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Twitter Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - July 29, 2014 - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Q2 revenue of $312 million, up 124% year-over-year Q2 net loss of $145 million and non-GAAP net income …

More: Re/code, Business Insider, VatorNews, CNET, The Verge, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, AllTwitter and WebProNews

Tweets: @alex, @dannysullivan, @hunterwalk, @pkafka, @monkbent, @mattlynley and @cnbcsocial

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Twitter Skyrockets After Reporting Big Q2 Revenue Of $312M, Profit Of $0.02 Per Share — Update: In after-hours trading, Twitter is now up more than 20 percent following its massive beat. — Update II: Twitter is now up just under 30%. Pretty sure Twitter HQ is where the party will be at tonight.

More: VentureBeat, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Tweets: @marshallk

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Ubiquitous competition in the app market is hurting the quality and sustainability of iOS apps — App Rot — Look around your iPad for a minute. How are its third-party apps doing? — Are they all being actively updated? Are they all built for iOS 7 yet?

More: Benjamin Mayo, Jared Sinclair, Daring Fireball, ReadWrite and inessential.com

Tweets: @markgurman and @chrismessina

Jared Sinclair:

“Unread” app sales show how hard it is for indie developers to earn a living from paid-up-front apps — A Candid Look at Unread's First Year — To my knowledge, indie developers don't publish the kind of numbers that you'll find in this post.

More: txt.jazzychad.net, iMore, PadGadget, inessential.com, dailywireless.org, tyler.io and Daring Fireball

Tweets: @cdixon, @cdixon and @sachagreif

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft is about to launch a selfie phone and a new ‘high-end’ Windows Phone — Microsoft is planning to launch two new Windows Phone 8.1 devices shortly. Sources familiar with the company's plans tell The Verge that Microsoft devices chief Stephen Elop revealed both handsets during an internal company meeting this week.

More: Engadget, Windows Phone Central, VentureBeat, LiveSide.net, Softpedia News, ITProPortal, Gigaom, Techie News, Electronista, InvestorPlace, Neowin, BGR, WMPoweruser, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, WinBeta, Inquirer and SlashGear

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Certificate verification flaw in Android since 2.1 granted malicious apps special access to resources, potentially exposing sensitive user data — Android crypto blunder exposes users to highly privileged malware — A slide from next week's Black Hat talk titled Android Fake ID vulnerability.

More: AppleInsider, Guardian, BBC, Gizmodo, PadGadget, Phandroid, 9to5Google, BGR, eWeek, InfoWorld, Financial Times, Gigaom and Electronista. Tweets: @edbott. Thanks:@accretivegrowth

Doina Chiacu / Reuters:

U.S. Senate bill proposes sweeping curbs on NSA surveillance — (Reuters) - Senator Patrick Leahy will introduce legislation on Tuesday to ban the U.S. government's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records and Internet data and narrow how much information it can seek in any particular search.

More: Wired, VentureBeat, Computerworld, SiliconBeat, US News, TechCrunch, Patrick Leahy, Re/code, The Verge, The Hill and NationalJournal.com

Tweets: @binarybits and @binarybits

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

Apple Launches Retina MacBook Pros with Faster Haswell Processors, More RAM Standard — As indicated over the weekend and yesterday, Apple today launched refreshed 13-inch and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros.The new notebooks feature faster versions of Intel's Haswell processors …

More: Apple, The Register, ZDNet, BGR, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, iMore, InvestorPlace, AnandTech, Geek Beat, The Next Web, Re/code, The Verge, PC Magazine, Engadget, Gearburn, SlashGear, Electronista, Gigaom, Forbes, BetaNews, TIME, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, LAPTOP Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, Macworld, MacStories, TUAW, Inquirer, Gizmodo, AppleInsider and TechCrunch. Tweets: @joannastern

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Former Diapers.com CEO Marc Lore gets $55 million investment for e-commerce startup Jet — CEO Who Sold Diapers.com to Amazon Raises $55 Million to Challenge Amazon Again — If you can't beat 'em, try, try again. — That's the playbook being followed by Marc Lore …

