Facebook has acquired Acrylic, a Mac and iOS app development studio. Acrylic makes apps like Pulp, a news reader, and Wallet, a security app.

Google reported its earnings for Q2 2012, with its quarterly revenue growing to $12.2 billion and operating income increasing to nearly $3.2 billion.

Microsoft reported its earnings for Q4 FY2012 with revenues jumping to $18.06 billion, but also posted its first ever loss of $492 million due to a non-cash writedown related to aQuantive.

Nokia’s CEO has hinted that Nokia may be building the first Windows Phone 8 device, given its deep ties with Microsoft.

Nokia announced its earnings for Q2 2012, and it was pretty embarrassing. It posted an operating loss of around $1 billion on revenue of $9.3 billion.

Qualcomm reported its earnings for Q3 FY12 with revenues jumping 28% year-over-year to $4.63 billion and operating profit up 24% to $1.38 billion.

eBay reported its earnings for Q2 2012 with revenue growing to $3.4 billion, up 23% year-over-year. PayPal and Marketplaces both displayed impressive growth metrics.

Google has launched Gmail SMS in three African countries. The service enables users to access, receive and send email from their phones via SMS.

Intel reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2012 today, with revenue of $13.5 billion and operating profit of $3.8 billion. Earnings next year will be driven primarily by Windows 8.

Yahoo announced its earnings for Q2 2012, with gross revenue of $1.2 billion and an operating profit of $55 million. It’s in a pretty bad shape.

PayPal has acquired Card.io, a mobile payments startup which enables developers to read credit card information with a smartphone’s camera.

Google may be making a healthy profit on each Nexus 7 unit sold after all. It is most definitely not taking a hit, as the gross margins seem to be around 24% to 36%.

Facebook may be looking to roll out an online banking offering by tying up with banks to make the banking experience more social.

Samsung is reportedly working on a Windows RT tablet to take on the iPad and hedge its bets on the Android platform.

Amazon is expected to launch the Kindle Fire 2 in Q3 2012, with an improved display and better hardware than the Kindle Fire. It will compete with the Google Nexus 7 and the rumored Apple iPad Mini.