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Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2012 Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. — “We had a strong quarter. Revenue was up 45 percent year-on-year, and, at just fourteen years old, we cleared …
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Google dives after reporting $14.10 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $6.53 — Update: Trading of Google has been halted. The exact cause of the cessation is not yet known. TNW is on the case. More shortly. — Today Google announced its quarterly earnings …
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Google's Stock Takes A Dive After Accidental Mid-Day Earnings Release, Trading Halted On Google's Request — Google accidentally released its Q3 2012 earnings report far ahead of schedule today and is blaming the financial printer RR Donnelley for this mixup.
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What's Really Going on With Color: A Small Apple Talent Acquisition — You'd be forgiven if you were confused by the swirl of stories around the social video start-up Color in the past 24 hours. — First, a leaked internal memo said the company was winding down.| Charles Graeber / Wired: |
Megaupload Is Dead. Long Live Mega! — They've been indicted by the U.S. government for conspiracy and briefly thrown in jail, but Kim Dotcom and his partners in the digital storage locker Megaupload have no intention of quitting the online marketplace. — Instead the co-defendants plan … | Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Weak Windows makes Microsoft miss in fiscal Q1: Revenue of $16.01B and earnings per share of $0.53 are under estimates — Today Microsoft reported its first quarterly (fiscal 2013) financial performance. For the three month period, the firm had revenues of $16.01 billion, and earnings per share of $0.53.
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Newsweek to Cease Print Publication at End of Year — Updated Newsweek, the weekly magazine that for decades summarized the news for households across the United States but struggled to maintain relevance in the Internet era, announced on Thursday that it would cease print publication at the end of the year.
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Non-infringement finding and publicity order over Samsung Galaxy Tab upheld by UK appeals court — Earlier today there were various media reports on a UK appeals court decision in Samsung's favor against Apple with respect to the non-infringement of a Community design (EU equivalent of U.S. design patent) …
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Google launches 11.6-inch ARM-based Samsung Chromebook: $249, ultra thin and light, 6.5-hour battery, 1080p video — Google just launched the latest iteration of its Chrome OS-based laptop here in San Francisco — the $249 11.6-inch Samsung Chromebook. It's ARM-based (fanless) … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Elop: a Surface phone would stimulate the Windows Phone ecosystem — Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has previously said he has “no indications” that Microsoft might be planning to launch its own Surface phone, but in an investor call today he appeared to welcome it.
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AT&T sounds alarm over Sprint's Clearwire deal — AT&T is urging regulators to take a close look at Sprint's recent deals with Softbank and Clearwire. — Softbank, a Japanese cellphone service provider, has agreed to buy control of Sprint, the third largest U.S. carrier.
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In post-trial battles with Samsung, Apple fights to keep documents sealed — In post-trial battles with Samsung, Apple fights to keep documents sealed — Judge orders Apple to reveal per-product profits; an appeals court will rule. — flickr / quinn.anya
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Tweetbot for Mac is Finally Here! — We are very happy to announce that Tweetbot for Mac is finally available for sale on the Mac App Store! It's been a long (and bumpy) road, but we are glad we have finally made it to the 1.0 milestone. This is our first official Mac App from Tapbots …
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AMD loses $157 million on $1.27 billion revenue in Q3, will lay off 15 percent of workers — We'd heard AMD would have bad news this quarter, and here it is: a quarterly loss of $157 million, revenues down 10 percent, and a 15 percent workforce reduction. Today, AMD reported Q3 2012 revenue …
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Yelp Tries to Halt Deceptive Reviews — SAN FRANCISCO — Businesses caught soliciting favorable reviews are increasingly running the risk of getting slapped with a badge of shame. — Like every Web site that depends on consumer critiques, Yelp has a problem with companies trying to manipulate their results.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Nobody “Goes Online” Anymore — A large survey of Internet users found that they say they spend fewer hours per week online than they did a year ago. — Wait, really? — Well, it's a matter of perception. This was a Forrester survey, and people were asked how much time they spend using the Internet.
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Cloud-Focused Ubuntu 12.10 ('Quantal Quetzal') Released — Software developer Canonical announced Thursday that it has released the latest version of Ubuntu, its popular free Linux operating system. — The consumer desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10, code named Quantal Quetzal …
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AOL launches Alto webmail client, its biggest conceptual leap since 'you've got mail' — An uneven, but thoughtful and innovative attempt at reinventing email — AOL today announced Alto, a web-based IMAP email client that lets you manage multiple email accounts on one website.
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