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Apple wins $1 billion victory over Samsung — In a verdict that would have warmed the heart of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a federal jury on Friday handed Apple a resounding legal victory in its bitter patent war with Samsung, ordering the South Korean tech giant to pay more than $1 billion in damages for …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook tells Apple employees that today's victory ‘is about values’ — Following Apple's big win in U.S. court today against Samsung, Apple CEO has sent a memo response to Apple corporate employees. The statement is reminiscent of Apple PR head Katie Cotton's statement from earlier today …
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A Verdict That Alters an Industry — The federal court jury's decision Friday in a smartphone patent lawsuit between Apple and Samsung is expected to alter the dynamics of the highly competitive mobile phone industry. — For Samsung, which lost on almost every count in the closely watched trial …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple and Samsung issue official statements on today's rulings — Following Apple's major win against Samsung in United States court regarding mobile device patents, both companies have issued statements. The first statement comes from Apple's PR head, Katie Cotton, who is grateful for the jury's time and effort.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Apple's $1B patent victory vs. Samsung: A win for Microsoft? — Apple came out on top this afternoon in its landmark patent battle with Samsung, as a jury in California awarded the iPhone maker more than $1 billion in damages — largely agreeing that many of Samsung's Android-based devices violate Apple's patents.
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
After meeting with Apple execs, analyst expects no television solution any time soon — The company's prospects for a near-term TV breakthrough appear to be bleak — FORTUNE — It's hard to know what to make of the signals coming out of the meetings with individual analysts Apple's (AAPL) executive staff has been holding lately.
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| Andrew Gill / WBEZ: |
Empire State Building shooting leads to social media payday for one Instagrammer — As the world tries to figure out the motives of the Empire State Building shooter, one random Instagram photo provides a window into the dirty underbelly of photo licensing for wire services.| BuzzFeed: |
How Child Porn And The Other Awfulest Things Ever Get Scrubbed From The Internet — Machines are long way from being able to automatically remove the most awful images mankind has to offer — child porn, beheadings, forced bestiality — from our favorite sites and social networks.| Nicholas C. Zakas / NCZOnline: |
The innovations of Internet Explorer — Long before Internet Explorer became the browser everyone loves to hate, it was the driving force of innovation on the Internet. Sometimes it's hard to remember all of the good that Internet Explorer did before Internet Explorer 6 became the scourge of web developers everywhere.
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Wall Street Journal offers free Wi-Fi in NYC and San Francisco — Newspapers have been trying all sorts of gimmicks, from paywall promos to “open houses,” to get readers to discover their websites. The latest by the Wall Street Journal is clever: thousands of free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout New York City and San Francisco.| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook Messenger now shows you if friends are active, adds smileys, fixes — Following the release of Facebook's completely re-built (for speed) iPhone app, the company has released an update to its standalone Messenger app. The new update includes support for smiley and emoji graphics …
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| Jim Tanous / The Mac Observer: |
MacBook Pro Mountain Lion Battery Life: 10.7 vs 10.8 vs 10.8.1 — TMO TALK (139) — Shortly after the launch of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, users of portable Macs began to report significant reductions in their battery life on Cupertino's latest cat. Reports varied, but independent testing showed …
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| Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Groupon senior sales executive leaving - memo — (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's Lee Brown, who oversees the daily deal company's national sales, has decided to leave, following other senior executives who left the company this year, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Evernote Announces Evernote Business With Company-Wide Sharing And Phone Support — Evernote CEO Phil Libin just announced a new product aimed at small- and medium-sized companies (or small- and medium-sized teams within large enterprises) — appropriately, it's called Evernote Business.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Carriers Love BlackBerry 10, Says RIM — Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 operating system and the handsets on which it will run are still months away from shipping, but the company's leadership is already showing them off to their carrier partners. And it says responses so far have been quite positive.| David Friend / Canadian Press: |
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