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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.
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| 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.| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
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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.
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| 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.| 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 … | 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 … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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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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| 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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