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Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2013. — “We've made good progress growing our community, deepening engagement and delivering strong financial results, especially on mobile …
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Tweets: @mikeisaac, @mattlynley, @jonerlichman, @alex and @nickbilton
| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Beats as Mobile Revenue Jumps to 41 Percent of Ads Business — Facebook's numbers are in, and they look good across the board — especially in mobile. — The social giant posted its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, reporting earnings per share of 13 cents on revenue of $1.81 billion.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Q2: Monthly Users Up 21% YOY To 1.15B, Dailies Up 27% To 699M, Mobile Monthlies Up 51% To 819M — In Q2 of 2013, Facebook grew to 1.15 billion monthly active users up from 1.11 billion at the end of Q1, 669 million daily active users from 665 million, and to 819 million mobile monthly active users from 751M.
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| Sundar Pichai / The Official Google Blog: |
From TVs to tablets: Everything you love, across all your screens — When I was growing up, my family had a single screen we huddled around every day: the television set in the living room. Nowadays, we “huddle” around multiple screens—laptops, smartphones and tablets …
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See also Mediagazer| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Google introduces Chromecast, a $35 HDMI streaming solution for televisions (video) — Google's Chromecast is Mountain View's next foray into the television market. In brief, it's a $35 HDMI dongle that mirrors content being played nearby on a tablet, smartphone or computer. Hrm, that sounds familiar.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Google Cast SDK For iOS, Android and Chrome, Lets Developers Stream Their Apps To Chromecast — Google launched its $35 Chromecast device today that allows users to stream their Chrome tabs and videos to their TVs from virtually every popular platform.
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| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Google announces thinner, lighter Nexus 7 with higher-res screen, arrives July 30th for $230 — When we reviewed the Nexus 7 last summer, we said it was the best tablet $200 could buy. A year later, that still might be true if it wasn't for the fact that there's a new Nexus 7 in town.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Android 4.3 announced, rolling out to Nexus devices today — Google's famously breakneck Android update pace may have slowed in recent times, but that's what makes point upgrades like today's newly revealed Android 4.3 all the more interesting. Shipping with the new Nexus 7 and retaining …
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| Dave Burke / Android Developers Blog: |
Android 4.3 and Updated Developer Tools — Today in San Francisco we announced Android 4.3, a sweeter version of Jelly Bean that includes great new features for users and developers. Android 4.3 powers the new Nexus 7 tablet that's coming soon to Google Play and retail outlets …
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| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
Xbox One retail consoles double as debug units, Microsoft to allow indie self-publishing — Microsoft's Xbox One is getting decidedly more indie-friendly with today's confirmation from Microsoft that its forthcoming game console will double as a developer debug unit.
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| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought — The NSA data center in Utah will be up and running by the end of September — For the last two months, we've been bombarded with stories about the information-collection practices … | Seth Fiegerman / Mashable: |
Chipotle Faked Its Twitter Hack — Chipotle appeared to be the latest brand to have its Twitter account hacked on Sunday when its main account, @ChipotleTweets, posted a series of confusing and seemingly random tweets over the course of an hour. Now, the company has come forward and admitted …
Tweets: @m4tt, @abohw, @gallagherbilly, @evelynrusli, @rubinafillion and @caseynewton
| Donna Cassata / Associated Press: |
House Rejects Effort To Cut Off NSA Program — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to continue the collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records in the fight against terrorism. The House rejected a measure to end the program's authority. The vote was 217-205 on Wednesday.
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| Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
Head of BlackBerry's PlayBook Tablet Is Leaving — David J. Smith Has Resigned as the Tablet Is No Longer Supported — A senior BlackBerry Ltd. executive who was in charge of the largely unsuccessful PlayBook tablet is leaving the company. — David J. Smith, an executive vice president …
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| Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Google will pay for free wireless in S.F. parks — Ali LeBel (foreground) adjusts her smart phone in Alamo Square Tuesday July 23, 2013, one of the locations where new wireless will be added. Google will pay to install wireless access in 31 San Francisco parks, a donation brokered … | Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
Google launches Android's answer to Apple's Game Center: The Google Play Games app — Following a slew of announcements, including a new Nexus 7, Google has announced the launch of Google Play Games, an app which highlights games and brings together your gamer friends.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple rolls out Developer Portal status page as it lines out how it will restore features — Following the attempted breach into Apple's iOS and Mac Developer Center, and its subsequent closing, Apple has posted an iCloud-like Status Page so developers can track Apple's work for re-implementing Developer Portal Features.Thanks:@markgurman
| Jeffrey Grubb / VentureBeat: |
EA made more money on Apple's App Store than through Origin — Updated at 2:40 p.m. — corrected inaccurate comparison to platforms. — The mobile-based future is here, and publisher Electronic Arts is reaping the rewards. EA reported today that it made more money through Apple's App Store than any other retail distributor.
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| Alistair Barr / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Zulily hires banks for possible IPO - sources — (Reuters) - Zulily hired investment banks in recent weeks to advise the fast-growing e-commerce company on a possible initial public offering, according to two people familiar with the situation. — Zulily, a “flash sales” …
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys — Whether the FBI or NSA have the legal authority to obtain the master keys that companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn't stopped the U.S. government from trying. — Large Internet companies have resisted …
Tweets: @csoghoian and @csoghoian
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Google hits 70M tablet activations, 1M apps in the Play Store — Live from Google's Android and Chrome event this morning, Google's Sundar Pichai just provided an update on some of the company's stats for tablet activations and Google Play content downloads.
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