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July 24, 2013, 6:00 PM
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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Jeff Elder / The Technology Chronicles:
Twitter fakes real users' tweets to promote ad platform  —  What if one of the most powerful media companies in the world made words come out of its customers' mouths to promote its new ad platform?  —  Twitter posted on its blog today about a new, wider release of an integration the company is doing with TV commercials.
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 …
More: BGR
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.
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 …
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 …
More: Gizmodo.  Tweets: @csoghoian and @csoghoian
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” …
More: GeekWire

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John Koblin / New York Times:
Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is leaving the company; she joined Skydance as an adviser and became Paramount's direct-to-consumer chief last year

Tierney Sneed / CNN:
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