quart...
Apple reports Q1 revenue of $91.8B, up 9% YoY, of which $79.1B came from products, $12.7B from services, and net income of $22.2B; $63B-$67B Q2 revenue expected
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Facebook's Off-Facebook Activity tool won't actually clear the data collected about you from other apps and sites, only its connection to your Facebook account
When we talk about Facebook's myriad foibles and fuckups, we're usually laying the blame on things that happen within the Big Blue App …
Ring app on Android covertly sends personally identifiable information of users to third parties including Facebook and MixPanel
Ring isn't just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers.
Sources: Google is testing a new communications app for businesses, which brings together functions from Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Meet, Hangouts Chat, and more
Google is working on a mobile application for businesses that brings together the functions of several standalone apps the company already offers …
Apple reached 1.5B active devices, up from 1.4B a year ago, with ~80% of recent iPhones and iPads running iOS/iPadOS 13
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Facebook says its Off-Facebook Activity tool, which claims to let users clear data collected from other apps and sites, from their accounts, is now available
The purpose of the Oversight Board is to protect freedom … Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : All users can now access Facebook's tool for controlling which apps and sites can share data for ad-targeting Dwig...
Despite US pressure, the EU told member states they should limit “high risk” 5G vendors, like Huawei, but did not recommend a total ban
The bloc's experts suggested members limit and monitor the involvement of “high-risk” vendors as they invest in next-generation mobile communications infrastructure.
Apple addresses Wuhan coronavirus concerns, offers wider than usual Q2 revenue estimates, says it closed one retail store in China, slightly delayed production
Apple has suppliers in the Wuhan area of China, and it has taken precautions like closing one store in China and reducing hours at other retail locations.
Tim Cook says the three newest iPhones were the best-selling Apple phones every week of the quarter, propelling iPhone sales to $56B in Q1, up 8% YoY
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Google says in 2019 its bug bounty program paid 461 security researchers $6.5M, up from $3.4M to 317 researchers in 2018
Google today announced it has paid out over $21 million since launching its bug bounty program in November 2010. In the past year alone, the company distributed $6.5 million …
UK government says it will let Huawei build non-core elements of Britain's 5G network but will ban the company from operating at sensitive sites
whereupon restrictions kick in. https://www.gov.uk/... https://twitter.com/... Tom Wright / @thomaswright08 : Bad decision. Will damage the UK-UK alliance regardless of who is president https://twitte...
Apple reported $10B revenue in Q1 from its segment that includes AirPods and Watch, which is more than the $7.1B it generated from selling Macs
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Online fraud bazaar lists 30M+ US customers' card details for sale, which experts say come from breach of convenience store chain Wawa disclosed in December
In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems …
Facebook VP of Engineering Jay Parikh, who was instrumental in building Facebook's data center infrastructure, is leaving the company after more than a decade
- Facebook's Vice President of Engineering Jay Parikh on Tuesday announced his departure from the company, joining a long list …
Samsung says the 5G version of its Galaxy Tab S6, which it claims is the world's first 5G tablet, is available now in South Korea for $850
It will only be sold in South Korea, at least initially. — What you need to know — Samsung today unveiled a variant of the Galaxy Tab S6 with 5G connectivity.
In a first, US DOJ is seeking court approval to take enforcement action against several telecom operators for facilitating robocalls
- The U.S. Justice Department announced its first-ever enforcement action against telecommunications companies over robocalls, the agency announced Tuesday.
Investigation: in 2019, Trump's marketing campaign spent ~$20M on 218K+ Facebook ads targeting conservatives with marketing ploys designed to harvest user data
A Guardian investigation of 218,100 ads reveals how the campaign's sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters Tweets: @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @justinhendrix...
US Interior Department introduces a no-fly rule for Chinese drones or those made with Chinese parts, with some exceptions, amid espionage concerns
Order reflects concern that data collected ‘could be valuable to foreign entities’ — WASHINGTON—Interior Department officials plan …
Survey of Mechanical Turk workers finds some feel they don't have recourse for underpayment, technical errors, or general abuse from temporary bosses
Dhruv Mehrotra / Gizmodo :
Match Group CEO Mandy Ginsberg to step down, citing personal reasons; Shar Dubey, current Match Group president, will become CEO on March 1
Dan Primack / Axios :
Lime to pilot AI-based technology in San Jose, CA which it claims warns riders when they are on a sidewalk 50% or more of the time
Dara Kerr / CNET :
Facebook shares proposed bylaws for its oversight board, which some have called a content moderation “supreme court”, that leave Facebook firmly in control
essentially a “Supreme Court” of content decisions. What we kind of already knew, but what the bylaws confirmed, is this group will NOT make decisions quickly. It could take months. https://www.bloomb...
Facebook says Mark Zuckerberg is planning to visit Brussels in mid-February to meet with EU officials amid antitrust and privacy scrutiny
Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg :
Filmic's free DoubleTake iPhone app lets users shoot video from two cameras at once; it can simultaneously record two 1080p videos at 24, 25, or 30 fps
Scott Stein / CNET :
Product Hunt launches YourStack, a social network for discussing various products, including apps, books, and cookware
a social network for people to review and recommend products https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Taylor Majewski / @taylormajewski : Some news from our team at @ProductHunt !! 🚀 We've quietly been build...
Research: Toronto saw the biggest growth in tech jobs of any North American city over past five years, reflecting Canada's more welcoming stance on immigration
Joel Rose / NPR : Tweets: @npr , @nandinigupta201 , @johnjhorton , @usf_economics , @jay_hernandez , and @nprjoel Tweets: @npr : The tech industry across Canada is booming. And one of the biggest rea...
Analysis: 126 out of 301 “whitelisted” sites that India restored internet access to in Kashmir, but restricted to 2G connections, are “usable to some degree”
MediaNama : Tweets: @i_dev_d . Thanks: @glibdt Tweets: @i_dev_d : An article by @prateekwaghre & @aldebaran14 where they discuss how even handful of white listed websites aren't accessible to people ...
Attentive, which offers messaging tools for retailers, raises $70M Series C, led by Sequoia and IVP, less than six months after raising $40M
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
AMD beats expectations with $2.13B in Q4 revenue, up 50% YoY, with significant market share increases across its x86 server, laptop, and desktop chips
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Kenyan startup Sendy, an on-demand platform that connects clients to drivers for goods delivery, raises $20M Series B led by Atlantica Ventures
Jake Bright / TechCrunch :
eBay beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $2.82B, down 2% YoY, and a net income of $558M; gross merchandise volume was $23.3B, down 5% YoY
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Advano, which builds battery components using scrap silicon for powerful and longer lasting batteries, raises $18.5M from investors, including Tony Fadell
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
Apple releases iOS 13.3.1 with an option to turn off U1 chip in the latest iPhones, following location tracking privacy concerns
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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