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Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. — “Our community and business had another good quarter,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We're particularly pleased …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook reports Q2 revenue of $6.44B vs $6.02B expected, $0.97 EPS vs $0.82 expected; mobile ad revenue 84% of total ad revenue, up from 76% last year — Coming off an all-time high stock price of $123.34, Facebook in Q2 2016 smashed earnings again. The social network continued steady growth …
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Apple says it has now sold over a billion iPhones — Cupertino, California July 27, 2016At an employee meeting in Cupertino this morning, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple recently sold the billionth iPhone. — “iPhone has become one of the most important, world-changing and successful products in history.
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| Ina Fried / Recode: |
Microsoft launches Pix, a free camera app for the iPhone that uses AI to enhance photos — Born in the company's research labs, Microsoft Pix focuses on taking better pictures of people. — Don't look now, but Microsoft is becoming a serious player in the world of iPhone apps.
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| Raj Iyengar / The Official Google Blog: |
Google Play launches Family Library, a way for up to 6 family members to share purchases across devices — Friday night is movie night at our home, and my wife and I look forward to our weekly ritual of putting the kids to bed, getting some takeout, and catching up on our movie wishlist.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
LaunchKit team heads to Google and open-sources its tools for helping devs launch their apps; LaunchKit's hosted services will be discontinued in 12 months — The team behind LaunchKit, a set of tools that helps developers launch their apps, is heading to Google and joining the Developer Product Group.
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| Shari Steele / The Tor Blog: |
External investigator hired by Tor confirms inappropriate conduct by Jacob Appelbaum; Tor creates anti-harassment policy, complaints process, community council — Seven weeks ago, I published a blog post saying that Jacob Appelbaum had left the Tor Project, and I invited people to contact …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung reports Q2 revenue of $45.2B, up 5% YoY, and profit of $7.22B, up 18% on strong Galaxy S7 sales — Samsung Electronics has published its full second-quarter earnings, confirming earlier guidance that indicated the company's strongest profits in over two years.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr launches ads on all users' blogs Thursday, will unveil revenue program for partners later in 2016; users can opt out of ads on their blogs — Tumblr this week quietly announced plans to roll out a new advertising program across its site which will see it implementing ads across users' blogs.
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Qualcomm to pay $19.5M to settle with 3,300 female employees who said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion — Women said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion — Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. will pay $19.5 million to settle claims that women … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Xiaomi unveils $750 Mi Notebook Air laptop in 13.3" and 12.5" sizes, launches in China August 2 — It wouldn't be a Xiaomi event if it was just announcing one product. In addition to the new Redmi Pro smartphone, the Chinese company threw in a huge surprise by launching its first-ever laptop line …
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Sources: AR motorcycle helmet startup Skully effectively shuts down after co-founders are forced out, but remaining leadership still hopes to get new funding — Last week TechCrunch came to you with the [dramatic departure]()of AR helmet maker Skully's CEO and co-founder Marcus Weller …
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