Techmeme @ 11:00 PM ET, April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012, 11:00 PM

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Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog:

Introducing Google Drive... yes, really — Just like the Loch Ness Monster, you may have heard the rumors about Google Drive. It turns out, one of the two actually does exist. — Today, we're introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff.

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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

How far does Google Drive's terms go in ‘owning’ your files? — Summary: Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive allows you to retain your copyright and IP rights to the work you upload to the service. Google Drive, however, takes everything you own. — Within hours of Google launching …

More: The Next Web, CNET, BetaNews and Business Insider

Dana Wollman / Engadget:

Google Drive vs. the competition: pricing plans and perks, compared — Sometimes a table says a thousand words. Now that Google has finally announced its cloud service, Google Drive, we're sure more than a few of you are crunching the numbers in your head in an attempt to figure which is the best deal.

More: Neowin and TechnoBuffalo

Aaron Levie / The Box Blog:

When Elephants Attack — Ever wondered what it's like to be chased …

More: GigaOM

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Google Drive officially launches with 5GB free storage, Google Docs integration

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Thanks Google, It Only Took You Six Years

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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Sundar Pichai: Google Drive Is About Context, Where Competitors Are About Files

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Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:

Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud

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Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

Gmail bumps free storage to 10GB

More: Gmail Blog and The Next Web

Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:

Google Drive SDK announced, but APIs are only for Web apps right now

More: SlashGear, VentureBeat and WebProNews

Apple:

Apple Reports Second Quarter Results — Record March Quarter Sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs Net Profit Increases 94% Year-over-Year CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Apple Q2 Earnings: Apple Now Has Over $110 Billion In Cash Reserves — Apple has once again beaten analysts' expectations with its Q2 results out today, and correspondingly the iPhone giant now has an even stronger cash position than it did before: $110 billion in the six months ended March 31 …

More: The Register, eWeek and CNET

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Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Tim Cook on Samsung patent litigation: ‘I highly prefer to settle’ — It sounds like those court-ordered settlement talks between Apple and Samsung are going pretty well — Tim Cook just told analysts on Apple's Q2 2012 financial call that he's “always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it.”

More: ReadWriteWeb, Engadget, CNET, GigaOM, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, BGR, TechCrunch and The Next Web

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple Profit Rises 94% on Growing Global Demand for IPhones — Apple Second-Quarter Profit Beats Estimates — Apple Inc. (AAPL) profit almost doubled last quarter, reflecting robust demand for the iPhone in China as well as purchases of a new version of the iPad tablet …

Tweets: @asymco

Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple's Q2: $39.2B revenue, $11.6B profit with $12.30EPS, 35.1M iPhones, 11.8M iPads sold — Apple today announced its earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2012. Apple's revenue amounted to $46.33B in Q1. With earnings of $13.87 per share. The company's net profit in Q1 was $11.6B.

More: The Next Web, The Loop, 9to5Mac and MacStories. Tweets: @parislemon

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Apple's Chinese iPhone Sales “Mind-Boggling,” Bring China Revenues To $7.9B

More: TheStreet.com and BetaNews. Thanks:@alexia

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Apple Stores Continue To Be A Juggernaut, With $4.4B In Revenue, 85M Visitors To Stores In Q2

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Apple: Mixing tablet, notebook like merging toaster, fridge

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Kate Kelly / CNBC:

Facebook IPO Could Be Delayed by Deals, Distractions — Less than two weeks before the potential launch of Facebook's initial public offering roadshow, a string of acquisitions and other business distractions are threatening to delay the sale, say people familiar with the matter.

More: Neowin, CNET, TechCrunch, The Next Web, AllFacebook and Deal Journal

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What if Facebook isn't so special after all?

More: TechCrunch

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Found to Violate One Patent on Android Phones — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) won a partial U.S. International Trade Commission judge's ruling in its bid to block imports of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s devices including the iPhone and iPad tablet computer.

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, AllThingsD, Reuters, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, GigaOM and Mobile Marketing Watch

Robert Andrews / paidContent:

Exclusive: Bebo founders, shareholders sue owner for ‘destroying’ site — Bebo, which has hit one rocky patch after another the past few years, now has new troubles. The social network's founders and some other shareholders are suing its current owner, alleging fraud.

More: AllThingsD

Alex Wu / Facebook Developer Blog:

Discover native Android apps through Facebook — With the latest update to Facebook for Android, we are bringing social app discovery channels to native Android apps. — After introducing social app discovery for mobile web apps on Android and native apps on iOS, apps and games like Pinterest …

More: 9to5Google, ZDNet, Inside Mobile Apps, AllFacebook, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, WebProNews and Wired

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

Amazon releases “Send to Kindle” desktop software for the Mac — More than three months after releasing software for Windows-users to send documents to a Kindle, Amazon has now released the Mac version. Announced on Tuesday afternoon, the “Send to Kindle for Mac” application allows Mac users …

More: The Verge, Lifehacker, Macworld, Macgasm, TUAW and MacStories

Rick Borovoy / Google+ Developers Blog:

Introducing the Google+ Share Button — When your visitors come across something interesting on your site, sometimes you want to encourage a simple endorsement (like +1). Other times, however, you want to help visitors share with their friends, right away. Today's new Google+ Share button lets you do just that.

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, 9to5Google and The Next Web

David Pierce / The Verge:

Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight review — An ebook reader you can read in the sun — and in the dark Odds are, if I'm reading a book I'm doing it in bed. At night. In the dark. That's not so great for ebook readers, which (like a paper book) require a light in order to be seen.

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Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources to launch first ‘Arkyd’ spaceship within 24 months — After releasing some details this morning, Planetary Resources is outlining its plan to open up deep space exploration by mining near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for water and precious metals.

More: The Register, The Seattle Times, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Forbes and NBC Bay Area

Caleb Garling / Wired:

Google's Eric Schmidt Defends Android in Oracle Trial — Eric Schmidt took the stand on Tuesday to defend Google from Oracle (Photo: JolieODell/Flickr) — Taking the stand on Tuesday during the ongoing trial over Google's use of the Java programming language on its Android mobile operating system …

More: Computerworld, Ars Technica, The Verge, ZDNet, CNET, VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal and ZDNet

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