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Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2012. — “Our goal is to help every person stay connected and every product they use be a great social experience,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Zuckerberg: It Wouldn't Make Sense For Us To Make A Phone — Mark Zuckerberg said on Facebook's earnings call today that it wouldn't make sense for the company to make a phone. — The statement came after analysts asked about Facebook's mobile strategy. — Zuckerberg said Facebook …
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Facebook Reports a Loss, but Its Revenue Beats Expectations — SAN FRANCISCO — Unhappy with Facebook's first financial report as a public company Thursday, investors fled the stock in droves even as Mark Zuckerberg, the company's chief executive, extolled its growth prospects to industry analysts.
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
The iPad that never was: kickstands, curves, and ‘highly confidential’ Apple prototypes revealed — We already got a look at some early iPhone designs inspired by Sony and the iPod, but court documents have revealed an assortment of different looks that were considered for Apple's various iOS products … | Matt Buchanan / BuzzFeed: |
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| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
The economics of Google Fiber and what it means for U.S. broadband — Google launched its fiber-to-the-home gigabit network Thursday in Kansas City, Kansas and it wants everyone to know that this network isn't a charity case. Several Google executives at the event were very clear …
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| Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Amazon misses in Q2: $12.83 billion in revenue, up 29%, income down 96% — Online retailer Amazon has today released its Q2 2012 earnings. Revenue is at $12.83 billion with EPS of $0.01. Analysts had expected a mere $0.01 gain per share, down $0.41 from the year prior.
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Amazon CFO 'doesn't see a way to do same-day delivery' — A few weeks ago, it seemed like Amazon might have cracked a solution to offering some customers same-day delivery, a service that could potentially devastate smaller competitors. However, Amazon's CFO Tom Szkutak refuted that thought process on today's Q2 earnings call.
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No API For You: Twitter Shuts Off “Find Friends” Feature For Instagram — Instagram has just announced 80 million users and a new app update; Noticeably missing in the update? The “Find Your Friends” on Twitter feature, which allowed users to follow the same people they follow on Twitter on Instagram.
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| Reuters: |
Samsung sold 50.5 million smartphones in second quarter, almost twice what Apple sold: report — SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top smartphone maker, sold 50.5 million smartphones in the second quarter, stretching its lead over rival Apple Inc, a report by research firm StrategyAnalytics showed.
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Introducing the Recommendations Bar — Today we're launching the Recommendations Bar, a new social plug-in that helps people find articles based on what their friends like and share from your site. — As a person reads an article, a small pop-up surfaces at the bottom … | Peter Birch / Google LatLong: |
3D imagery now available on iPad and iPhone — Today, we're happy to announce the availability of 3D imagery for Google Earth on the new iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. — A map must be comprehensive and accurate no matter where you are or what device you use. We also believe maps can be useful in ways you might not have imagined.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
The Mac App Store's future of irrelevance — Postbox's exit from the Mac App Store should sound very familiar to anyone who buys Mac software. If you read between the lines a bit, I think the real story there is one we've seen a lot since June 1: they tolerated the App Store's lack …
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Consumer Reports Joins the Netflix Pile-On — Yesterday, Reed Hastings saw a quarter of his company's stock value disappear. Today's insult to injury: A dis from Consumer Reports. — A new survey from the magazine places the Netflix streaming service sixth in user satisfaction, behind …
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Judge sanctions Samsung for destroying evidence in infringement case against Apple — A federal judge in California has sanctioned Samsung for destroying e-mail evidence in its ongoing patent infringement case with Apple. In an order issued Wednesday, Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal wrote that Samsung …
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Microsoft Admits Risk in Tablet Plans — Sometimes the only way to get a straight answer from a company on a thorny topic is through its government filings. — In an annual report that it submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft finally conceded something …
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Mark Cuban Leads Mobile App Marketplace Apptopia's $1 Million Seed Round — Apptopia, the marketplace where developers can sell their mobile apps, is days out from closing a $1 million seed round of financing, with Mark Cuban leading the investment. Cuban went in for $500,000 himself …
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Open English raises $43 million to teach English online across Latin America — Open English has secured a $43 million round led by Insight Venture Partners, the Miami-based startup revealed today. Redpoint Ventures also participated in the round, as well as existing investors including Flybridge Capital Partners and Kaszek Ventures.
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WriteThat.name creator Kwaga acquires real-time push notifications startup Boxcar — For once, a French company is buying a relatively well-known US tech startup instead of the other way around: Kwaga has acquired struggling iOS and Mac push notification service provider Boxcar.
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Apple loses bid to transfer Kodak suit out of bankruptcy court, patent sell-off to proceed — A judge on Thursday denied Apple's request to transfer its patent dispute with Kodak to a New York district court, a venue change that could have hindered plans to sell off patents from the bankrupt photography company's lucrative portfolio.Sponsor Posts
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