More: GeekWire, Marc Lore and Business Insider. Tweets: @delrey. Thanks:@delrey

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Open Whisper Systems releases Signal iOS app for free encrypted voice calls; encrypted texts coming soon — Free, Encrypted Calling Finally Comes To The iPhone — The encrypted calling app Signal. The two seemingly random words beneath the contact's name are meant to be read …

More: Open Whisper Systems Blog, TechCrunch and The Verge. Tweets: @lorenzofb

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Instagram Launches One-Touch Photo And Video Messaging App Bolt Outside The US — Instagram is taking on Snapchat by turning your best friends' faces into the shutter button with today's official release of its first standalone app Bolt, but only Singapore, South Africa …

More: The Verge, GadgeTell and WebProNews

Tweets: @joshconstine and @mattlynley

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Apple TV updated with FOX NOW, CNBC channels — Apple has rolled out some new channel additions to the Apple TV set-top box this morning. Both FOX NOW and CNBC have joined the Apple TV lineup. Both channels appear to require a cable subscription to unlock the content within.

More: The Loop, TechCrunch, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Engadget, CNET, VentureBeat, Gigaom, Macworld, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks and Re/code. See also Mediagazer

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

Flipkart raises $1 billion to strengthen its bid to own India's e-commerce space — It's turning into quite a year for Flipkart. Today the e-commerce company from India has confirmed the much-reported rumor that it has raised $1 billion in fresh investment, as it eyes new verticals …

Karissa Bell / Mashable:

LinkedIn Redesigns Mobile Profiles to Put Relationships Into Context — LinkedIn's flagship app has gotten a major overhaul. — The company rolled out an update to its app Tuesday morning, unveiling completely redesigned user profiles that focus on adding contextual information.

More: Official LinkedIn Blog, The Technology Chronicles, TechHive, USA Today, SocialTimes, ReadWrite, Business Insider, CNET, memeburn, App Advice and The Next Web. Tweets: @dbreger

Paul Sawers / The Next Web:

Asana's productivity platform gets a native mobile app, redesigned and optimized for iPhone and iPad — Productivity platform Asana is unveiling a brand new native iOS app today, rebuilt and redesigned from the ground up. And yes, it's optimized for iPads too.

More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Macworld, CITEworld and Lifehacker

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Flickr Rolls Out A New Commercial Licensing Program To Compete With 500px And Others — Yahoo-owned photo-sharing and storage site Flickr announced this morning the rollout of a new licensing program aimed at the service's members who are looking to have their work discovered …

More: Flickr Blog, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Softpedia News

Andy / TorrentFreak:

UK police start placing anti-piracy warning ads on copyright-infringing websites — Police Begin Placing Warning Adverts on ‘Pirate’ Sites — For a year, City of London Police have been working with the music and movie industries on initiatives to cut down on the consumption of pirated content online.

More: BBC, cityoflondon.police.uk, The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET, Ars Technica, Wired.co.uk, Softpedia News, Neowin, PC Pro, Gigaom, V3.co.uk, The Next Web and Engadget

Issie Lapowsky / Wired:

This Is What Tech's Ugly Gender Problem Really Looks Like — Shortly after Kathryn Tucker started Red Rover, an app that showcases local events for kids, she pitched the idea to an angel investor at a New York tech event. But it didn't go over well. When she finished her pitch, the investor said he didn't invest in women.

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @cindygallop and @danshapiro

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

BlackBerry acquires mobile security firm SecuSmart, an anti-eavesdropping provider — BlackBerry acquires Secusmart, ups voice security ante — Summary: BlackBerry's acquisition of German software firm Secusmart is aimed at securing voice and data and putting better mobile security in every president and chancellor's hand.

More: VentureBeat, Marketwired, Re/code, The Register, BGR, CNET, Techvibes Global News, Gigaom, Inquirer, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and Electronista. Tweets: @ldignan

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