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Google Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results — Revenues of $17.7 billion and revenue growth of 11% year over year; constant currency revenue growth of 18% year over year — Strong performance of core search business, particularly mobile, complemented by growth in YouTube and Programmatic Advertising
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google beats estimates with Q2 net revenue of $14.35B; shares spike 8% after hours — Google Spikes 8% After Reporting Better-Than-Expected Q2 EPS Of $6.99 — Today following the bell, Google reported its second-quarter financial performance, including revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs …
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Ellen Pao reflects on being trolled, says balancing free expression with privacy is getting harder, especially with audience and revenue pressure — Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao: The trolls are winning the battle for the Internet — Ellen Pao resigned this month from her position as interim chief executive of Reddit.
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See also Mediagazer| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman proposes content policy similar to existing rules, with some vague wording; content violating “common sense of decency” to be hidden — New Reddit rules will crack down on some hate communities, leave others standing — Reddit's new CEO … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
As the Twitter Turns: Comms Head Gabriel Stricker Out in ‘Shift’ in Strategy — Gabriel Stricker, Twitter's longtime chief of communications, is leaving the company. — Unlike the recent departure of CEO Dick Costolo, the social communications company did not pretend this was not due …
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Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks with GSMA telecom association about standardized electronic SIM cards with support from AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, more — Apple, Samsung in talks with telecom groups to launch e-Sim card — Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks to join the rest … | Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook's Oculus buys Israel-based VR gesture-control company Pebbles for around $60M — Facebook to Pay About $60 Million for Gesture-Control Firm Pebbles — Facebook Inc. Thursday agreed to buy Israel-based gesture-control company Pebbles Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
eBay confirms agreement to sell eBay Enterprise to investment consortium for $925M — eBay has confirmed previous rumors that it's selling its enterprise services business, eBay Enterprise, for $925 million. — The unit specializes in developing and managing ecommerce sites for retailers …
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| Abhijeet M. / SamMobile: |
Sources: Samsung's Tizen-based Gear A smartwatch will feature a 1.2 GHz Exynos processor, Bluetooth 4.1, a digital crown, and more — Exclusive: Samsung Gear A (Orbis) specifications — With all the Galaxy Note 5 news flooding the internet of late, Samsung's upcoming smartwatch hasn't been in the limelight for some time now.| Google Online Security Blog: |
Chrome users will begin to see more Safe Browsing warnings as improvements to malware, phishing, and unwanted software detection roll out — More Visible Protection Against Unwanted Software — Last year, we announced our increased focus on unwanted software (UwS), and published our unwanted software policy.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Illicit sharing of HBO, Netflix, and other account passwords estimated to cost the VOD industry $500M+ in 2015 — Password Sharing: Are Netflix, HBO Missing $500 Million by Not Cracking Down? — Subscription VOD players, fighting for market share, aren't likely to crack down on cheaters
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
SoftBank Capital to Wind Down as Nikesh Arora Shifts Investing Strategy — Nikesh Arora is putting his stamp on SoftBank Corp. as its new president, and its venture arm is feeling the impact. — The Japanese investment giant, led by CEO Masayoshi Son, is winding down SoftBank Capital …
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| Scott Dance / Baltimore Sun: |
Groupon acquires Baltimore food delivery startup OrderUp — Deals website Groupon is acquiring Baltimore food delivery startup OrderUp for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced Thursday. Groupon officials said they were seeking access to OrderUp's customers, who have made more … Sponsor Posts
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