{"id":340795,"date":"2017-05-13T02:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T18:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1489069"},"modified":"2017-05-13T02:10:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T18:10:50","slug":"weekly-roundup-teslas-solar-roof-tiles-snap-stumbles-through-q1-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/weekly-roundup-teslas-solar-roof-tiles-snap-stumbles-through-q1-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: Tesla\u2019s solar roof tiles, Snap stumbles through Q1 earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week, Tesla launched pre-orders for its solar roof tiles, Snap Inc. stumbled through its first earnings report and Apple bought up a small sleep tracking startup. These are a few of the top stories from this week, plus some longer weekend reads.<\/p>\n

1. Tesla\u2019s highly anticipated solar roof tiles went up for pre-order.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The question everyone seems to be asking though, is how much will they cost?<\/a> Turns out pricing is going to be\u00a0different for every home. Tesla has also built a cost calculator that\u00a0crunches the numbers for your specific house.<\/p>\n

2. Snap Inc. had its first earnings report, and things didn\u2019t go so well.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After Snap\u2019s successful IPO, investors are\u00a0watching for daily active user growth, the company\u2019s reaction to Facebook\u2019s swift attacks on its core product\u00a0and how it is monetizing its mobile platform in\u00a0general. Investors were disappointed this week as Snap\u2019s stock got absolutely crushed<\/a> after falling short of Wall Street\u2019s expectations in its first earnings report. Snap\u2019s year-over-year growth rate continued to slip, falling to 36 percent year-over-year, down from 48 percent in Q4.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Microsoft held its annual Build developer conference.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The main takeaway from the two-day keynote\u00a0was that Microsoft wants to meet developers where they, no matter whether they are building for iOS, Android or Windows. Microsoft announced that it is massively expanding the reach of what the Microsoft Graph can do and where developers and users can interact with it.\u00a0Graph is the company\u2019s\u00a0way for connecting all of those devices together for consumer experiences, even if they are on Android and iOS, too. The company made a plethora of other announcements\u00a0<\/a>around HoloLens<\/a>, mixed reality<\/a>, databases<\/a>, Windows 10<\/a> and Office<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Emmanuel Macros\u2019s campaign hacked ahead of French\u00a0election triumph.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Private emails from the campaign of the winning\u00a0candidate in France\u2019s presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, were\u00a0posted online by an unknown source. The politician confirmed the leak in a statement, warning that this was, like other recent hacks, an attempt to interfere with the election and that fabricated content was mixed in with genuine emails. One thing we know for sure is that political campaigns will never be the same.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Apple acquires a sleep tracking company called Beddit.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Apple has acquired a sleep tracking hardware and software company. The Finland-based company was founded in 2007 and had\u00a0received about $3.5 million in funding. Beddit posted that user information \u201cwill be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the Apple Privacy Policy.\u201d Its site will stay live for the time being.<\/p>\n

6. Amazon unveils the $230 Echo Show, shipping June 28.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon unveiled\u00a0the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen that is the newest addition to its Alexa-powered Echo range of home hubs that plays media and responds to voice commands.<\/p>\n

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7. Instagram launches mobile web sharing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Instagram wants to be the photo app for the whole world, even if you can\u2019t download it. In pursuit of international growth where networks are slow and data is expensive, Instagram gave its mobile website a huge\u00a0upgrade that adds core features of the main app, like\u00a0photo sharing and a lightweight version of the Explore tab.<\/p>\n

Weekend reads<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks artificial intelligence, neural interfaces and holodecks. Read more in AI Everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

U.S. millennials and Gen Zs aren\u2019t entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a dozen studies and surveys commissioned or collected\u00a0by TechCrunch. Snapchat users have stayed loyal, but Instagram could severely block its growth.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" This week, Tesla launched pre-orders for its solar roof tiles, Snap Inc. stumbled through its first earnings report and Apple bought up a small sleep tracking startup. These are a few of the top stories from this week, plus some longer weekend reads. 1. Tesla’s highly anticipated solar roof tiles went up for pre-order. The question everyone seems to be asking though, is how much will… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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