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April 18, 2013, 9:15 PM

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Google:

Google Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Results — Google Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. “We had a very strong start to 2013, with $14.0 billion in revenue, up 31% year-on-year,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google.

Chris Velazco / TechCrunch:

Google Reports Mixed Q1 2013 Earnings: Revenue Up 31 Percent To $14B, Net Income Of $3.35B, Beats EPS Estimates — Google last two earnings releases were made even more notable than usual because of the unexpected events that preceded them, but today's release of the company's fiscal Q1 2013 financials …

More: GigaOM, CITEworld and Tech Trader Daily

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Motorola's $271M Q1 loss drags on Google's results

More: Electronista

Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:

Larry Page: Google's Focus On Constant Iteration Will Shift Toward Big Bets Like Google Fiber And Glass

More: Search Engine Roundtable. Tweets: @chris_ciaccia

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Microsoft profits increase to over $6 billion in Q3 2013 despite flat Windows revenue — Microsoft just released its fiscal Q3 2013 statement, with overall revenue of $20.49 billion up 18 percent year-over-year. However, when you take into account recognition of revenue related …

More: ReadWrite, CNET, New York Times, The Next Web, Ars Technica, CITEworld, GeekWire, PC Magazine, Marketing Land, Reuters, Forbes, GeekWire, WinBeta and Electronista

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Here are Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Peter Klein's internal memos regarding the CFO's exit — TNW has obtained copies of the internal memos sent by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and departing CFO Peter Klein concerning the latter's departure. That exit was announced as part of Microsoft's quarterly earnings.

More: CNET, VentureBeat, Forbes and SlashGear

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

The Microsoft number we all want to know: Windows 8 sales to date

More: VentureBeat, CITEworld and Quartz

Microsoft:

Microsoft Reports Third-Quarter Results

More: The Register, BetaNews, VentureBeat, PhoneArena, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Bloomberg and The Seattle Times

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft working on ‘small touch devices’ with Windows, due in ‘coming months’

More: Business Insider, TechCrunch, The Next Web, GeekWire, Engadget, PhoneArena, IntoMobile and VR-Zone

Stephen Philips / Twitter Blog:

Now playing: Twitter #music — Today, we're releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter. It uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists.

Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:

Twitter #Music App Launches for iPhone and Web: Listen and Discover Trending Music

More: AppleInsider, The Next Web, Mercury News, CNET, BestTechie, The Verge, The Technology Chronicles, Engadget, Computerworld, Techie Buzz, CNNMoney.com, NEWS.com.au, Gizmodo, Geek News Central, 9to5Mac, Evolver.fm, SocialTimes and SiliconANGLE. See also Mediagazer

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Lower-Cost iPhone's Plastic Rear Shell Reportedly Surfaces — Earlier this week, case manufacturer Tactus was one of several sources to share photos of cases reportedly designed for the fifth-generation iPad, once again showing that the device is expected to be smaller than the existing iPad and take design cues from the iPad mini.

Jessica E. Lessin / Digits:

Amazon's Goodreads Purchase Scuttled Apple Partnership — Amazon.com's announcement last month that it was purchasing book-recommendation site Goodreads did more than land the e-commerce giant a social-networking service. It also thwarted a possible partnership between the reading social network and Apple.

More: Macworld, AppleInsider, TUAW, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear. Tweets: @stevenlevy

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iPad 5 Estimated to Be 15% Thinner, 25% Lighter Than Current iPad — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has on a number of occasions offered accurate information on Apple's product plans, recently published a new research note outlining his expectations for Apple's fifth-generation iPad.

More: Computerworld, Examiner, VentureBeat, App Advice, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile and iPhone Hacks

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

House passes revamped CISPA cybersecurity bill amidst warnings of ‘digital bombs’ — Fear of cyber attacks trumps privacy concerns — The US House of Representatives has once again passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which died in the Senate last year, by a margin of 288 to 127 after two days of debate.

More: Daily Dot, CNET, MacRumors, The Hill, The Next Web, Gizmodo and TechCrunch

Daniel Rubino / wpcentral.com:

First images of Nokia's aluminum Lumia, codenamed ‘Catwalk’, have surfaced [Updated] — We have no way of verifying the authenticity of these two images, but it appears to be of the upcoming Nokia Lumia ‘Catwalk’, a follow up to the Lumia 920 that reportedly sports a new aluminum chassis to help reduce the size and weight.

More: BGR, Computerworld, Unwired View, Neowin, The Nokia Blog, TmoNews and Geek.com

Lance Whitney / CNET:

Nokia reportedly planning 5-inch Lumia ‘phablet’

More: Financial Times, WMPoweruser, ZDNet, PC Magazine, Mobile Magazine and LAPTOP Magazine

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Chat Heads, set free: jailbreak tweak puts Facebook Messenger all over your iPhone — A 21-year-old hacker brings one of Android's finer features to iOS — When Facebook launched Chat Heads for iOS yesterday, the feature's functionality was limited. On Android, Chat Heads cling to the side …

More: Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Macgasm, SlashGear, everythingiCafe and Cult of Mac

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google leak hints at an Android game center with multiplayer, chat, lobbies, leaderboards, and achievements — Google appears to be preparing the launch of a game center for Android with an unknown name. It looks like the new hub will sport a slew of features, including multiplayer support …

More: Android Police, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, Pocketnow and BGR

Darren Murph / Engadget:

Google CEO Larry Page confirms: yes, Google Glass runs on Android

More: TechCrunch

Alex Howard / Strata:

Finding and telling data-driven stories in billions of tweets — Twitter has hired its first data editor. Simon Rogers, one of the leading practitioners of data journalism in the world, will join Twitter in May. He will be moving his family from London to San Francisco and applying …

More: Simon Rogers, CNET and PressGazette. Tweets: @smfrogers. Thanks:@digiphile. See also Mediagazer

Angela Haggerty / The Drum:

Simon Rogers quits data journalist role at the Guardian to become Twitter's first data editor

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Yahoo releases new weather and mail apps in second phase of rebuilding effort — A foot in the door or too little too late? — Rebuilding Yahoo will require “a series of sprints,” CEO Marissa Mayer told investors this week during an earnings call. The first sprint “was all about getting people to believe in Yahoo,” she said.

More: Yahoo! Mail Blog, Flickr Blog, Wired, Yahoo! Mail Blog, GigaOM, CNET, Associated Press, MacRumors, BetaNews, WebProNews, The Atlantic Wire, Bloomberg, SlashGear, The Next Web, PhoneArena and Gotta Be Mobile

Tweets: @wildcowboy and @stevenlevy

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

YouTube Again Beats Viacom's Massive Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — After an appellate court revived Viacom's claims that YouTube hosted copyright infringing work, U.S. District judge Louis Stanton has again given the defendant a victory. — Viacom has been hit with a devastating legal loss.

More: TechCrunch, CNET, Marketing Land, YouTube Blog, Techdirt, Reuters, The Verge, Ars Technica and The Wrap. Tweets: @chad_hurley. See also Mediagazer

Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd:

A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy — In a casino, the term “rake” refers to the commission that the house earns for operating a poker game. With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @jyarow and @joshelman. Thanks:@eghosao

Hunter Walk / Elapsed Time:

Why Video Discovery Startups All Fail — Sad to see Cory Booker's startup Waywire pivoting to “Pinterest for video” after starting with much bigger ambitions. Prediction: they'll struggle because video discovery just isn't a venture scale business. — My previous role leading product …

More: MHALLVILLE. Tweets: @cjkaminski and @pkafka

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