Yahoo just posted its earnings for the third quarter of 2012, with $1.217 billion in quarterly revenue and an operating profit of around $152 million.

Microsoft announced its earnings for Q3 2012 (Q1 FY2013). It generated $16.01 billion in quarterly revenue, operating income of $5.31 billion, and a net profit of $4.47 billion.

Google reported Q3 2012 earnings, with its revenues increased 45% year-over-year, to $14.10 billion. However, its net income dropped 20% due to Motorola.

Verizon has reported its earnings for Q3 2012 with total operating revenues increasing to $29 billion, and operating income for the quarter increasing to $5.5 billion.

Nokia has reported its earnings for the third quarter of 2012, with an operating loss of $754 million on net sales of $9.49 billion.

IBM reported its earnings for the third quarter of 2012 yesterday, with its net income growing to $3.8 billion, nearly flat year-over-year, and its revenues shrinking 5% to $24.7 billion.

Intel reported earnings for the third quarter of 2012, with revenue growth almost flat and profits improving marginally.

eBay reported its earnings for Q3 2012, with its revenue increasing 15% to $3.4 billion year-over-year.

Facebook has announced that it will be making its new mobile app install ad units available to all developers.

Microsoft has acquired MarketingPilot , which makes automated marketing solutions that could be integrated with its own offerings like Dynamics CRM.

Braintree, one of the most popular online payment gateways for the web and mobile, has raised $35 million in another round of funding.

Strategy Analytics announced today that we now have more than a billion smartphones in active use, and the smartphone penetration continues to grow at an increasing rate.

Twitter has acquired Cabana, a mobile app development platform, which specializes in making social apps for Facebook and Twitter.

Softbank will be acquiring roughly 70% of Sprint Nextel for $20.1 billion.

Amazon may be in the process of buying the smartphone and tablet chip business of Texas Instruments.