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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
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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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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.| BBC: |
Apple loses UK tablet design appeal versus Samsung — A UK judge had said he thought few people would confuse the Galaxy Tab 10 with Apple's iPad — Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not copied the design of its iPad. — A judge at the High Court in London …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
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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.
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| 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 …
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| 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.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Nokia's Q3 2012: $754 million operating loss, $9.49 billion in net sales, 2.9 million Lumia phones sold — Beleaguered phone maker Nokia this morning published its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, reporting a $754 million (576 million euros) operating loss on $9.49 billion in net sales (7.239 billion euros).
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| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
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) … | Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: |
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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| Ben Berkowitz / Reuters: |
Sprint Nextel assumes majority stake in Clearwire — (Reuters) - Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) has acquired voting control of Clearwire Corp (CLWR.O) after buying out one of the company's other shareholders, Sprint said in a securities filing on Thursday.| Mark Jardine / Tapbots: |
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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| David Carr / Media Decoder: |
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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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
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.| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| Daniel Rubino / wpcentral: |
AT&T Lumia 920 exclusive for six months and some training videos leak too — AT&T is gearing up to launch the Nokia Lumia 920 very soon—in fact we expect an announcement on pricing and availability sometime on Sunday. — Word is that AT&T reps are also in the midst of training with the device … | Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
Verizon reports Q3 wireless service revenues up 7.5 percent, LTE now available to 250 million people — The folks at Verizon are revelling in their third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, having reported a 14.3 percent overall increase in earnings per share year-over-year.
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| Matthew Murray / PC Magazine: |
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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| Darren Dahl / New York Times: |
As Pay-Per-Click Ad Costs Rise, Small Businesses Search for Alternatives — When Tom Telford helped found a vacation rental management company, Blue Creek Cabins, in 2001, he wanted a quick and easy way to connect with people looking to rent the 20 cabins he and his partner managed in and around the mountains of picturesque Helen, Ga.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Acer Iconia Tab A110 reaches North America on October 30th for $230, faces a tough fight — Acer hasn't had an easy mid-year: it trotted out the Iconia Tab A110 at Computex as a budget Android tablet that could still claim Tegra 3 speeds, only to watch the Nexus 7 arrive and leave virtually every …
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