Apple Reports Record Q1 Revenue
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| Apple Reports Record Q1 Revenue | |
| Number | 1035 |
| Broadcast Date | JANUARY 29, 2020 |
| Episode Length | 5:10 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
Google may unify its communication apps to compete with Slack, Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab S6 5G, US Interior Department plans to adopt no-fly rule for Chinese-made drones.
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- Apple reported its first quarter earnings, with revenue at $91.8 billion, well above analyst expectations of $88.43 billion. Per share profit was also up, at $4.99, over the expected $4.54 per share. Products brought in the lions' share of Apple's revenue at $79.1 billion, with the iPhone bringing in $56 billion. Apple posted a year-over-year decline in Mac revenue which only brought in: $7.2 billion, although CEO Tim Cook highlighted that the company posted “all-time records for Services and Wearables.” Cook also says the number of active Apple devices has grown to 1.5 billion, and that iOS 13/iPadOS 13 adoption has almost hit 80% for iPhones and iPads from the last four years.
- Google announced its paid out over $21 million since launching its bug bounty program in November 2010, and in the past year paid $6.5 million to 461 different security researchers. Google paid out $800,000 for Google Play bugs, $1 million for Chrome, $1.9 million for Android, and $2.1 million across other Google products. The company also says security researchers donated an all-time-high of $507,000 to charities last year. Google's bounty payouts range from $100 to $1.5 million, based on the risk level of the bug. In 2019, the biggest single reward was $201,000, up from $41,000 in 2018.
- The Information's sources say Google may unify its existing communication services into a workplace-oriented app to compete with Slack and Microsoft Teams. The unified app is said to include Gmail messaging and the company's two Hangouts apps, Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet, plus Drive access so teams can share content more easily, offered as a part of G Suite.
- Samsung announced a 5G version of its Galaxy Tab S6, set to go on sale in South Korea Thursday for KRW 999,900 ($850). Samsung didn't say when the device would be launched in other markets. Those who buy the tablet by March 31 will get a free Samsung Book Cover keyboard. The Galaxy Tab S6 5G has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor as the 4G and Wi-Fi only versions, but also uses the Snapdragon X50 5G modem. The tablet has a single configuration with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage.
- Gartner estimates smartphone sales dropped 2% in 2019, the first drop since Gartner broke out smartphones as a separate category 11 years ago. Gartner forecasts sales will rise 3% worldwide in 2020 partly due to 5G rollouts.
- The Verge has an article about a new service called Scroll that removes ads from participating websites for $5 a month. Scroll has partnered with sites like BuzzFeed News, The Atlantic, Vox and Gizmodo to set a cookie that tells the sites not to show ads on desktop and mobile. The tool allows for some native ads (like internal promotions), referral links and some basic analytics but most all ads will be gone. Scroll keeps $1.50 of the monthly fee and splits the rest up based on what participating sites you visit. You can see what sites got how much when logged into Scroll's site.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced that Ring's Android app is using multiple embedded third-party trackers that aren’t included in Ring’s privacy notice. The EFF says Ring is using tools for inspecting web traffic and delivering users’ personal information, such as names and email addresses, to four marketing and analytics firms: branch.io, mixpanel.com, appsflyer.com and facebook.com, even if a Ring customer doesn't have a Facebook account. Ring’s privacy policy, which was last updated in May 2018, states the company uses web analytics services to "improve features, optimize the customer experience, and evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing," and claims to identify which third-party services specifically are used by the company.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will visit Brussels in mid-February to meet with European Union officials and address antitrust and privacy concerns over how it handles user data. Facebook said in a statement that Zuckerberg will meet with “European decision-makers in Brussels to discuss a framework for new rules and regulation for the internet." The European Commission is expected to overhaul liability rules for platforms, with a proposal slated for the end of the year.
- US Interior Department officials plan to formally adopt a no-fly rule for all non-emergency uses of drones while it assesses them for security risks. Interior officials say all of the department’s roughly 800 drones are made in China or have Chinese parts, and it temporarily grounded its fleet last year over concerns the devices could be used for espionage. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told The Wall Street Journal that his department will grant exceptions for training flights, tracking wildfires, and in emergencies where human safety or property damage are at risk, such as search-and-rescue operations.
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