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Study: News Industry Turning Mobile

The news industry is struggling with a shift to mobile, getting scant revenues as more readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information, a research report showed Wednesday.

Those are among the findings of the latest Pew Research Center's "State of the News Media" report released Wednesday, highlighting an ongoing shift in the U.S. media industry landscape.

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State of the News Media in 2015: Facebook and Mobile Rule

A new report on the state of the media has some simple terms for how we learn about the world: mobile and social media.

More visitors to Yahoo, NBC and other top Internet sites are getting their news from mobile devices than from desktop computers, according to "State of the News Media 2015," published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center's Journalism Project. Pew also found that nearly half of Web users learn about politics and government from Facebook, roughly the same percentage as those who seek the news through local television and double those who visit Yahoo or Google News.

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Google Pairs with European Media to Boost Online Journalism

U.S. tech giant Google unveiled a 150 million euro ($163 million) project Tuesday with eight European publishers to support online journalism after being accused of anti-competitive behavior by EU regulators.

The online firm's Digital News Initiative is intended to "promote high quality journalism through technology and innovation," a top Google executive announced in London.

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Facebook Rolls out Video Calls on Messenger

Facebook on Monday began rolling out video calling on its Messenger mobile application, enabling face-to-face conversations among users of the app around the world.

With the new feature, users can add video to calls to another person with the same application.

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Apple Profit Soars on iPhone, China Sales

Apple on Monday reported a sharp rise in its quarterly profit, lifted by robust sales of its iPhones and a jump in revenue from China.

The California tech giant said profit rose 33 percent from a year ago to $13.6 billion, lifted by sales of 61 million iPhones in the first three months of the year.

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Yahoo Unveils New Online Video Series

U.S. Internet giant Yahoo said Monday it was expanding its online offerings, unveiling 18 new video series with which it hopes to attract a larger audience and advertisers.

Of these, 14 will be featured in Yahoo's digital magazines, which focus on beauty, show business and finance.

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'Call of Duty: Black Ops 3': 5 Ways it's Different

"Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" is enlisting a few new recruits.

The third installment in Treyarch's popular military shooter saga is adding the option to play cooperatively with other gamers in the plot-driven campaign. The developer is also ditching traditional avatar customization in its multiplayer mode, instead opting for players to pick among nine distinct characters, each with their own unique weapon and ability.

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Capgemini to Buy IGATE in $4 Billion U.S. Expansion Push

French IT services and consulting company Capgemini said Monday it was buying New Jersey-based IGATE for $4 billion (3.7 billion euros), boosting its U.S.-generated business to 30 percent of its total activity.

"IGATE is a leading company that perfectly fits our strategic ambition. It will give us a new status on the American market, and take further our industrialisation journey to offer ever more competitive services to our clients," said Capgemini president Paul Hermelin in a statement.

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'Map Spam' Puts Google in Awkward Place

Google was re-evaluating its user-edited online map system Friday after the latest embarrassing incident -- an image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo.

The image, part of a crowd-sourced edit on Google Maps, appeared briefly at a Pakistani location before it was removed by the online giant Friday.

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Amazon Cloud Services Drive 15% Jump in First QuarterSales

Amazon said Thursday that strong gains in its market-leading cloud computing services helped drive a 15 percent rise in total sales in the first quarter.

But the bottom line was red for the leading U.S. online retailer, with a loss of $57 million, compared to a net gain of $108 million a year ago, due to continued growth in operating overhead.

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