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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 drops 7%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 29, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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 — After warning investors that it would be taking a $1.7 billion (€1.5 billion) charge this quarter due to a fine … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
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 …
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| CNBC: |
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 … | Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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 …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
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 — Facebook has been accused of blocking the ability of independent researchers to effectively study how political disinformation flows across its ad platform.
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| Laura Hautala / CNET: |
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 — In a blow to consumers' privacy, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households were exposed …
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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 Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 ending March 31, 2019.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
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 — Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange, made a splash last August with big plans to get into the Bitcoin business.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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) … | Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Marriott launches Homes & Villas, an Airbnb competitor, in more than 100 markets around the world, following an year-long pilot program with 200 homes in London — This news will trigger responses from elated to downright furious, whether you're a Bonvoy member, Marriott hotel owner …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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 — Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd — There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro …
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| Brian Crecente / Variety: |
Microsoft says Minecraft creator Markus Persson won't be part of 10-year anniversary plans for the game because of his “comments and opinions” — “Minecraft” creator Marcus “Notch" Persson, who sold the title to Microsoft for $2.5 billion in 2014, won't be part of 10-year anniversary plans …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
How Microsoft learned from its past mistakes to embrace an “open design” philosophy, which integrates hardware and software for more inclusive designs — A new open design challenge for a 44-year-old company — One room at Microsoft's headquarters represents everything that's changed about its design philosophy.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
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 — As writers gravitate toward paid email newsletters, small audiences translate to meaningful dollars.
Tweets: @walthickey, @rachelysanders, @substackinc, @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
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” — Tantan, owned by Beijing-based Momo, was suspended from multiple app stores in the country Tantan …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
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 — How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber worth billions — Menlo Ventures was founded in 1976 but it took 35 years for the venture capital firm to hit the jackpot.
Tweets: @kateclarktweets and @kateclarktweets
| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Microsoft and Dell announce a new partnership that lets Azure cloud computing customers use VMware's virtualization software to manage their IT operations — Dell Technologies, VMware, and Microsoft are making their data center, workplace software, and cloud computing technologies work better together.
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| Kurt Wagner / Vox: |
Sources: around 2013, Facebook created Oxygen, a contingency plan outlining how to distribute its apps on Android if Google shut them out of the Play Store — The social network you love — or hate — needs a radical reboot. — In late 2011, Facebook found itself in a terrifying position … | Dana Rubinstein / Politico: |
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.| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
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 … | Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising, says it will introduce more advertising products with built-in AI over the next year — The new name reflects a broader focus on ad inventory, data and targeting capabilities. — First there was Microsoft adCenter. Then there was Bing Ads.
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