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April 24, 2012, 5:55 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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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 Gizmodo

T.C. Sottek / The Verge:

Google Drive officially launches with 5GB free storage, Google Docs integration — Google has just made Google Drive official. As expected, the service will offer 5GB of storage space for documents, videos, photos, PDFs and other files, and Google Docs is built-in to the service.

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Thanks Google, It Only Took You Six Years — Today's launch of Google Drive, official at last, is kind of a relief. Internet rumors and reports have seen the industry discussing the possibility of a consumer-facing cloud storage service called “GDrive,” since as far back as 2006.

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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

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Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb:

The Google Drive Review You've Been Waiting For

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Aaron Levie / The Box Blog:

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

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Apple:

Apple Reports Second Quarter Result — 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.

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 Loop, 9to5Mac and MacStories. Tweets: @parislemon

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 …

More: Macworld, Bloomberg Tech Blog and MediaPost. Tweets: @asymco

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 …

Tweets: @mat, @poornimagupta, @hblodget, @dannysullivan and @sai

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPhone Activations Drop 43% at AT&T, But Represent 60% of Total Postpaid Phone Sales — AT&T today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2012, revealing that it activated 4.3 million iPhones during the quarter. The number marks a substantial drop from the 7.6 million iPhones activated …

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Apple hits 125 million iCloud users, as iTunes grows to offer 28 million songs and 45,000 movies

More: TechCrunch

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

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

Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:

AT&T Profit Beats Esitmates on Solid Wireless Growth

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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.

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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:

What if Facebook isn't so special after all?

More: Associated Press

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Facebook Says It May Budge On 30% Revenue Share For Apps That Aren't Games

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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: eWeek, 9to5Google, Mobile Marketing Watch, GigaOM, AllThingsD, Engadget and MobileSyrup.com

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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Brian Heater / Engadget:

Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight shipping this week, B&N warns of limited supply

Myriam Joire / Engadget:

Google back in the smartphone sales game: unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ (GSM) available for $399 — Hang on to your kneecaps, folks. Google's just announced that its making the Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ available in its Play web store for $399 contract-free. That's right: the unlocked, unbranded …

More: Google Mobile Blog, 9to5Google, Android and Me, Google Commerce, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Techland, The Verge, IntoMobile, Business Insider and ZDNet. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Reuters:

Proview owns iPad trademark in China -govt official — (Reuters) - Proview Technology (Shenzhen), which is battling Apple Inc in a Chinese court over the iPad trademark, is the rightful owner of that mark, a senior official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said on Tuesday.

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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: Forbes, VentureBeat, NBC Bay Area, GigaOM and Forbes

Jamie Keene / The Verge:

Samsung's US Android 4.0 upgrade plans revealed, Galaxy S still excluded — A list of phones on US carriers set to receive an upgrade to Android 4.0 is now available on Samsung's support pages, providing confirmation for a number of devices. It's not the first time the manufacturer's update plans …

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Frank Gillett / Forrester Blogs:

Why Tablets Will Become Our Primary Computing Device — Tablets aren't the most powerful computing gadgets. But they are the most convenient. — They're bigger than the tiny screen of a smartphone, even the big ones sporting nearly five inch screens. — They have longer battery life …

More: Computerworld, TechCrunch and VatorNews

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: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, AllFacebook and WebProNews

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Intel acquires Cray HPC interconnect technology — Summary: The Cray intellectual property and personnel will help Intel “achieve ExaFlops performance.” — Intel has acquired Cray's high-performance computing interconnect program in a move to bolster its team and intellectual property.

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