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Apple Reports Third Quarter Results — CUPERTINO, California—July 19, 2011—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended June 25, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $28.57 billion and record quarterly net profit of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share.
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Dan Frommer / SplatF:
Just like that, the iPad is already bigger than the Mac — It's only been a year and a few months since Apple's iPad launched, but as of last quarter, it has already passed Apple's 27-year-old Mac business in sales. — During the June quarter, Apple sold 9.2 million iPads for $6 billion in revenue.
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Examiner, App Advice, L.A. Times Tech Blog, The Business Insider, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, VG247, AllThingsD and @asymco
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Key Subtle Notes From Apple's Earnings Call — When Apple announces their earnings, they typically do so with much pomp and circumstance. You get a superlative-laden press release, which in recent years have been more than backed up by massive numbers. But it's the earnings call itself that is often even more interesting.
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CNET News, Daring Fireball, Macworld, SplatF and Computerworld
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Apple Q3 a blowout: 20.34 million iPhones; 9.25 million iPads — Apple crushed third quarter estimates as it sold more iPhones and iPads than Wall Street expected. — The company reported earnings of $7.31 billion, or $7.79 a share, on revenue of $28.57 billion.
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Jay Yarow / The Business Insider:
Apple Delivers A Massive Blow Out Thanks To Huge iPhone And iPad Sales
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AllThingsD, CNET News and Ars Technica
Nick Bilton / New York Times:
Internet Activist Charged in M.I.T. Data Theft — Aaron Swartz, a 24-year-old programmer and online political activist, was indicted Tuesday in Boston on charges that he stole over four million documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and JSTOR, an archive of scientific journals and academic papers.
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Morgan Callahan / Demand Progress Blog:
Federal Government Indicts Former Demand Progress Executive Director For Downloading Too Many Journal Articles — Cambridge, MA - Moments ago, Aaron Swartz, former executive director and founder of Demand Progress, was indicted by the US government. As best as we can tell …
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Jason Kottke / kottke.org:
Aaron Swartz indicted on charges of “wire fraud, computer fraud” etc.
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The United States Department of Justice:
Sixteen Individuals Arrested in the United States for Alleged Roles in Cyber Attacks … WASHINGTON - Fourteen individuals were arrested today by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal's website as part of an action claimed by the group “Anonymous …
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Hacker Arrests May Have Included Core Member Of LulzSec — The law enforcement crackdown on the hacker group Anonymous may have reached its most active sub-group: LulzSec. — According to a report from Fox News, the hacker who goes by the name “Tflow,” a core member of LulzSec, was arrested in South London Tuesday.
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New York Times, TPM Idea Lab, Fox News, Threat Level, The Next Web, Fox News and @kaepora
Jay Yarow / Money Game:
Some Of Apple's Board Started Looking For Steve Jobs' Replacement — Members of Apple's board started talking about CEO sucession plans with executive recruiters and “one head of a high-profile technology company” when Steve Jobs took his most recent leave of absence, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Directors Informally Exploring CEO Succession Possibilities, Jobs Calls Report ‘Hogwash’
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Mark Milian / CNN:
Google+ has a ‘celebrity acquisition plan’ — (CNN) — Google would like its new social network to be well-known in Hollywood circles. To that end, the Internet giant is drawing up a “celebrity acquisition plan” to help publicize Google+, its 3-week-old social network, according to Google e-mails reviewed by CNN.
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Matt Rosoff / The Business Insider:
LinkedIn CEO: Does Anybody Have The Free Time For Google+?
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft Is Said to Drop Out of Auction for Hulu Online Streaming Service — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is dropping out of the bidding for Hulu LLC, the online video service put up for sale by its media-company owners, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Punit Soni / Google+:
We discovered an issue with the version of the iPhone Google+ App that was on the App Store. When we launched, the App Store started serving a previous test version of the App which didn't have the stability and fixes that the latest version had. It started serving the correct version a little later.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Google+ iPhone App Now Live In The App Store (Screenshots)
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Don Butler / Thomvest:
If History is any Guide, You've Got Two Years — If you look to the past as a guide to the future, or if you believe in the cycles of history, then I think you have two years. Two years to get enough funding to last for some time beyond then. Or, two years to get either bought or go public …
Alyson Shontell / The Business Insider:
Mayor Bloomberg Reveals His Plan For New York To Overtake Silicon Valley — Today at Crain's New York Business Conference, Mayor Bloomberg announced his long-awaited Request for Proposals for a NYC engineering campus. — More than a dozen schools around the world expressed initial interest …
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Joel Falconer / The Next Web:
Google warns users of widespread Windows-only malware infection — Google is warning users who appear to be infected with a widespread malware infection when they use Google's search product, the company said today. — Google engineers noticed suspicious search data recently and worked …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Zillow Prices IPO At $20 Per Share, Now Valued At Nearly $540 Million — Real estate listings site Zillow has just priced its IPO at $20 per share, giving the company a $539 million valuation. Last week, the company upped the pricing of its IPO to $16 to $18 per share, from the initial range of $12 to $14 per share.
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Twitter's new plan: Commerce? — Twitter CEO Dick Costolo discusses the company's business model, the departure of its co-founders, and its future in advertising. — By Dan Primack, senior editor — Dick Costolo — FORTUNE —Almost from the moment the first 140 characters were tweeted …
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Bits, PE Hub Blog, Reuters and AllThingsD
Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Apple Confirms: OS X Lion Coming Tomorrow — At the Q3 2011 earnings call, Apple just confirmed OS X Lion is launching tomorrow. The OS will be available on the Mac App Store at $29.99. OS X Lion is a major upgrade to Apple's desktop operating system which introduces over 250 new user features …
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Vanessa Fox / Search Engine Land:
How Twitter's Technical Infrastructure Issues Are Impacting Google Search Results — In the last few days, several noticed that the Google Toolbar PageRank value for www.twitter.com had plummeted to 0 (it's now back to its previous 9). Was Google punishing Twitter for how things went …
