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August 23, 2012, 9:10 PM

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:
Facebook for iOS goes native, waves goodbye to HTML 5  —  Facebook today announced the culmination of more than six months of work, a native version of the Facebook app for iOS that's twice as fast.  “Up until now we've looked at scale,” iOS Product Manager Mick Johnson says …
Janet I. Tu / Seattle Times:
Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987  —  A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years.  —  For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo.  —  Microsoft, which has used its solid …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple vs. Samsung: inside a jury's nightmare  —  Will nine strangers be able to decide the tech trial of the decade?  —  By Nilay Patel, Matt Macari, and Bryan Bishop  —  After weeks of trial and impassioned closing arguments from both sides, the historic Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit is now in the hands of the jury.
More: Bloomberg and ComputerworldThanks:@max8378
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Apple v. Samsung: When will the jury deliver a verdict?  —  Legal experts speculate about what's going on right now in that jury room  —  FORTUNE — I've served my share of jury duty on cases ranging from personal injury to homicide, but I've never sat on a case as long or complicated as Apple's …
More: CNETThanks:@philiped
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
FCC approves Verizon's controversial spectrum purchase from cable companies  —  Following the Department of Justice's lead last week, the FCC has now approved Verizon's acquisition of a large swath of AWS spectrum from a consortium of cable companies operating as SpectrumCo that includes Comcast and Time Warner.
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Amazon to hold press conference on September 6th in Santa Monica, Kindle Fire 2 or Phone are our bets  —  TNW has just been invited to an Amazon press conference for September 6th, although we're not sure what it's all about.  We'll be there though.  —  Could it be the new Kindle Fire?
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia set to unveil ‘Arrow’ and ‘Phi’ Windows Phone 8 handsets with AT&T as main carrier  —  Nokia is planning to unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a joint event with Microsoft on September 5th.  Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on an …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Video Comparison of ‘iPhone 5’ Front Panel and Flex Cables to iPhone 4S Parts [iOS Blog]  —  Repair firm SmartPhone Medic has just posted a new video comparing several parts from the next-generation iPhone to their counterparts from the iPhone 4S.  —  The parts shown include the front panel …
John Cook / GeekWire:
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They're f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes  —  Dave McClure on his way to BC on “Geeks on a Train.”  Photo via Kyle Kesterson.  —  Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist.  He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor.
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
DOJ compares Apple and publishers to big oil in ebooks case  —  In its response to recent filings from Apple, publishers and booksellers on its proposed ebook settlement with three publishers, the Department of Justice addresses few specific complaints (PDF; full filing embedded below).
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
OnLive CEO stays on board to take the company ‘to a higher level’  —  OnLive has revealed to OnLive Fans that it will keep Steve Perlman as its CEO following the turmoil the company has seen over the past week.  Perlman's position was up in the air when the company shut down last week and laid off many of its staffers.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Facebook for Android app updated with messaging emoji, easy event creation and a bit more  —  If you were wondering what features would be on the way after Facebook ditched pre-Froyo Android support for its app your questions have been answered.  This revision lets users easily create events …
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more … Apple just released OSX 10.8.1 Mountain Lion via Software Update.  The delta update weighs a paltry 7.28MB on my Retina MacBook Pro, but your mileage may vary.
Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat:
Autodesk down 22% in after-hours trading on disastrous earnings  —  Design software firm Autodesk has lost 22 percent of its value in after-hours trading on the NASDAQ exchange after a particularly bad earnings report for its fiscal second quarter.  —  Autodesk is a leading maker of 3D design and engineering software.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
1DollarScan Integrates With Evernote To Add Your Scanned Books To Evernote's Data Store [Updated]  —  View Staff Page Follow me on twitter  —  Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London.  She comes from paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer …

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