Fri Jan 31 2020: Amazon & Apple earnings, Avast and XNorAI change direction

Fri Jan 31 2020: Amazon & Apple earnings, Avast and XNorAI change direction

Today * Amazon and Apple earnings provide more direction https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/aws-earnings-q4-2019.html https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-web-services-makes-nearly-67-amazons-operating-profit-blockbuster-quarter/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/28/apple-shares-rise-after-company-reports-better-than-expected-revenue-of-91-8b/ AND * Avast course corrects and XNorAI out at the Pentagon https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxejbb/avast-antivirus-is-shutting-down-jumpshot-data-collection-arm-effective-immediately https://www.geekwire.com/2020/report-acquisition-apple-nixed-xnor-ais-involvement-pentagons-project-maven/

Today

  • Amazon and Apple earnings provide more direction

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/aws-earnings-q4-2019.html

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-web-services-makes-nearly-67-amazons-operating-profit-blockbuster-quarter/

https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/28/apple-shares-rise-after-company-reports-better-than-expected-revenue-of-91-8b/

AND

  • Avast course corrects and XNorAI out at the Pentagon

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxejbb/avast-antivirus-is-shutting-down-jumpshot-data-collection-arm-effective-immediately

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/report-acquisition-apple-nixed-xnor-ais-involvement-pentagons-project-maven/

About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

💼 All Our Sponsors

MSP Radio is supported by our partners:

ABC Solutions · CometBackup · Firetail · Guardz · HaloPSA · LogMeIn · Mailprotector · Pax8 · Rythmz · ScalePad · TimeZest · Transit AI

Supporting the IT services community through insights, analysis, and transparency.

🚀 Join Business of Tech Plus

Get exclusive access to investigative reports, vendor analysis, leadership briefings, and more.

👉 https://businessof.tech/plus

🎧 Subscribe to the Business of Tech

Want the show on your favorite podcast app or prefer the written versions of each story?

📲 https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe

📰 Story Links & Sources

Looking for the links from today’s stories?

Every episode script — with full source links — is posted at:

🌐 https://www.businessof.tech

🎙 Want to Be a Guest?

Pitch your story or appear on Business of Tech: Daily MSP News & IT Services Analysis

💬 https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/businessoftech

🔗 Follow Business of Tech

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079

YouTube: https://youtube.com/mspradio

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/businessof.tech

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradio

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessoftech

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.