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Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2012 Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. — “We had a strong quarter. Revenue was up 45 percent year-on-year, and, at just fourteen years old, we cleared …
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Google dives after reporting $14.10 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $6.53 — Update: Trading of Google has been halted. The exact cause of the cessation is not yet known. TNW is on the case. More shortly. — Today Google announced its quarterly earnings …
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Google's Stock Takes A Dive After Accidental Mid-Day Earnings Release, Trading Halted On Google's Request — Google accidentally released its Q3 2012 earnings report far ahead of schedule today and is blaming the financial printer RR Donnelley for this mixup.
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What's Really Going on With Color: A Small Apple Talent Acquisition — You'd be forgiven if you were confused by the swirl of stories around the social video start-up Color in the past 24 hours. — First, a leaked internal memo said the company was winding down.| Charles Graeber / Wired: |
Megaupload Is Dead. Long Live Mega! — They've been indicted by the U.S. government for conspiracy and briefly thrown in jail, but Kim Dotcom and his partners in the digital storage locker Megaupload have no intention of quitting the online marketplace. — Instead the co-defendants plan … | Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
New MegaUpload Will Deflect Copyright Liability and Become Raid-Proof — This week the hottest story in file-sharing was the announcement that The Pirate Bay had boosted its security by migrating its operation into the cloud. — Performance and cost issues aside, the main aim of the site …
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Weak Windows makes Microsoft miss in fiscal Q1: Revenue of $16.01B and earnings per share of $0.53 are under estimates — Today Microsoft reported its first quarterly (fiscal 2013) financial performance. For the three month period, the firm had revenues of $16.01 billion, and earnings per share of $0.53.
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Newsweek to Cease Print Publication at End of Year — Updated Newsweek, the weekly magazine that for decades summarized the news for households across the United States but struggled to maintain relevance in the Internet era, announced on Thursday that it would cease print publication at the end of the year.
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Tweetbot for Mac is Finally Here! — We are very happy to announce that Tweetbot for Mac is finally available for sale on the Mac App Store! It's been a long (and bumpy) road, but we are glad we have finally made it to the 1.0 milestone. This is our first official Mac App from Tapbots …
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Apple ordered to reveal profit margins — Apple has been dealt a double blow after a US judge said it should be forced to reveal sensitive information about its profit margins and the technology giant lost a legal battle in Britain. — Apple, the maker of the iPhone …
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Google launches 11.6-inch ARM-based Samsung Chromebook: $249, ultra thin and light, 6.5-hour battery, 1080p video — Google just launched the latest iteration of its Chrome OS-based laptop here in San Francisco — the $249 11.6-inch Samsung Chromebook. It's ARM-based (fanless) … | Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Non-infringement finding and publicity order over Samsung Galaxy Tab upheld by UK appeals court — Earlier today there were various media reports on a UK appeals court decision in Samsung's favor against Apple with respect to the non-infringement of a Community design (EU equivalent of U.S. design patent) …
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Apple's iPad Mini Could Cannibalize 15 Percent of Standard iPad Sales — If Apple ships the smaller iPad it's expected to debut next week in time for the holidays, it will almost certainly sell a bunch of them. Analysts predict December-quarter sales of the so-called iPad mini …
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Elop: a Surface phone would stimulate the Windows Phone ecosystem — Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has previously said he has “no indications” that Microsoft might be planning to launch its own Surface phone, but in an investor call today he appeared to welcome it.
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AT&T sounds alarm over Sprint's Clearwire deal — AT&T is urging regulators to take a close look at Sprint's recent deals with Softbank and Clearwire. — Softbank, a Japanese cellphone service provider, has agreed to buy control of Sprint, the third largest U.S. carrier.
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AMD loses $157 million on $1.27 billion revenue in Q3, will lay off 15 percent of workers — We'd heard AMD would have bad news this quarter, and here it is: a quarterly loss of $157 million, revenues down 10 percent, and a 15 percent workforce reduction. Today, AMD reported Q3 2012 revenue …
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Google threatens ‘to stopping linking to French media sites’ — Google has threatened to stop linking to French media sites in protest against a proposed French law that would force search engines to pay for content, according to media reports Wednesday. — Internet giant Google has threatened … | David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Yelp Tries to Halt Deceptive Reviews — SAN FRANCISCO — Businesses caught soliciting favorable reviews are increasingly running the risk of getting slapped with a badge of shame. — Like every Web site that depends on consumer critiques, Yelp has a problem with companies trying to manipulate their results.Sponsor Posts
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