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Tech Five: Intuit jumps off quarterly earnings


Financial software makers Intuit jumped to a fast start on Wall Street Friday morning. Let's take a look at the tech stocks to watch to close the week:

Intuit. Shares are up nearly 4% in pre-market trading after reporting a 3% bump in revenue for the second quarter. Intuit also revealed subscriptions to the online version of its popular financial software QuickBooks increased 50%.

Yahoo. The company outlined a new mobile developers suite of tools during their first ever Mobile Developer Conference that kicked off Thursday. Mayer says Yahoo raked in $1.2 billion in mobile-related revenue.

Apple. These rumors that the tech titan is building a car don't seem to be going away. The latest report comes from Bloomberg, which says Apple plans to start production of an electric car by 2020.

BlackBerry. The smartphone maker rolled out a key update to BlackBerry 10 devices that will provide access to Amazon's mobile app store, reports Reuters. It will also include the addition of BlackBerry Assistant.

Lenovo. The computer maker says it will remove app pre-installed on some laptops that could open the door for hackers to gain access to sensitive data, reports The Wall Street Journal. The app called Superfish was installed on Lenovo laptops from September to December, says the report.

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