Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, April 25th, 2018.

Today, Facebook earnings, Twitter earnings, the Gmail redesign arrives,

Alexa for Children arrives, a possible solution for law enforcement accessing

encrypted phones arrives and drones are helping

first responders in Europe. Here's what you missed today in the world of

tech. of Tech. It's the heart of Tech earnings season everybody. Facebook's numbers just hit the wires mere minutes ago. earnings versus a dollar thirty five cents per share which was the consensus estimate

this means that Facebook attained 4.98 billion dollars in quarterly profit

revenues were 11.97 billion versus 11.41 billion according to consensus.

That represents a 49% increase from the 8 billion dollars Facebook reported for quarter one last year.

This is the first earnings report after the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke so people were

wondering if the hashtag delete Facebook movement had any impact.

It seems like it didn't.

Facebook's daily active users hit 1.45 billion

up 3.57% from last quarter's 2.18% growth.

Monthly active users were 2.2 billion,

a 3.28% growth over last quarter.

But year over year year Facebook's daily and monthly

user numbers are up 13%. The first line from Facebook's earnings report read

quote, Facebook's business is off to a strong start this year despite a challenging last few months, end quote.

At the time of this recording, 420 PM Eastern time, Facebook shares were up around 4% after hours.

Obviously this is an evolving story, so check TechMaim.

All evening for more analysis and headlines.

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