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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

GeekWire

The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company. Here are the same results, expressed as a percentage of net sales. Amazon is undergoing a steady transformation under CEO Andy Jassy. billion.] .”

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Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

GeekWire

The Prime One Medical membership benefit features video chats with licensed providers, including an in-app “Treat Me Now” feature for common concerns such as cold and flu, skin issues, allergies, urinary tract infections, and more, according to Amazon. billion in revenue last year, up 68% from the year prior, with a net loss of $144.1

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Microsoft buys AI speech tech company Nuance for $19.7 billion

The Verge

The deal includes Nuance’s net debt. Nuance has licensed this tech for many services and applications, including, most famously, Apple’s digital assistant Siri. With so many meetings taking place via video, it is easier to offer customers transcriptions via software integrated directly into these calls.

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Cloud, SaaS boost Oracle sales, but competition exacts costs

CIO Business Intelligence

While overall revenue including services and license support rose 4% year over year to reach $10.5 billion, net income plunged 54% to $2.3 Big reasons for the decline were operating expenses for cloud services and license support, which increased 23% to $1.3 R&D, service expenses increase. billion.

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John Krasinski’s adorable YouTube series ‘Some Good News’ is moving to CBS All Access

The Verge

ViacomCBS is licensing John Krasinski’s heartwarming weekly YouTube series Some Good News , making a once totally free and accessible show now locked behind a streaming paywall. Since then, the channel has garnered more than 2 million subscribers and netted around 70 million views. Krasinski, however, will no longer host the show.

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Funko getting into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app

GeekWire

figurines, for which Funko holds licenses to create characters across a wide range of properties from television, movies, sports, music, comics, video games and more. Net sales jumped 6% year over year to $226.5 The initial focus will be around Funko’s best-known product, its Pop! Funko CEO Brian Mariotti. Funk Photo).

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RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

GeekWire

million in the second quarter, with a net loss of $1.4 RealNetworks’ established lines of business are consumer media licenses and subscriptions, including video codec technologies and its RealPlayer software; services and technologies for mobile carriers; and casual video games for mobile devices and computers.

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