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July 24, 2012, 6:30 AM

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple, Samsung chiefs disagree on patent values - source  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook and top Samsung Electronic Co Ltd executives disagreed last week on the value of each other's patents at a settlement conference ahead of a high profile U.S. trial, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Josh Taylor / ZDNet:
Apple: Our 3G isn't Samsung's 3G  —  Summary: Apple has claimed that it isn't infringing on one of Samsung's patents, due to the way the 3G standard the patent relates to is being implemented.  —  Josh Taylor  —  Follow @joshgnosis  —  While Apple has admitted it uses a 3G standard …
Steven Levy / Wired:
Marissa Mayer Has a Secret Weapon  —  Everyone agrees that one of Marissa Mayer's most urgent tasks at Yahoo will be hiring great managers and product people.  Yahoo's talent pool has been reduced to puddles, as the best techies have gone elsewhere and promising newcomers have come down with colorblindness when it comes to purple.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Amazon's mobile ambitions grow  —  (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to expand its mobile platform and broaden its offering of devices beyond e-readers and the Kindle Fire tablet, analysts, developers and retail partners said ahead of results next week from the world's largest Internet retailer.
David Barnard / App Cubby Blog:
The Sparrow Problem  —  We've all read stories about and been enthralled by the idea of App Store millionaires.  As the story goes... individual app developers are making money hand over foot in the App Store!  And if you can just come up with a great app idea, you'll be a millionaire in no time!
Rene Ritchie / iMore:
Apple will provide an adapter for the new, smaller Dock connector set to debut with the iPhone 5  —  While this seems like this should go without saying, because of all the questions we've been getting, and posts we've been seeing, iMore reached out to the original sources that gave us …
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Hacker Will Expose Potential Security Flaw In Four Million Hotel Room Keycard Locks  —  Brocious demonstrating his unlocking tool on an Onity lock in a New York City hotel.  —  The next time you stay in a hotel room, run your fingers under the keycard lock outside your door.
More: The Verge and CNET
Killian Bell / Cult of Mac:
New In iOS 6: App Store Doesn't Require A Password To Download Free Apps  —  Shortly after iOS 6 beta 1 made its debut in early June, Cult of Mac reported that users are no longer required to enter their iTunes password when downloading updates or previous purchases from the App Store.
Ed Bott / ZDNet:
Why does the IT industry continue to listen to Gartner?  —  Summary: Another day, another provocative research report from Gartner, which has a long track record of spectacularly wrong predictions.  I've collected some of their greatest hits.  Er, misses.  —  Follow @edbott
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
August Capital Raising $550M For Sixth Venture Fund, “Sticking To What Works”  —  August Capital, the 17-year-old Sand Hill venture capital firm, is raising a new $550 million investment fund, according to documents filed this morning with the SEC.  —  August Partner Howard Hartenbaum …
More: VentureBeatThanks:@ryanlawler
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Google facing force of aggressive E.U. regulators  —  BRUSSELS — Europe may be a financial disaster and a faded military force, but in at least one arena it has emerged as champ: Regulators here are challenging the power of America's technology titans.  And they are winning.
Gina Smith / ReadWriteWeb:
Mark Zuckerberg Wins Approval For His First-Ever Patent Application - From 6 Years Ago  —  In the last few months, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took his company public, got married and scored a nearly $6 million home loan at just over 1%.  What could possibly top all that?
More: CNET
Vivek Wadhwa / Forbes:
The End of Chinese Manufacturing and Rebirth of U.S. Industry  —  There is great concern about China's real-estate and infrastructure bubbles.  But these are just short-term challenges that China may be able to spend its way out of.  The real threat to China's economy is bigger and longer term: its manufacturing bubble.
More: Slashdot
Jamillah Knowles / The Next Web:
Speak up: The EU Commission wants to know your thoughts on Net Neutrality  —  The European Commission has launched a public consultation seeking answers to questions on transparency, switching and certain aspects of internet traffic management, with a view to its commitment to preserve the open and neutral character of the Internet.
Noah Shachtman / Wired:
Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals  —  It's early February in Cancun, Mexico.  A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night's tequila and file into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton hotel.
More: The Verge
Claire Connelly / NEWS.com.au:
Anonymous hackers cripple Aussie government websites  —  INTERNATIONAL hacking group Anonymous has taken at least 10 Australian government websites offline in a series of escalating attacks over proposed changes to privacy laws.  —  The Australian arm of the group has warned it will continue the attacks on …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Referly Gets More Social, Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program  —  Some more developments for Referly, the Y-Combinator/500 Startups company co-founded by Twilio's ex-head of marketing, Danielle Morrill.  In what may be a hat-tip to the adept use of APIs at her former employer Twilio …
Greg Finn / Marketing Land:
New Social Discovery Engine ‘Bottlenose’ Aims To Take Over Real-Time Exploration  —  An im pressive new social discovery & monitoring tool, Bottlenose, launched a public beta today.  From real-time events, trending news and popular pictures, Bottlenose can help users connect with what's happening now.

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