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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 …
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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 … | 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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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 — Summer Savings! Get unlimited digital access for 13 weeks for $13.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
HBO Now launches on Android phones and tablets and Amazon Fire as exclusivity with Apple ends; Chromecast and Fire TV support coming soon — HBO Now moves beyond Apple, arrives on Android and Amazon devices — Three months ago, HBO made its programming available to consumers without a cable subscription … Sponsor Posts
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