The Microsoft fiscal Q1 2020 (ending 30 September 2019) results see revenues reach $33.1 billion, a 14% Y-o-Y increase, while operating income is up by 27% Y-o-Y to $12.7bn. Net income totals $107bn, a 21% Y-o-Y increase.

“The world’s leading companies are choosing our cloud to build their digital capability,” CEO Satya Nadella says. “We are accelerating our innovation across the entire tech stack to deliver new value for customers and investing in large and growing markets with expansive opportunity.”

Driving results for the quarter is the cloud, with the commercial segment generating $11.6bn in revenue, up 36% Y-o-Y. Intelligent Cloud revenue totals $10.8bn, a 27% Y-o-Y increase, with server products and cloud services revenue increasing by 30% Y-o-Y thanks to Azure growth of 59% Y-o-Y. Enterprise services revenue, on the other hand, is up by 7% Y-o-Y.

Logitech steps further into streaming with the acquisition of Streamlabs, developer of the popular Streamlabs OBS software. The asking price? A cool $89 million in cash and an additional $29m in stock.

Streamlabs OBS allows users to broadcast game footage to platforms such as Twitch, YouTube Mixer and Facebook. It also provides tools for users to process and track tips, an in-game overlay adding the in-stream chat and access to themes and streaming applications. Streamlabs says around 1.6 million streamers use the tool, with 161 million hours streamed through it since a January 2018 beta launch. In addition, a mobile version of the app has around 48000 users.

September brings the tradition of the Apple device launch, and the company goes big for 2019 as it announces three iPhone models, the 7th generation iPad and the Apple Watch Series 5, together with details on the services such as Apple Arcade and Apple TV+.

As mentioned above, the Apple smartphone for 2019 comes in three flavours-- iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Perhaps unsurprisingly the regular iPhone 11 is the most basic model, designed to be a replacement for the iPhone XR. It features the same 6.1-inch display as the 2018 model, and promises longer battery life and two new cameras. Meanwhile the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max are XS successors, with 5.8- and 6.5-inch displays respectively and stainless steel cases with an optical PVD coating for a matte texture.

Microsoft sends invites for a 2 October 2019 event-- a notable date, since it coincides with the company's 2018 hardware showcase hosting the launch of the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2, among other devices.

The actual invite does not directly tell what it it actually involves, but it is safe to assume it will feature at least one new Surface product. The rumours are many, but the most compelling insist Microsoft will reveal "Centaurus," a dual-screen device 2 years in the making acting as the vanguard for a wave of dual-screen hybrid device set to launch in 2020.

The next Apple event might be around a month away, but Bloomberg claims to have some details of the upcoming crop of iDevices-- including camera-focused "Pro" phones, new iPads, a larger MacBook Pro and new Watch finishes.

Most of the juiciest information in the Bloomberg piece covers the next iteration of the iPhone, currently dubbed the iPhone 11 (although the final naming remains unknown). The report states Apple has three models in the works. Two are "Pro" replacements for the iPhone XS and XS Max, while the third is a replacement for the iPhone XR. The Pro iPhones reportedly feature triple rear cameras with a wide-angle lens allowing for higher resolution photos, better low light performance and improved video performance, whereas the third model has dual cameras.

HP's board of directors names Enrique Lores, currently President of HP’s Imaging, Printing and Solutions business, the company’s new President and CEO, effective November 1.

Dion Weisler steps down due to a family health matter-- and will return home to Australia. He will work with Lores to ensure a seamless transition and will remain at the company through January 2020. Following this, Weisler will still serve on HP’s board of directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders.

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HP takes to Gamescom 2019 in Cologne, Germany, to show off the latest in the Omen product range, such as the Omen X 27 monitor and Mindframe Prime headset, as well the first Pavilion-branded AMD-powered gaming laptop.

As the first AMD CPU gaming laptop from HP, the Pavilion Gaming 15 features up to a Ryzen 7 processor and up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti with Max-Q graphics inside an angular black chassis. It also includes a 1080p display with either 144 or 60Hz refresh options, together with dual-fan cooling with a wide rear corner vent and enlarged air inlets to ensure maximum airflow. Wifi 5 connectivity ensures fast internet.

Three smartphone makers-- Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo-- join forces to create a P2P file transfer protocol allowing for easier file sharing between Android devices without need for 3rd party applications.

The announcement takes place on Chinese social network Weibo. It does not detail the technology behind the protocol, but it probably uses Bluetooth LE to establish connections with transfer speeds of around 20MB per second. Users should be able to transfer multiple file formats and even entire folders through the solution between not only devices from the same brands, but also any devices from the three companies, in any combination.