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Janet Van Huysse / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter releases diversity report: global employees are 70% male; in US 59% white, 29% Asian — Building a Twitter we can be proud of — At Twitter, we have a goal to reach every person on the planet. We believe that goal is more attainable with a team that understands and represents different cultures and backgrounds.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Beats In Q2 With $2.91 Billion, In Revenue, 62% Of Ad Revenue From Mobile, 1.32B Users — Facebook's earnings beat projections for the 8th quarter straight with $2.91B in revenue and $0.42EPS in Q2 2014 . It now has 1.07 billion mobile monthly users, and 654million daily mobile users.

More: Inquirer, GeekWire, Wired, The Next Web, The Register, VatorNews, The Atlantic Online, The Technology Chronicles, Tech Trader Daily, Guardian and CNET. Tweets: @mg

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

30% of Facebook's 1.32B users are mobile-only; total mobile users grew 31% in a year to 1.07B

More: VentureBeat, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Fortune and CIO.com. Tweets: @benedictevans

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Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

American Users Spend An Average Of 40 Minutes Per Day On Facebook

More: VatorNews. Tweets: @stevesi

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

OS X Yosemite planned for late Oct. as Apple preps 4K desktop & 12-inch Retina MacBook — While iOS 8 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch is set for a September launch, Apple is planning to bring its next-generation Mac software, OS X Yosemite, into the wild a month later, in October, according to several sources.

More: LAPTOP Magazine, Softpedia News, Redmond Pie, Digital Trends, Business Insider, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, MacDailyNews, iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, Electronista, BGR, SlashGear, Gizmodo, App Advice and The Verge

Re/code:

Razer Integrates WeChat Into Its Nabu Wearable, Says It Should Hit U.S. for Under $100 — Hardware maker Razer said late Wednesday that it is adding support for WeChat into its forthcoming wearable device, the Nabu smartband. — In addition to getting notifications on the device …

More: The Next Web, iMore, Electronista, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, Wearables Arena and Forbes

Connie Loizos / StrictlyVC:

Sense, a New Sleep Tracker with a Kickstarter Campaign, Has Raised at Least $10.5 Million from Investors — James Proud, a former Thiel Fellow who sold his first company, is back with a new company and sleep-tracking product called Sense that's “part-Nest thermostat, part-Fitbit,” as Forbes describes it.

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @bryce, @sbyrnes and @rossrubin

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Sense sleep tracker uses two devices to analyze your room conditions and sleep patterns — Sense is a glowing sphere that watches over you while you sleep — This sleek sleep tracker analyzes your bedroom, and your sleep patterns — At age 19, Londoner James Proud decided to skip out on college and move to the States.

More: Softpedia News, BuzzFeed, Wearable World News, Laughing Squid, Forbes, Connectedly, Technology Personalized and Tom's Guide

Tweets: @hamburger, @hello, @om and @adamclarkestes

Thanks:@aurlibokovza

Ina Fried / Re/code:

LG Shipped 14.5 Million Smartphones in Q2, up 20 Percent, As Phone Business Turned a Profit — Korea's LG Electronics said on Wednesday that its mobile unit turned profitable in the second quarter as the company shipped a record 14.5 million smartphones, up 20 percent year-over-year.

More: LG Newsroom, Digital Trends, PC World, ABC News, CNET, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Wall Street Journal, Pocketnow, Reuters, Yonhap News, Engadget, Bloomberg, Android Central and The Next Web

Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:

HP Makes $50 Million Strategic Investment in Hortonworks — To the steadily growing list of big companies making strategic investments in the open source big data platform known as Hadoop, you can now add computing giant Hewlett-Packard. — Re/code has learned that HP today will announce …

Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:

European Central Bank suffers security breach, personal data stolen — Summary: The European Central Bank's website has been hacked and personal information has been stolen by a cybercriminal. — The European Central Bank (ECB) admitted Thursday that a security breach has led to the theft of personal data.

More: Guardian, ECB, Inquirer, ABC News and BBC

Josh Ong / The Next Web:

Google Maps challenges Foursquare with new Explore feature on Android and iOS — Google announced today the addition of an Explore Nearby button for Google Maps on iOS and Android. The featuring is rolling out “starting this week.” — The new feature expands the Google Maps as more than just your go-to app for directions.

