| Google employees protest the company's handling of sexual harassment, Apple beats on Q4 earnings (but the stock still falls) and tech giants oppose Trump's transgender rights rollback. Here's your Daily Crunch for November 2, 2018. 1. Google walkout organizer: 'I hope I still have a career in Silicon Valley after this' More than 1,000 Google employees gathered at San Francisco's Harry Bridges Plaza Thursday to protest the company's handling of sexual harassment and misconduct cases. An organizer who declined to be named told TechCrunch there were 1,500 Google employees across the globe who participated in the 48-hour effort to arrange a worldwide walkout. "I experienced sexual harassment at Google and I didn't feel safe talking about it," said Google employee Cathay Bi. "That feeling of not being safe is why I'm out here today. I'd love it if everyone felt safe talking about it." 
2. Apple beats on Q4 earnings thanks to price hikes, stock still falls 7 percent after hours The reason for the after-hours drop? Apple forecasted weaker-than-expected earnings for the holiday quarter. 3. Asana launches $19.99 Business tier to help managers handle multiple projects The focus on executives and managers is one part of the company's bigger vision for its place in the range of productivity tools available. 4. Apple, Amazon, Google and others sign letter opposing Trump's attempt to redefine gender Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and others drafted the letter in response to a recent New York Times story about a planned federal rollback of Obama-era civil rights protections for transgender and gender non-conforming citizens. 5. Alibaba cuts its revenue forecast as growth slackens Possible reasons for the adjusted forecast (which Alibaba did not explain) include China's slowing economy and negative sentiment around the U.S. trade war. 6. Instagram's next cash cow: instant Promote ads for Stories A new ad type called "Promote" for Stories allows Instagram business pages to show their ephemeral slideshows to more users without doing much work. 7. Elon Musk says soon Teslas will come when you call them Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised in a series of tweets that an advanced version of its auto-parking technology Summon, which will let owners remotely control their car through their phones, will be ready in six weeks. | 
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