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Netflix's Q2 Misses Due To Lower-Than-Expected Subscriber Adds, Earns 49 Cents Per Share On $1.07B In Revenue — Netflix just released its second-quarter earnings report, missing analyst expectations with lower-than-expected subscriber numbers. For the second quarter … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
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Exclusive: Yahoo Loses Its Media Head, as Mickie Rosen Ankles From Company — According to sources, Yahoo's media head Mickie Rosen is leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant. — Rosen, who reported to COO Henrique De Castro, is one of the highest-ranking execs to depart the company in recent months.| Casey Johnston / Ars Technica: |
Samsung to cut out Google middleman with own developers' conference — Samsung's own devcon will put the hardware manufacturer first. — Samsung plans to hold its first developers' conference this October in San Francisco, the company announced Monday morning.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
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Apple Tests Larger Screens for iPhones, iPads — Tests Suggest Apple Exploring More Ways to Draw Consumers — TAIPEI—Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company's suppliers say. — In recent months …
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| Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software: |
Victory Lap for Ask Patents — There are a lot of people complaining about lousy software patents these days. I say, stop complaining, and start killing them. It took me about fifteen minutes to stop a crappy Microsoft patent from being approved. Got fifteen minutes? You can do it too.| Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Google Now Serves 25 Percent of North American Internet Traffic — Everyone knows Google is big. But the truth is that it's huge. On an average day, Google accounts for about 25 percent of all consumer internet traffic running through North American ISPs.
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Analyst: New iPhones to be in short supply, no new iPad mini, Haswell iMacs/MacBook Pros in 2013 — Analyst Ming-Chi-Kuo, who has a fairly strong track record in predicting future Apple products (timing not withstanding), has issued a new report with claims for some of Apple's new products for the rest of 2013.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
HopStop for Windows Phone Scrapped Following Apple Deal — HopStop, the transit-navigation app that Apple recently acquired for an undisclosed sum, appears to have had its platform availability narrowed a bit since the deal closed. — Though it was available for Windows Phone as recently as last week …
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eBay Brings Same-Day Delivery Service eBay Now To Desktop, Prepares Regional Expansions — eBay Now, the same-day shipping service that first debuted for San Francisco residents nearly a year ago before further expansions into San Jose and New York, is preparing to broaden its service yet again …
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iPhone 5 accounts for half of Apple's smartphone sales, iPhone 4S takes 30% — More than half of all smartphones sold by Apple in June were the latest-generation iPhone 5, according to new data, while the iPhone 4S, first released in 2011, accounted for 30 percent of sales.| Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News: |
Verizon FiOS Rolls Out 500-Meg Internet Tier — Offers Range of Bundled Prices, As Well As a Stand-Alone Residential Tier That Runs $299.99 Per Month — Verizon Communications new fiber-fed Internet tier isn't offering Google Fiber-like speeds yet, but it's getting closer.
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Chill: Gmail's New Email Ads Aren't Actually New, And Aren't Even Real Emails — Only weeks after Google rolled out the revamped tabbed interface for Gmail, users began spotting a new ad format, which placed advertisements directly into the “Promotions” section of the inbox.
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The First Affordable Home Security System That Can Think For Itself — Canary, a new networked home security system, was posted on Indiegogo this morning. There are lots of similar inexpensive systems out there - most notably the Dropcam - but we're intrigued by the Canary because it's … | Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Intel heads off rivals with low-power server chip — SAN FRANCISCO — Chipmaker Intel (INTC) said it is planning to launch a low-power version of its brawny server processors, potentially heading off competitors hoping to expand into the data center with energy efficient-chips based on smartphone technology.
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Finland Writes History With Crowdsourced Copyright Law — Since last year the Finnish public has had the option of suggesting the kind of laws they want to be governed under. — A recent modification of the national Constitution allows citizens to make legislative proposals for Parliament to vote on …
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Researcher Reported iAd Workbench Hole Before Apple's Dev Center Went Dark, Here's What He Found — Apple's developer site went dark unexpectedly last Thursday and remained dark straight through the weekend. The company revealed yesterday that it was because an “intruder” … | David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Game on! Canonical wants to crowdfund $32M in a month to make Ubuntu Edge — The Ubuntu firm must now find 40,000 people who are willing to pony up at least $600 up-front for a handset running an as-yet-unproven mobile operating system. Then again, the specs are outrageous...
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| Rob Williams / HotHardware: |
MIT Researchers Develop Computer-Generated TCP for Network Connections That are Twice as Fast — Thanks to the efforts of some MIT researchers, our use of the Transmission Control Protocol could soon experience a nice upgrade. Since its introduction decades ago, TCP has become an integral part …
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Leap Motion controller review — When the Leap Motion controller was revealed to the world, it brought with it the promise of a new and unique computer user experience. And, ever since we first got to see what the Leap Motion controller could do — grant folks the ability to interact …
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Yahoo Buys 40M Shares From Third Point ($1.2B In Value) As Loeb, Wilson And Wolf Resign From Board — Looks like Yahoo is trying to take control of its own destiny once again. The company today announced that it would repurchase 40 million shares owned by Third Point LLC at a price of $29.11 per share … Sponsor Posts
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