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July 26, 2013, 12:40 PM

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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 …
Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Ballmer admits Microsoft built too many Surface RTs, disappointed with Windows sales  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that the company built too many Surface tablets, and it's not selling as many Windows devices as it wants.  During an internal town hall event earlier this week …
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.”
Jason Verge / Data Center Knowledge:
SolidFire Raises $31 Million, Says Its SSD is Now Cheaper Than Disk  —  SolidFire is on, er, fire this month.  It had a major customer win with Colt and now it tops the month off announcing that it has raised an additional $31 million in funding.  The company also unveiled the SF9010 a huge …
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.

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