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5:15 AM ET, July 20, 2011

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Apple:
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results  —  CUPERTINO, California—July 19, 2011—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended June 25, 2011.  The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion and record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Key Subtle Notes From Apple's Earnings Call  —  When Apple announces their earnings, they typically do so with much pomp and circumstance.  You get a superlative-laden press release, which in recent years have been more than backed up by massive numbers.  But it's the earnings call itself that is often even more interesting.
Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Just like that, the iPad is already bigger than the Mac  —  It's only been a year and a few months since Apple's iPad launched, but as of last quarter, it has already passed Apple's 27-year-old Mac business in sales.  —  During the June quarter, Apple sold 9.2 million iPads for $6 billion in revenue.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Apple Q3 a blowout: 20.34 million iPhones; 9.25 million iPads
Nick Bilton / New York Times:
Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft  —  Aaron Swartz, a 24-year-old programmer and online political activist, was indicted Tuesday in Boston on charges that he stole over four million documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and JSTOR, an archive of scientific journals and academic papers.
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The United States Department of Justice:
Sixteen Individuals Arrested in the United States for Alleged Roles in Cyber Attacks … WASHINGTON - Fourteen individuals were arrested today by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal's website as part of an action claimed by the group “Anonymous …
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Joanna Stern / This is my next:
Lenovo announces Android-based ThinkPad Tablet and IdeaPad K1, forgets to cancel Windows 7 P1  —  Well, Lenovo is certainly making up for lost time today.  After first revealing its IdeaPad U1 about a year and a half ago at CES 2010 and some juicy ThinkPad tablet leaks …
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Netflix to stream natively from HDMI-equipped tablets (updated)  —  You read that correctly — Netflix streaming is about to get really real on impending Honeycomb tablets.  One of the nuggets that makes Lenovo's newly unveiled IdeaPad K1 so special is the internal DRM module that allows …
Bloomberg:
Microsoft Is Said to Drop Out of Auction for Hulu Online Streaming Service  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is dropping out of the bidding for Hulu LLC, the online video service put up for sale by its media-company owners, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Nicholas Carlson / The Business Insider:
Yahoo Would Buy Hulu For $2 Billion - But Only If It Came With Four Years Of Exclusive Rights
Mark Milian / CNN:
Google+ has a ‘celebrity acquisition plan’  —  (CNN) — Google would like its new social network to be well-known in Hollywood circles.  To that end, the Internet giant is drawing up a “celebrity acquisition plan” to help publicize Google+, its 3-week-old social network, according to Google e-mails reviewed by CNN.
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Paul Allen / Google+:
Google+ Update: Membership May Pass 18 Million Mark Today
Discussion: Digital Trends
Audrey Watters / Hack Education:
The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy  —  There's an article in this month's Wired Magazine about Khan Academy.  The headline speaks volumes — “How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education” — as do the responses I've seen to the article.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
China not only fakes iPhones... but Apple Stores, too!  —  China might be known as the home of the fake iPhone, but what about whole stores?  Surprising almost no one, China is indeed home to the fake Apple Store.  These pictures from BirdAbroad (via IFOAppleStore), show a fake Apple Store complete …
Jay Yarow / Money Game:
Some Of Apple's Board Started Looking For Steve Jobs' Replacement  —  Members of Apple's board started talking about CEO sucession plans with executive recruiters and “one head of a high-profile technology company” when Steve Jobs took his most recent leave of absence, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Punit Soni / Google+:
We discovered an issue with the version of the iPhone Google+ App that was on the App Store.  When we launched, the App Store started serving a previous test version of the App which didn't have the stability and fixes that the latest version had.  It started serving the correct version a little later.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google+ iPhone App Now Live In The App Store (Screenshots)
Spencer Ackerman / Wired.com:
Meet the ‘Keyzer Soze’ of Global Phone-Tracking  —  Chances are you've never heard of TruePosition.  If you're an AT&T or T-Mobile customer, though, TruePosition may have heard of you.  When you're in danger, the company can tell the cops where you are, all without you knowing.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Joseph Volpe / Engadget:
Baidu Browser tips hat to old Steve Jobs quote, copies Chrome's special sauce  —  Could this be a case of Baidu's browser in Chrome's clothing?  The Wall Street Journal seems to think so and the Chinese company isn't exactly dismissing the KIRF claims.  Announced back in April …
Joel Falconer / The Next Web:
Google warns users of widespread Windows-only malware infection  —  Google is warning users who appear to be infected with a widespread malware infection when they use Google's search product, the company said today.  —  Google engineers noticed suspicious search data recently and worked …
Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Roku Launches New Media Streamers Complete With Motion Gaming Capabilities Perfect For Angry Birds  —  Roku just announced its fourth generation of media streamers and they're unsurprisingly the best yet.  They sport more features, an even smaller physical footprint, and the same Apple TV-killing price points as before.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With $5 Million In Their Pockets, Ness Has Quietly Built A Subjective Search Engine  —  For the past 18 months, Ness Computing has been very quietly working on some new technology that they believe will be the next big thing in search.  It's a new, highly personalized search engine that they hope to launch in the coming weeks.
Discussion: PR Newswire
Alyson Shontell / The Business Insider:
Mayor Bloomberg Reveals His Plan For New York To Overtake Silicon Valley  —  Today at Crain's New York Business Conference, Mayor Bloomberg announced his long-awaited Request for Proposals for a NYC engineering campus.  —  More than a dozen schools around the world expressed initial interest …
Discussion: @cdixon
 
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Disables URL Removals After Bug Allows Anyone To Remove Any Site
Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:
Apple plans incremental feature additions to new Macs and iOS devices
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New Zynga S-1 Docs: Traffic Guarantees From Facebook, but No Canvas Ad Revenue
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Twitter's new plan: Commerce?
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Reuters:
Canada won't block $4.5 billion sale of Nortel patents
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How Twitter's Technical Infrastructure Issues Are Impacting Google Search Results
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Brad Ellis / YouTube Blog:
Auto-Captions now available in Japanese
Discussion: SocialTimes.com
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
FTC Chief Says Consumers Should Own and Control Their Data on Social Networks
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
VMware's second quarter strong, sees upside ahead
Discussion: Market Wire and The Register
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Google Spending Millions to Find the Next Google
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