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Microsoft Q4: revenue of $23.3B, up 13% YoY, net income of $6.5B, up 109% YoY; Intelligent Cloud revenue of $7.4B, up 11% YoY; productivity revenue was $8.4B — REDMOND, Wash. — July 20, 2017 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017:
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft beats with strong cloud performance; Azure sales almost double, and Office 365 app revenue rises 43% — Azure sales almost double; Office 365 app revenue rises 43% — Tax-rate benefit boosted per-share profitby 23 cents a share — Microsoft Corp.'s turnaround plan got …
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| Tim / Droid Life: |
Samsung sends out media invites for event at 11AM ET on August 23 in New York City, with the tagline “Do bigger things”, expected to announce Galaxy Note8 — After reports were going back and forth about dates, Samsung has made it official. The next Unpacked event …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Department of Justice and Europol announce takedown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Market, both focused on drugs and fraudulent IDs — AlphaBay and Hansa Market are gone, dealing a major blow to the online drug trade — An international law enforcement effort has brought …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
YouTube collaborates with Jigsaw to launch Redirect Method, responding to certain keyword searches with videos that discredit extremist recruiting narratives — YouTube is taking its next step in countering extremism and terrorist content on its platform. Today the company announced …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google brings its Motion Skills GIF- and video-making app to Android, 13 months after its iOS debut — Google last year introduced an app called Motion Stillsthat aimed to help iOS users do more with their Live Photos - including being able to crop out blurry frames, stabilize images …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon confirms it is adding Alexa to its shopping app on Android starting this week — This spring, Amazon introduced Alexa to a wider audience by making the virtual assistant a feature that could be accessed within the retailer's main shopping app. However, that integration …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Intel-owned Movidius debuts $79 USB Compute Stick with 12-core Myriad 2 VPU that increases host hardware's AI capabilities — The Neural Compute Stick from Movidius makes it easy to add a machine vision processor to any device — Step by step, artificial intelligence is moving down from the cloud and into the device in your hand.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube TV expands to 10 new areas, including Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, D.C., Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, up from its five launch metros — YouTube TV, Google's entry in the crowded market of live TV streaming services, is now available in ten more U.S. metros, the company announced this morning.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Inside D-ID, an Israeli startup that's working to make faces unrecognizable to face recognition technology while remaining true to the original image — Unless you literally wear a mask all the time, it is almost impossible to completely avoid cameras and face recognition technology.| Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times: |
Sources: Amazon acquired Santa Barbara-based data analytics and search engine startup Graphiq, which has 100+ employees, in May; source says deal is worth ~$50M — Amazon is counting on its Alexa virtual assistant to foster deeper relationships with consumers.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple updates Clips app with new overlays, including Disney-themed additions, effects, posters, more; Clips has been pre-installed on new iOS devices since May — After launching Clips for iOS back in early April, Apple is today releasing an update for the social video editing app that adds a handful of notable new features.
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