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July 26, 2013, 11:05 AM

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Google Has Shown Another Living Room Device  —  Google's home-entertainment experiments extend beyond the gadget the company announced Wednesday, which turns TV sets into an extra screen for watching Web videos and other content.  —  The Internet giant in January used the Consumer Electronics Show …
Brad Stone / Businessweek:
Jeff Bezos Doesn't Care What You Think About Amazon's Quarterly Earnings  —  If you are watching Amazon's quarterly earnings today, probing the numbers for signs of the online giant's continued vigor, feel free.  But honestly, Jeff Bezos doesn't care what you think.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
IDC: Apple, Samsung lose smartphone market share as Lenovo and others see greater growth  —  Apple and Samsung have both reported their financials for Q2 2013 so, as is customary, analyst firms are now putting out their estimates for the quarter.  IDC is out of the blocks …
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart selling the new Nexus 7 four days early  —  Having already launched its pre-orders ahead of the official Nexus 7 announcement, Best Buy is keeping up the habit of preempting Google by making the new Android slate available early.
Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
Google ends Chromecast-Netflix promotion ‘due to overwhelming demand’  —  Citing overwhelming demand, Google on Thursday said it has ended a Netflix promotion tied to its new Chromecast TV dongle.  —  The promotion gave users, new and existing, three free months of Netflix's video streaming service …
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Android 4.3 code reveals granular app controls and 4K support are coming soon  —  As developers get their hands on the latest version of Google's operating system, Android 4.3, we're discovering some hidden features of the platform that hint at what's to come.  Android Police reports on one such gem, “App Ops.”
Steven Musil / CNET:
Samsung posts record $8.5B profit as mobile business shrinks  —  Operating profit jumps 47 percent over a year ago, but profit from the South Korean electronics giant's mobile division declined 3.5 percent from the previous quarter.  —  Samsung lauded sales of its Galaxy S4 in the second quarter.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
T-Mobile goes $0 down for all devices, including iPhone 5 for $27/month  —  As part of its new un-carrier strategy, T-Mobile USA today announced that it will begin a new deal tomorrow: $0 down for all devices.  Now, eligible customers can receive a phone with no money down and pay for the device over 24 months.
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords  —  Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form.  —  The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet …
Miguel Helft / Fortune:
Laurene Powell Jobs backs ambitious media site  —  Ozy Media will create content for the so-called change generation.  —  FORTUNE — Laurene Powell Jobs, the intensely private widow of Steve Jobs, has teamed up with other Silicon Valley luminaries to back an ambitious new journalism site dubbed Ozy Media.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
No Dice: Zynga Decides to Abandon Real-Money Gaming Efforts in the U.S.  —  In its lackluster second-quarter report today, at the very bottom of its press release, Zynga made a very important strategic announcement, saying that it would not pursue real-money gaming in the U.S.
John Koetsier / VentureBeat:
Apple is America's computer, tablet, and smartphone brand of the year  —  It's been years since the company was Apple Computer Inc., but America still loves Apple.  —  Just not only for its computers anymore.  —  Apple has been declared America's computer brand of the year …

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