More: Google LatLong, The Verge, Gizmodo UK, Mashable, Android Community, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, Droid Life and Android Police

Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Reddit Live is now official, lets anyone create their own breaking news live blog — Today, Reddit officially launched its own live-blogging platform. The company calls it Reddit Live and the feature has actually been in “semi-open beta” for a few months now - you may have stumbled across …

More: reddit, Softpedia News, VentureBeat and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

Jack Linshi / TIME:

Foursquare moving all check-ins to secondary app Swarm starting Thursday — You Can't Check-In on Foursquare's Main App Starting Tomorrow — You can check out Foursquare's new app starting in the next few weeks, but you can't check-in. — Foursquare said Wednesday that users …

More: Softpedia News, USA Today, bizjournals, Search Engine Land, Android Community, CNET, ReadWrite, TUAW, PC Magazine, iClarified, VentureBeat, Mashable, The Next Web, Android Central, Union Square Ventures and Gizmodo

Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Preview of Foursquare 8.0, the redesigned exploration app that launches in a few weeks

More: The Foursquare Blog, Medium, PandoDaily, GSMArena Blog, Softpedia News, Entrepreneur, iDownloadBlog.com, Tnooz, Laughing Squid, Gigaom, TechCrunch, Business Insider and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @dens, @nichcarlson and @samfbiddle

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple ‘tentatively’ plans mid-September iPhone event as iOS 8 nears completion — Apple is gearing up for its first major hardware and software launches of 2014. The Cupertino-based company is “tentatively” planning a keynote address in mid-September to announce the iPhone 6 and provide final details …

More: DigiTimes, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, IntoMobile, BGR, Softpedia News, Phones Review, Engadget, Gotta Be Mobile, Digital Trends, App Advice, Pocketnow and Tech Times

Kevin Rawlinson / BBC:

Music label sues YouTube star Michelle Phan for copyright infringement; one artist whose work was apparently infringed defends her — YouTube star Michelle Phan sued over copyright breach — A leading YouTube entrepreneur is facing legal action for alleged copyright infringement in her videos.

More: Techdirt, AndroidHeadlines.com and 9to5Google. Tweets: @mrragerx

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Samsung Backs GamePop As BlueStacks Adds $13M In New Funding — Samsung's venture arm has contributed to a round of funding that adds $13 million to the total raised by BlueStacks, the virtualization startup that debuted its GamePop platform earlier this year to offer over-the-top mobile gaming for living room and TVs.

More: Re/code, CNET, Mashable, Pocket Gamer.biz and VentureBeat. Thanks:@johnnotjon

Karen Freifeld / Reuters:

Seven arrests made in $1.6 million StubHub cyberfraud case — (Reuters) - Police have arrested seven people on charges they were tied to an international ring that defrauded eBay Inc's StubHub online ticketing service of some $1.6 million, the latest in a string of high-profile cybercrime busts in recent months.

More: manhattanda.org, VentureBeat, Krebs on Security, Reuters, BBC, Associated Press, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, Nextgov, SC Magazine, Press Association, Fox News, Computerworld, VatorNews, Daily Mail, Consumerist, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Beast

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple reportedly discussing mobile wallet plans with credit card companies, may launch with iPhone 6 — The Information has a new report out discussing Apple's progress on a mobile wallet payments service. The post echoes reporting by 9to5Mac earlier in the year.

More: The Information, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, Electronista, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, TechnoBuffalo, Patently Apple, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider and WebProNews. Tweets: @amir

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

LittleBits' new cloudBit device adds your dumb gadgets and household appliances to the Internet of Things — The magnetically connected littleBits electronics library got a new internet-connected addition. The new Internet of Things cloudBit module connects all your projects to internet-scripting service, IFTTT.

More: Engadget, Wired, TechCrunch, Wearables Arena, eWeek, Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, Gizmodo, Connectedly and blogs.ft.com

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Chernin and AT&T Set to Buy Control of Fullscreen YouTube Network — Fullscreen, the YouTube network that has been talking to prospective buyers for months, is ready to make a deal. Sources familiar with the company say it is finalizing a deal to sell a majority stake to Otter Media …

More: Tubefilter. Tweets: @pkafka. See also Mediagazer

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