Netflix reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2012, with revenue of $889 million and a net profit of around $6 million.

Google has outlined how exactly it valued Motorola when deciding to acquire it, by breaking down the $12.4 billion price tag into various components.

Foursquare has launched Promoted Updates, a new type of ad unit to monetize its hyperlocal user base and generate revenue from local businesses by guaranteeing footfalls. .

Here are some juicy tidbits that were revealed in Apple’s Q3 FY12 earnings call by its CEO and CFO.

Apple has posted its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2012, with quarterly revenue of $35 billion. It sold 26 million iPhones and 17 million iPads this quarter.

AT&T has reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2012, with its total operating revenue growing marginally to $31.5 billion, and its net profit increasing 8.4% to almost $4 billion.

Facebook has rolled out additional marketing tools for Pages on its platform. They include scheduled page posts, unpublished page posts and page admin permissions.

VMware has acquired Nicira, a software defined networking startup which specializes in open source software for virtualized networking, for $1.26 billion.

Apple will report Q3 FY12 earnings on July 24. While iPhone sales growth may have slowed down, iPad sales are supposed to drive revenue growth.

Scott Thompson, the ex-CEO of Yahoo!, has been appointed the CEO of ShopRunner, a service which offers free shipping and returns across a network of retailers.

Facebook will report its earnings for the second quarter of 2012 on July 26. This will be its first post-IPO earnings release.

Amazon may be planning to launch more than five different variants of the Kindle Fire 2, all with different display sizes, including a 10 inch model.

Nokia is apparently planning to enter partnerships with multiple European carriers for its upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets.

Beats Electronics has bought back nearly 25% of its total shares from HTC for around $150 million. It now owns 75% of the total shares, while HTC owns around 25%.

Kodak lost a patent case against Apple and Research in Motion, as the presiding judge ruled that the patent in question, related to previewing images with a digital camera, was invalid.