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Google Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results — Google today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. “Google had another strong quarter with $14.9 billion in revenue and great product progress,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google.
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Google Beats The Street In Q3 With $14.89B In Revenue, Net Income Of $2.97B, And EPS Of $10.74 — Google's Q3 2013 earnings report has just crossed the wires, and they're better than expected. The company reported that over the past three months, it generated $14.89 billion in consolidated revenue …
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Twitter Plans to Revamp Its Private Messaging Product — Twitter's entire premise is based on publicness. “Join the conversation in the global town square!” the company likes to say. — But, over the past year, Twitter has come around to seeing the value of being more discreet.
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Twitter users unable to send some URLs in direct messages; may be due to rise in DM spam — Twitter's Theoretically Temporary URL Messaging Ban Due To Massive Wave Of DM Spam — Late yesterday afternoon many Twitter users began to notice that they could no longer send Direct Messages containing URLs.| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Windows 8.1 now available! — Less than a year ago we were preparing to launch Windows 8, which introduced our vision of highly personalized mobile computing. And here we are today announcing the global availability of Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 demonstrates our commitment to continuously improving …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
AT&T Announces $5 Tablet Day Passes, Deal to Power Tesla's In-Car Wireless — While consumers are clearly buying tablets in droves, getting them to fork over to connect them to cellular networks has been another story. — Buyers have overwhelmingly chosen Wi-Fi-only models, and …
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Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (GT-I9505) receives official Android 4.3 update — Samsung promised at its Mobile UNPACKED Episode 2 event that it will start rolling out Galaxy S4 updates in October and we are very pleased that Samsung has kept their promise. As Samsung has just started rolling out Android 4.3 … | Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
First Magazine Advertisement for iPhone 5s Appears, Highlights Touch ID Sensor — Apple has started a new print advertising campaign for the iPhone 5s. The first spot, running on the back of this week's issue of The New Yorker, showcases the Touch ID-equipped home button of the new gold iPhone 5s.| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
China's Lenovo is considering buying Blackberry — Lenovo Group Ltd. is actively considering a bid for all of BlackBerry Ltd. , according to people familiar with the matter. — The Chinese personal-computer and smartphone maker has signed a “non-disclosure” agreement that enables it to look …
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Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption — A close look at Apple's iMessage system shows the company could easily intercept communications on the service despite its assurances to the contrary, researchers claimed Thursday at a security conference.
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Verizon scraps deal with cable for joint home, wireless services — Verizon confirmed on Thursday that its joint venture with the cable companies is no more. — Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo, speaking to investors on a conference call, briefly mentioned that the company had terminated … | Electronista: |
USPTO confirms all claims in key ‘Steve Jobs’ iPhone patent — Re-establishes foothold for Apple lawsuits — The US Patent and Trademark Office has finished a re-examination of Apple's so-called “Steve Jobs patent” and upheld all 20 claims as patentable, reports note.
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isoHunt to Shut Down as Part of Settlement With Studios — The website isoHunt will shut down as part of a settlement in a massive piracy suit filed by Hollywood studios, the MPAA said on Thursday. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian canceled a planned hearing after she was informed of the settlement.| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Ubuntu launches on mobile - but without some key elements — Thursday sees the release of Ubuntu “Saucy Salamander” 13.10, the first version of the Linux distribution to explicitly support smartphones and tablets, as well as desktop PCs and servers. There aren't any Ubuntu mobile devices on sale yet … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Brings Post/Comment Editing And Photo Comments To iOS To Catch Up With Web — Facebook's trying hard to be a mobile first company, but a lot of new features still come out on desktop first where it's easier to test. But today, the options to edit posts and comments after publishing …
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AOL dethrones Google at top of video-ad ranking — With CEO Tim Armstrong's biggest takeover — Adap.tv — in the fold, AOL edges ahead of Google in ComScore's listing of the biggest video-ad properties.—YouTube is still the king of Internet video, but AOL's takeover of Adap.tv last month is making it the richest in that kingdom.
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Behind the VC numbers: Higher prices, less control — Five unexpected venture capital deal trends. — FORTUNE — Venture capitalists invested $8.1 billion into 981 U.S.-based companies last quarter, according to PitchBook Data. That's basically flat from the prior quarter … | Bertel King, Jr / Android Police: |
Possible Press Images Of The TELUS Nexus 5 Have Appeared, Show New Camera Icon, Other Minor Tweaks — At this point, we've all seen leaked photos of the upcoming Nexus 5 and had a glimpse at what Android 4.4 “KitKat” may look like. Then we watched a video that put the two together.
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Acer intros the Iconia W4, its second 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet: brings improved screen for $330 (hands-on) — Once Intel shows off an unannounced tablet at one of its press events, the jig is up: the product may as well be official at that point. That's what happened with Acer's Iconia …
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