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Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results — iPhone, Apple Watch & App Store Drive Revenue Growth of 22% — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit …
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European Parliament rejects amendments protecting net neutrality — The EU has rejected legal amendments that would firmly protect the concept of net neutrality in Europe. The European Parliament voted in favor of the new regulation which proponents says establish an internet …
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| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes — MEPs confused by false claims, tired of the arguments, keen to conclude the file. — The European Parliament has passed the flawed flawed compromise text on net neutrality without including any of the amendments that would have closed serious loopholes.
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in coming months — Google Brings Podcasting to Play Music, Swinging at Apple's Dominance — From their earliest days, podcasts were linked closely to Apple. Their very name came from an Apple product: iPod.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter reports 320M MAUs in Q3, an increase of just 4M, and EPS of $0.10 against $0.05 expected; stock down over 10% on lower revenue guidance — Twitter Stock Tanks on Stagnant User Growth, Lowered Expectations — Twitter's user growth has clearly started to slow down, and that continues to hurt the business.
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Twitter reports Q3 2015 results, revenue of $569M, up 58% year-over-year — Twitter Reports Third Quarter 2015 Results — SAN FRANCISCO, California - Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. • Q3 revenue of $569 million …
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google announces $220 ASUS OnHub router which lets you boost the Wi-Fi speed for a device with a wave of your hand; preorders start this week — Google's second OnHub router is built by ASUS, goes on sale this week — Google introduced its OnHub router this summer, promising … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Facebook will slow employees' Internet speeds on Tuesdays to help them better understand how their service is used in emerging markets like India — Facebook will give employees super slow Internet speeds every Tuesday to better understand markets like India
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Microsoft Executive Julie Larson-Green to Take Over Management of Office Apps — Microsoft plans to hand over the reins of Microsoft Office to longtime executive Julie Larson-Green, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. — Kirk Koenigsbauer, the corporate VP who had been leading … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Message Requests will replace Other Inbox for receiving messages from users outside your network of friends — Facebook Messenger Wants To BE Your Phone Number With New Message Requests — Phone numbers are dumb. Once someone has yours, you can't stop them from contacting you.
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| Lauren Pollock / Wall Street Journal: |
Cisco to Buy Network-Security Firm Lancope for $453 Million — Acquisition is the latest move by networking giant to boost its security business — Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy privately held network security company Lancope Inc. for about $453 million, the latest move by the networking giant to boost its security business.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2 — At long last, Apple is adding a way for people to pay for purchases on iTunes beyond credit or debit cards — a move that points to the company sharpening its focus on marketing the iPhone to a wider set of users.| Wired: |
Senate passes cybersecurity bill CISA by a vote of 74-21, remaining differences still to be resolved between House and Senate — CISA Security Bill Passes Senate With Privacy Flaws Unfixed — For months, privacy advocates have asked Congress to kill or reform the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act …
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Techdirt, TechCrunch, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ZDNet, Guardian, The Verge, RT, Newsweek, Motherboard, Sputnik International and Sputnik International. Tweets: @efflive
| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
IBM under SEC investigation for accounting practices; stock down more than 3% since news was announced — IBM Under SEC Investigation for Accounting Practices — IBM is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices, according to a regulatory filing.
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Verizon debuts the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 with a 5.4-inch “shatterproof” screen, 48-hour battery, available October 29, starting at $26/month for the 32GB model — Verizon unveils the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 with a 5.4-inch ‘shatterproof’ screen — Ready for another new Android phone this season?
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