Emma Roth / The Verge: In Meta’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says the company plans to add ads to the Meta AI app, plus a paid tier for more compute and functionality — Meta’s AI app already includes a social feed, and Zuckerberg said product recommendations might be next. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: A US judge rules Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to outside payment options, and refers the case for a criminal contempt investigation — Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Juby Babu / Reuters: eBay reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to $2.59B vs. $2.55B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; CFO Steve Priest to step down in May, with Peggy Alford succeeding — E-commerce firm eBay (EBAY.O) said on Wednesday that its Chief Financial Officer Steve Priest will step down in May and will be replaced … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 350M MAUs, having added 30M in Q1 2025, compared to 20M in Q4 2024 — Instagram Threads, Meta’s X competitor, has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue for first quarter … Meta shares rose as much as 5% Wednesday after the company reported stronger-than-expected revenue in the first quarter and provided second-quarter guidance that was in line with Wall Street’s expectations. Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Verge: US v. Google: Sundar Pichai said Google expects to strike a Gemini deal with Apple by mid-2025 and Tim Cook told him Apple plans to add more AI models this year — Google CEO Sundar Pichai suggested that the company plans to roll out its Gemini integration by the end of this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Spangler / Variety: Meta says it expects its capex for FY2025 to be $64B to $72B, an increase from its prior expectation of $60B to $65B — Social-media giant Meta isn’t forecasting a slowdown in business at this point, handily topping Wall Street expectations for the first quarter and issuing Q2 guidance within analyst forecasts. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue for the quarter … Meta shares rose nearly 3% after the company reported stronger-than-expected revenue in the first quarter. — Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: — Earnings per share: $6.43 vs. $5.28 expected Lees verder op Tech Meme
Helene Braun / CoinDesk: Robinhood reports Q1 revenue up 50% YoY to $927M, vs. $920.1M est., crypto transaction revenue up 100% to $252M, increases share buyback authorization by $500M — The trading platform’s results could give an indication for Coinbase’s earnings on May 8. — What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ian King / Bloomberg: Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue up 17% YoY to $11B, vs. $10.6B est., handsets revenue up 12%, forecasts Q3 revenue slightly below est.; QCOM drops 5%+ after hours — Revenue in the period ending in June will be $9.9 billion to $10.7 billion, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme