Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Alibaba misses in Q2, reporting $31.8B revenue, below $32.4B estimates, as net income rebounds to $7B from a loss in Q1 due to an antitrust fine (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
Alibaba misses in Q2, reporting $31.8B revenue, below $32.4B estimates, as net income rebounds to $7B from a loss in Q1 due to an antitrust fine  —  - It returned to profit after first loss in 9 years last quarter  — Jack Ma's firm is seeking to look past its regulatory woes



UK-based Emojipedia, an encyclopedia for emoji founded in 2013, says it has been acquired by smartphone software company Zedge (Rob Price/Insider)

Rob Price / Insider:
UK-based Emojipedia, an encyclopedia for emoji founded in 2013, says it has been acquired by smartphone software company Zedge  —  - Emojipedia has been acquired by smartphone software company Zedge for an undisclosed amount.  — The online emoji encyclopedia was founded in 2013, and has 500 million-plus yearly pageviews.



Xiaomi became Europe's top smartphone vendor in Q2 with 12.7M units shipped, up 67.1% YoY, followed by Samsung with 12M, down 7% YoY, and Apple with 9.6M (Boris Metodiev/Strategy Analytics)

Boris Metodiev / Strategy Analytics:
Xiaomi became Europe's top smartphone vendor in Q2 with 12.7M units shipped, up 67.1% YoY, followed by Samsung with 12M, down 7% YoY, and Apple with 9.6M  —  According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Europe smartphone shipments grew a strong +14% YoY to 50.1 million units in Q2 2021 …



Amazon, Microsoft, Google grab 63% of $42 billion Cloud infrastructure market

The enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $42 billion in the second quarter (Q2), increased by $2.7 billion from the previous quarter and up 39 per cent from the second quarter of 2020, according to a new report. https://ift.tt/3A2QMbK

Crypto sector sees outflows for 4th week in a row, CoinShares data shows

Crypto outflows hit $19.5 million in the week ended July 30, with bitcoin reaching $19.7 million in outflows. Other crypto and digital investment products such as Ripple and Polka Dot, however, did show minor inflows for the week. https://ift.tt/2VmVgLs

How to record Zoom video calls and share them with other participants

Zoom is currently among the most widely used video calling platforms and it also comes with the ability to record video calls.Wondering how? Here are the steps you need to follow: https://ift.tt/3lq2WY1

Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...