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Apple reported  earnings for first quarter of 2013, it posted a quarterly revenue of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, Apple earned $10.09 per share on the revenue of $43.60 billion versus $12.30 a share on $39.19 billion a year earlier. Apple sold 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter, compared with 35.1 million in the same period a year ago.Apple was sold 19.5 million iPads versus [...]

Wavii, the Seattle based startup which allows users find personalized feeds of the news, has been purchased by Google. TechCrunch is reporting that Google purchased Wavii for more than $30 million. Neither Google nor Wavii has confirmed or denied the news. “Wavii is kind of like having your own team of people whose only job is to work 24-7 to find the most relevant news, photos and videos about [...]

The twitter feed of news agency Associated Press (AP) was hacked, and “reported” that there was an explosion at The White House, injuring US President Barack Obama. The tweet came around 5 pm BST. The tweet was identified as fake as no other news agencies are reporting any situation at the White House. The false tweets had it repercussions, the US stock market briefly tanked. The Dow Jones [...]

Source : Twitter iPhone 4 owners who had not taken advantage of Apple’s free case offer for the ‘AntennaGate’ and filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, were promised $15 checks, instead. The US $15 “AntennaGate” settlement checks have started arriving for qualifying iPhone 4 users. The lawsuit was filed for “misrepresenting and concealing material information [...]

Geeksphone, a start-up phone manufacturer headquartered in Madrid, Spain who were the first company to sell Firefox OS based phones for sale ran out of stock in just few hours according to a report from TechCrunch. The phones named Keon and Peak were retailing for US $119 and $194 respectively. “Due to the great demand of our phones at shop.geeksphone.com, the shop is currently out of stock.” [...]

Google got a rap on its knuckle again for it’s Streetview violation, it was fined 145,000 euros  by The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information a German regulator for collecting wireless network data by its Street View cars. The Hamburg Commissioner called the company’s acts “one of the most serious cases of violation of data protection” in German history. Google’s [...]

Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended Google’s low tax payments in UK, claiming that Google operates within the law and is responsible for “billions of pounds” of spend in the country. Britian’s  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Google last December of “immorally” minimizing their tax bills. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed Google paid [...]

Google is testing waters to adding Google Now functionality to the Google home page according to Alex Chitu from the Google Operating System blog. Google Now is currently available for Android users and Google Glass users, “Google Now uses your location to show relevant information like weather, traffic conditions, and nearby places. Google can know your location based on your browser settings and [...]

A Malware  family called Badnews has been discovered by Lookout Security in Google Play developer accounts, Badnews avoided detection and made its way onto the Google Play store has been downloaded between 2-9 million times according to Lookout . Google was notified of the outbreak and all affected apps have been removed from the Android store. Lookout found 32 applications that contained code from [...]

Twitter introduced a new music discovery app called Twitter #music on Thursday. Twitter provided more information in a Blog Post.   “Today, we’re releasing Twitter #music, a new service that will change the way people find music, based on Twitter. It uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists. It also [...]