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April 27, 2015, 11:15 PM

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Apple:
Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results  —  Strong performance of iPhone, Mac & App Store drives 27% revenue growth & 40% EPS growth, setting new second quarter records  —  Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended March 28, 2015.
Stan Chudnovsky / Facebook:
Facebook adds video calling to Messenger in select countries including US, Canada, Mexico and parts of EU, on both iOS and Android  —  Introducing Video Calling in Messenger  —  Today, we're introducing video calling in Messenger.  Now you can have face-to-face conversations with your friends …
Allen Lo / Google Public Policy Blog:
Google announces Patent Purchase Promotion, experimental marketplace to sell patents to the company, open from May 8 to 22  —  Announcing the Patent Purchase Promotion  —  We invite you to sell us your patents.  The Patent Purchase Promotion is an experimental marketplace for patents that's simple, easy to use, and fast.
Jaimee Minney / Slice Intelligence:
Only 376K or 22% of 1.7M ordered Apple Watches shipped on the first weekend  —  Watching and Waiting: Only 22 Percent Apple Watches Shipped First Weekend  —  Most people who pre-ordered an Apple Watch did not receive one in the first wave of shipments, with Slice Intelligence reporting …
Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:
Best Buy changes course, will support Apple Pay in its iOS app today, in retail stores later this year  —  Best Buy to gain Apple Pay support in-app today, in retail stores this fall  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook announced today during the company's earnings call that Best Buy will gain support …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Dylan Byers / Politico:
CNN political reporter Peter Hamby is joining Snapchat as Head of News  —  Peter Hamby leaving CNN for Snapchat  —  Peter Hamby, widely recognized by Beltway insiders as one of CNN's best political reporters, is leaving the network to join Snapchat as Head of News, the On Media blog has learned.
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
LG's Urbane Android Wear watch lands in the US for $349  —  The first Android Wear device that will come out of the box with Google's big new software update is now on sale in the US.  Google began selling the LG Urbane on its online store today for $349.  The watch comes in either a silver or a gold …
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
Valve kills paid mods on Steam, will refund Skyrim mod buyers  —  Just a few days after launching paid mods on Steam through the Skyrim Workshop, Valve is removing the payment option, citing customer feedback.  Valve says it will refund Steam users who purchased a Skyrim mod on Steam.
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Microsoft phones infringe on two InterDigital patents, ITC judge rules  —  Microsoft phones infringe patents: U.S. International Trade Commission judge  —  (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp lost a round in a potentially costly patent battle when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Sources: Ultrasound wireless charging firm uBeam looking to raise about $50M or more in Series B potentially valuing the company at $500M+  —  uBeam's Ultrasound Wireless Charging Is Real, And About To Be Really Funded  —  What if wireless power at a distance actually worked?

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