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GoPro stock is currently down 15 percent in after-hours trading and is falling after reporting its third quarter earnings. The company saw revenues dive 13.3 percent while still managing to beat Wall Street revenue expectations.

Overall GoPro reported a net loss of $27.1 million, or 19 cents per share, in the quarter that ended on September 30, compared with a profit of $14.7 million, or 10 cents per share, from the previous year. Likewise, GoPro saw revenue fall to $285.9 million from $329.8 million, down 13 percent year-over-year and up 1 percent sequentially. Cash and investments totaled $148 million at the end of Q3 2018.

Earlier in the day, the company’s stock was up 9.3 percent on the day. It was rebounding nicely after ending last week down, but all the gains could be lost if it opens tomorrow at today’s after-hours level.

The third quarter noted some successes though. The new Hero7 Black saw the company’s best first-month sales of any unit. Likewise, GoPro’s spherical camera, the Fusion, holds 47 percent dollar share of its niche market. The company’s products are gaining popularity in oversea markets, too. In Europe, Japan and Korea, the company increased its unit and dollar market share substantially. In the U.S., GoPro still holds a massive chunk of the dollar and unit share, 96 percent and 87 percent, respectively. And for the 19th straight quarter, GoPro is the No. 1 selling camera by unit volume in North America.

The company is also still growing its social channels, reaching a 21-month high in September.

GoPro recently revamped its camera line up in time for the holiday quarter. Yet GoPro is still struggling, at least seemingly, at convincing owners to buy another unit. While GoPro annually releases the latest and greatest action camera, most owners I’ve talked to are satisfied with the capabilities of the GoPro they purchased previously.

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You would think that with Spotify being available on iOS devices for so long, and with the Apple Watch having been around for years, that an official Spotify app for the Apple Watch would have been launched a long time ago. As many Spotify users know by now, this wasn’t the case, at least until now.

Spotify has recently started testing an official app for the Apple Watch with beta testers of the iPhone app starting to gain access to the Apple Watch version of the app. In a statement issued by Spotify with regards to the testing of the Apple Watch app, they said, “We’re always testing new products and experiences, but have no further news to share at this time.”

So far based on the tests, it looks like the app for the Apple Watch is rather basic in nature where for the most part it will just be used as another way to control music playback. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since we’re sure that many users will probably be able to appreciate that they can control playback without having to take their phones out all the time.

It is unclear if more functionality will be brought to the app beyond just playback control, such as support for offline music playback for Spotify Premium users, a feature that will come in handy for those times you don’t want to bring your phone with you, like to the gym.

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