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Google Investor Relations:
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER 2008 RESULTS — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. — “Strong international growth as well as sustained traffic increases on Google's web properties propelled us to another strong quarter …
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PR Newswire:
Microsoft's Annual Revenue Reaches $60 Billion — Fastest annual revenue growth since 1999 fuels 32% increase in earnings per share. — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $15.84 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008, an 18% increase over the same period of the prior year.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Microsoft: FY Q4 Revs Solid At $15.84B; But EPS Misses By A Penny At 46 Cents; Q1 Outlook Also Slightly Light — Microsoft (MSFT) posted revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30 of $15.84 billion, with EPS of 46 cents a share. The Street had expected $15.65 billion and 47 cents.
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
PodTech purchased by ViewPartner for less than half a million, ending a bloody story — PodTech, a company that publishes online and downloadable videos about new technology, has been sold — for less than half a million dollars, I've learned — to ViewPartner, a communications technology company.
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
IBM: Big Blue beats expectations; raises full year guidance — updated: IBM, a bellweather that analysts have been watching as an indicator of the tech industry's economic health in the U.S., reported second quarter earnings of $2.8 billion, or $1.98 a share, an increase of 28 percent over the same quarter a year ago.
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Business Wire:
IBM Reports 2008 Second-Quarter Results — Diluted earnings of $1.98 per share, up 28 percent; up 32 percent without a prior-year gain from the sale of PSD; — Total Services signings of $14.7 billion, up 12 percent; $12.2 billion at constant currency, up 4 percent;
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Gmail and Google Calendar to Add Offline Support — It seems that this year Google's most popular web applications will work offline. After Google Reader and Google Docs, two other services will integrate with Gears. Andrew Fogg saw a preview of the integration at Google's offices and found …
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Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch Blog:
77.4% of Search Ads to Google in Q2 2008 — Efficient Frontier has released search advertising market data for the second quarter of 2008, and it showed Google growing 2% over Q2 2007. For every new dollar spent on search ads in 2008 over 2007, Google received $1.10, while Yahoo lost $0.09 and Microsoft lost $0.01.
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Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunchIT:
Apple Climbs To Third Place In US Desktop Market — Gartner and IDC have reported that Apple has climbed to third place in the US desktop market, with a market share of approximately 7.8 to 8.5%. Worldwide, Apple has yet to crack the top 5 spots, but in the USA Apple has finished almost tied …
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Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag:
Source: VC for Facebook widgetmakers is drying up — They can't say they didn't have it coming. But widgetmakers are angry all the same about Facebook's decision to clone Slide's Top Friends application as a feature in its latest redesign. “It would be insane for a new developer” …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Bold vs. iPhone 3G: yeah, we definitely went there — If there's ever been two devices so closely pitted against each other, it would be none other than the BlackBerry Bold and the iPhone 3G. Heck, people we're even putting the original iPhone against the Bold.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Will Mainstream Users Ever Learn About The Browser's Address Bar? — Traffic analytics company Hitwise released search market share numbers for dating websites in June today and two things were striking about the data. — Ad supported free site PlentyOfFish is trouncing everyone …
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Opera:
Mobile browsing gets a makeover — Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is released — Opera Software today released the much-anticipated, first public version of Opera Mobile 9.5 beta. A powerful foreshadowing of what is to come, this beta takes mobile browsing speed and features to a new level, complete with visual effects and a new look.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Channel Intelligence Sues Just About Everyone Who Offers Wishlists — Channel Intelligence, a company based in Florida, filed a lawsuit for patent infringement in Delaware on Tuesday against a long list of startups and other companies and individuals who have one thing in common …
Josh Siegel / Google Mobile Blog:
Rate and Review Businesses from Your Phone — Last Saturday I had dinner at a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco's Richmond District. While it didn't look like much from the outside, the inside displayed a variety of Southeast Asian antiques and the walls were adorned with tapestries and bamboo.
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
The Story of the Fail Whale — How An Unknown Artist's Work Became a Social Media Brand Thanks To the Power of Community — Twitter users are very familiar with the iconic image of the Fail Whale. This social object has been latched onto by Twitter fans not just as a representation …
