Tencent, Asia’s highest-valued technology company, has smashed analyst forecasts for its Q3 2017 after it posted a profit of 18 billion RMB ($2.7 billion) on revenue of 65.2 billion RMB ($9.8 billion). That blew past expectations of 15.7 billion yuan and 61 billion yuan, according to analysts polled […]
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Qualcomm announces investment in Mobike and eight other Chinese startups
Qualcomm is continuing its charm offensive in China, a critical market where it has suffered hard blows in recent years including a $1 billion anti-trust fine, after it announced a flurry of new investments. These are chaotic times for Qualcomm, which is fielding unwanted acquisition […]
SendGrid raises $131 million after pricing marketing email IPO at $16
SendGrid, the Denver-based marketing email company, raised $131 million after pricing its IPO at $16, above the expected range of $13.50 to $15.50. The company also upsized its IPO, selling 8.2 million shares, instead of 7.7 million. The company begins trading Friday on the New […]
Apple retakes the top spot in wearable device shipments
Canalys’ researchers attribute the shifting ranks to the Apple Watch Series 3 launch. Demand was strong enough that there were shortages in “major” markets, including China. And apparently, Series 3’s cellular data support is a big draw — analysts reckon that Apple shipped about 800,000 […]
Don Katz dishes on Audible.com storytelling with ‘Invisible Man,’ Ralph Ellison
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New story in Technology from Time: I’ve Been Using the iPhone X for 2 Weeks. Here’s What I Think So Far
After a flashy reveal in September, Apple earlier this month finally released its most forward-looking iPhone in years. To Apple, the iPhone X is a harbinger of what’s to come. “Our teams have been hard at work for years on something that is important to […]
Netflix Knows Some Very Strange Things About Public Viewing Habits
“Netflixing in Public”—the act of watching Netflix out in the world, not to be confused with “Netflix and chill”—is officially a thing. Ever since smartphones got fast enough to stream on-the-go, folks have gotten more and more used to watching TV and movies almost anywhere. […]
Firefox aims to win back Chrome users with its souped up Quantum browser
The last half-decade hasn’t been great for Firefox marketshare. Chrome first overtook Mozilla’s browser back in late-2011 and now hovers above 60-percent, according to StatCounter numbers. But after a fair amount of struggles, Mozilla’s been undergoing an interesting sort of renaissance of late, and is […]
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Bitcoin Cash Crashes After Wild Weekend Surge
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