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Tesla Autopilot is usually in the news due to crashes. In August, a Tesla car crashed in Russia when the autopilot feature was turned on.

Huawei plans to launch its own mapping service as soon as this October. But Huawei’s Map Kit will initially not be a consumer mapping service.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google dominates the global search engine market.

Verizon’s (VZ) Oath subsidiary no longer expects to meet its revenue goal of $10 billion by 2020.

In April, Google (GOOGL) unveiled Cloud for Retail, a package of cloud computing solutions specifically designed for retailers.

On August 12, Google (GOOGL) unveiled a new login system that doesn’t require passwords, FIDO2-based local user verification.

Huawei has unveiled a new OS, Hongmeng, after being placed on a US trade blacklist. The new OS is a direct replacement of Google’s Android.

Amazon’s (AMZN) has strengthened its renewable energy position recently via investments in new wind and solar power projects.

Google’s earnings just for the second quarter just came out today, and the stock has gained over 7.0% in after-hours trading.

One of Dropbox’s (DBX) key metrics is its paying subscriber growth. At the end of the first quarter, Dropbox had 13.2 million paying users, up from 11.5 million in the first quarter of 2018.

Discussing 5G with India could be part of President Trump’s mind game before his meeting with President Jinping.

Facebook (FB) has decided to prohibit Huawei from preloading its apps on Huawei smartphones. The news is another blow for Huawei. The company has been shunned by many other US suppliers.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google wants to hire more salespeople for its cloud computing business in India.

More than $180 billion is up for grabs in the global cloud computing market this year, and Alibaba is one of the major contenders for this opportunity.

Alphabet’s Other Bets segment includes the company’s ambitious efforts to develop advanced technology via ventures such as its autonomous vehicle arm.

Japan is Twitter’s (TWTR) largest international market, contributing close to 40% of the company’s international revenue in the first quarter.

Yandex’s first-quarter earnings results will be the company’s first full-quarter financial results since it opened its cloud platform to everyone.

Walt Disney (DIS) wants its flagship streaming video service, Disney Plus, to be profitable in five years.

Though Spotify is a leader in the global music streaming market with a presence in over 75 countries, the company competes with tech heavyweights.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) little-known subsidiary called Chronicle is going for a huge prize: the $300 billion cybersecurity market.

FAANG stocks performed pretty well in the first quarter of 2019 and outperformed the S&P 500 Index.

The departure of PayPal’s (PYPL) longtime executive Louise Phelan leaves the company with big shoes to fill in a key market region.

Square (SQ) has three priority areas to focus on in 2019 as it seeks to continue driving revenue growth.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is under pressure to prove it didn’t violate Oracle’s (ORCL) software copyright in the development of Android.

Despite the rivalry between the two companies, Samsung is still one of the prominent component suppliers to Apple.

According to eMarketer estimates, digital advertising spending hit ~$62.6 billion in China in 2018.

The four priority areas that Twitter (TWTR) wants to focus on going forward could lead to the company spending more on product R&D (research and development).

PayPal (PYPL) is battling competition from all sides. Last year, Square (SQ) sought to challenge it in the consumer loans market.

If you ask PayPal’s CEO, Dan Schulman, Venmo has become a crown jewel for the company.

The global cloud infrastructure space has continued to grow strongly.

Microsoft (MSFT) recently announced that it had bought education data management platform DataSense from BrightBytes.

TripAdvisor’s (TRIP) sustained focus on enhancing its mobile-centric product designs along with marketing initiatives will likely continue to attract new users and drive overall user base.

Alphabet’s (GOOG) operating margin is getting squeezed. In the fourth quarter, the company’s operating margin was 20.88%.

Today, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “Best January for the DOW in over 30 years.”

In its quest to become the one-stop shop for financial solutions, Square has made investing in product development programs one of its top priorities.

According to a report by eMarketer, Snap’s (SNAP) Snapchat is the top social media app for American teens.

eBay (EBAY) posted revenues of $2.65 billion in the third quarter, in line with the consensus estimate.

As Twitter (TWTR) gears up to report its results for the fourth quarter of 2018, a lot of attention is being given to its data licensing business.

Early this morning, before the market opened, Musk revealed that TSLA is reducing its full-time workforce by 7%.

Twitter expects its capex to be in the range of $60 million–$85 million in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Spotify (SPOT) wants to focus more of its attention this year on developing its podcast business.

Alphabet’s partnership with Telkom Kenya is expected to start generating revenue for Loon this year.

Jeff Bezos invested about $15 million in Twitter (TWTR) just over a decade ago.

Amazon (AMZN) became the world’s most valuable public company on January 7.

With such a massive product portfolio and partnerships, Expedia is well positioned to capitalize on the growth opportunities in the travel industry.

For 2018, analysts expect TripAdvisor to report non-hotel revenues of $449 million—YoY (year-over-year) growth of ~25%.

In Apple’s January 2 press release, Cook noted several internal and external factors that are affecting its sales in some emerging markets.

Facebook’s (FB) TTM (trailing -12- months) gross margin stands at 84.26%, compared to the industry and sector averages of 40.63% and 43.56%, respectively.

We saw a sharp rally in US stocks on December 26. President Trump’s comments on US markets could have been the main driver.

AI is the buzzword these days, and the market has huge growth potential.