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Facebook Beats In Q2 With $4.04B Revenue, User Growth Slows To 3.47% QOQ To Hit 1.49B — People aren't using Facebook less, according to its new earnings report. Facebook recovered from last quarter's miss, beating the street's estimates in Q2 2015 with $4.04 billion in revenue and $0.50 earnings per share.
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Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2015 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. — “This was another strong quarter for our community,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “Engagement across our family …
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Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One — Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system debuts today, enabling Xbox One game streaming to PCs. While that's a neat feature for Xbox One owners, Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One consoles too.
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Microsoft execs speak about how they dealt with feedback for Windows 10, unifying platforms — The story of Windows 10 from inside Microsoft — Windows 10 has a lot to live up to. Microsoft has made a lot of promises about it. And oddly enough, we've heard most of them before, with Windows 8.| Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Q2 profit down 8% YoY, fifth straight quarterly profit drop as Galaxy S6 falls short of market expectations — Samsung Profits Hurt By Smartphone Price Declines — Cheaper smartphone models from China and India could fuel further price cuts — SEOUL- Samsung Electronics Co … | Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
GitHub raises $250M Series B at a $2B valuation, led by Sequoia Capital — GitHub Raises $250 Million at $2 Billion Valuation — Capital raise puts company's total funding at $350 million — Software is transforming industries from agriculture to automobiles.
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Yelp stock drops 28% following grim earnings; company cites rising talent costs amid competition with “unicorns” — Yelp Admits the Unicorn Bubble Is Hurting Its Profits — Yelp debuted “surprise losses” on its earnings yesterday, causing its stock to plummet 28 percent by the next day.| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
| Arjun Sethi / Yahoo: |
Yahoo unveils an audioless video messaging app called Livetext, launching in US, UK, Canada, Germany, and France tomorrow — Yahoo Livetext - A New Way to Connect — We're all walking around with a device in our pockets, primarily to communicate with others.
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| Wish Wu / TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog: |
Android vulnerability silences phone and kills screen, affects Android 4.3 and above, and can be exploited by a malicious website or app — Trend Micro Discovers Vulnerability That Renders Android Devices Silent — We have discovered a vulnerability in Android that can render a phone apparently dead …
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google Translate's App Now Instantly Translates Printed Text In 27 Languages — One of the most intense experiences you'll ever have is visiting a country that speaks a language different than yours. There's a host of tools you can use, but Google's Translate product has leapfrogged just about everything out there over the years.
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| Jared Newman / TechHive: |
Amazon starts selling its Dash Buttons to all Prime members for $4.99 each — Amazon's crazy Dash Buttons on sale for all Prime members — Now, Prime members can press a physical button to get diapers, razor blades, and bottled water on demand. — Amazon is opening up Dash Button sales …
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: |
Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10, used to share access to Wi-Fi networks with contacts, requires opt in, encrypts passwords, and is easily disabled — Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10: Yes, it shares your passkeys; no, you shouldn't be scared — You have to manually opt into every Wi-Fi network that you want to share.
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Google signs deal with Sri Lanka to bring internet to the entire country via Project Loon — Sri Lanka ties with Google for Internet beamed from balloons — Sri Lanka teamed up on Tuesday with Google to bring high-speed Internet access to the island using balloons, aiming to become …
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Facebook is testing out LinkedIn-style profile tags — Facebook seems to be taking a cue from LinkedIn and is early in the process of testing a new feature — profile tags. — Verge reader Luke M. alerted us to Facebook's new profile tags feature, and the company confirmed it was testing …
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