Status Update #15 – An Extended Plane of Touchness

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STORIES
Earnings Week Madness
To the surprise of no one, Apple makes a bunch of money, sells a bunch of products – 4:54
Apple says they could settle patent fights if people would “invent their own stuff” – 13:36
Samsung posts record profit, unseats Nokia as world’s top phone maker – 16:18
Depending on the analyst, Samsung sold more smartphones than Apple – 18:50
Sprint posts $863 million loss, remains upbeat, confirms unlimited data for future – 24:15
AT&T has $31 billion in revenue, 5.5 million smartphones sold – 33:04
Amazon beats Wall Street estimatesnow employs 65,00 people – 35:16
Google Drive Launches – 38:00
How it compared to the rest of the cloud
Other Headlines
Yahoo files counterclaim against Facebook, says patents are retaliatory – 45:55
The latest on CISPA – 47:37
FTC hires outside lawyers to apparently sue Google – 50:47
Microsoft research details Home Automatic OS – 53:58
Mobile News
comScore: Kindle Fire is 54% of Android tablets – 56:47
HTC and Facebook working on new Android smartphone for later this year – 1:00:18
Quad-core CPU confirmed for Samsung Galaxy S III – 1:03:09
Fadell: Apple considered physical keyboard for iPhone – 1:07:48
Follow-up: Cell phone subsidies by the numbers – 1:11:09
Huawei pumping money into R&D to create “disruptive” hardware – 1:20:09
Mobile Quick Hits – Report: Samsung gets next Nexus, EVO 4G LTE on May 18, Leaked photo of BlackBerry 10 – 1:22:51
Social Media News
Judge: Facebook likes are not protected by first amendment – 1:26:38
Are social networks eroding our social lives – 1:30:38
Facebook IPO could be delayed by a few weeks – 1:39:06
Facebook tests smaller version of trending articles in Newsfeed – 1:42:00
Quick Hits
TGI Friday’s app lets you view menu, tab, and pay for your order
2010 Android revenue numbers revealed
ITC Judge: iPhone and iPad infringe on single Motorola patent
App Drawer
Jared: LogosQuiz
Jacob: DirecTV (iOS | Android)

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