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Google Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2013 Results — Google today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. “Google had a great quarter with over $14 billion in revenue - up 19% year-on-year,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “The shift from one screen to multiple screens …
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Google Results Show Struggle With Mobile — SAN FRANCISCO — Halfway through a year in which Google's stock price had climbed 27 percent, its financial report Thursday indicated to investors that its performance had not matched their expectations. — Google reported second-quarter results …
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Apple Acquires Local Data Outfit Locationary — Last September Grant Ritchie, CEO of crowdsourced location data company Locationary, penned an article for TechCrunch describing five challenges Apple faces as it builds out its new mapping service. Ten months later he's become part of the effort to overcome them.| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports fourth-quarter and full-year results — REDMOND, Wash. — July 18, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced quarterly revenue of $19.90 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $6.07 billion, $4.97 billion, and $0.59 per share.
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Huawei spies for China, says ex-CIA head — The former head of the US Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, Michael Hayden, believes Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei Technologies is a significant security threat to Australia and the US … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Huawei lashes out against ‘racist’ treatment and ‘defamation’ by governments — Huawei is going on the aggressive against politicians and critics, claiming that they've subjected the company to racist treatment and slander because of its Chinese heritage. Both the United States …
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Apple's Move Into TV Relies on Cooperation With Industry Leaders — When Apple wanted to revolutionize cellphones, it held hands with AT&T. The partners fought endlessly, but the public loved the finished product: the iPhone. — Now, as Apple tries to reimagine television …
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Apple's TV Deals, Like the Time Warner Cable Pact, Fail Its Ambitions — Apple (AAPL) has had grand dreams for its Apple TV, a Web-connected streaming receiver that first shipped six years ago. Customer dissatisfaction with rising cable costs offered the iPod and iPhone maker a chance …
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MIT Moves to Intervene in Release of Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File — Lawyers representing MIT are filing a motion to intervene in my FOIA lawsuit over thousands of pages of Secret Service documents about the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz. — Two weeks ago U.S. District Judge …
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Netflix presses ahead with HTML5, as free software activists call for boycott — Netflix is pushing ahead with efforts to get rid of Microsoft's Silverlight plugin and play video straight in the browser instead. The company first introduced HTML5-based video streaming on Google's Chromebooks … | Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote for iPhone and iPad Get Shortcuts, Related Notes and Skitch Support — For the latest Evernote for iPhone and iPad update (5.4), we're adding features that will help you rediscover your notes, jump to the content that's important to you, easily annotate just about anything in your account, and learn helpful tips.| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
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Apple, Samsung's latest phones face antitheft stress test — Apple and Samsung's latest phones and their antitheft technology are being tested by state and federal governments on Thursday. — Apple and Samsung's latest smartphones will face the scrutiny of state and federal prosecutors … | Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Gigya: Only 2 Percent Of Social Sharing Happens On Google+ — Despite a reportedly growing user base, Google+ isn't popular when it comes to sharing content on social networks. — A new report from Gigya says that only two percent of social sharing happened on Google+ in Q2 of this year (April-June 2013).| AppleInsider: |
Best Buy shaves $200 off 13-inch MacBook Pros in Back-to-School promotion, $300 for students — Big box electronics retailer Best Buy on Thursday cut the price of select 13-inch MacBook Pro models for its Back-to-School promotion, offering a savings of $300 for students and $200 for regular customers during the ten-day sale.| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Yelp To Acquire Online Reservation Service SeatMe For Up To $12.7M — Yelp has just announced that they've agreed to acquire SeatMe, the startup that set out to battle OpenTable in the restaurant reservation space. — No word yet on the acquisition price, though we're digging.
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VLC for iOS returns by July 19, re-written from the ground up and fully open-sourced (Update: It's here) — VideoLAN revealed some very exciting news today: VLC for iOS will be back in Apple's App Store by tomorrow (July 19). The company tells TNW the app will be available for free worldwide … | Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Nears Deals With 2 U.S. Agencies — Push Into Government Sector Is Gaining Traction — Samsung Electronics Co. is close to signing deals for its devices with two U.S. government agencies, according to people familiar with the matter, signs that the South Korean company's push …
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