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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Samsung shares down 7 percent after Apple patent verdict — The Korean electronics giant's stock experiences greatest one-day decline in four years after a jury in a closely-watched patent infringement trial awarded Apple more than $1 billion. — Shares of Samsung Electronics registered …
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Google responds to Apple v. Samsung verdict: most claims 'don't relate' to stock Android — In the wake of Friday's $1.049 billion jury verdict, Apple and Samsung quickly released statements to the press — but one company that remained conspicuously silent was Google.
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| Reuters: |
With Samsung win on Galaxy Tab, judge may reconsider U.S. ban — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's legal victory on Friday over Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd was crushing but for one key front in its global smartphone and tablet patent war: Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1.
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| Kim Yoo-chul / The Korea Times: |
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: IAC Has Bought About.com From The New York Times For $300M In Cash — Update: The news has now been confirmed. The $300 million acquisition price includes About.com, ConsumerSearch.com and CalorieCount.com and the deal will close in the next several weeks. Full release below.
| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Dropbox two-step verification security option to lock down your files available to test now — Everyone knows that your primary email account is the lynchpin of your digital security: if someone gains access to that it's likely you could face quite a bit of damage, not unlike what happened to Mat Honan earlier this month.
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digitaltrends.com, ZDNet, Digital Inspiration …, Mashable!, Gizmodo, iPhone in Canada Blog, VentureBeat, iMore, SlashGear, Business Insider, The Next Web, Techdows, BetaNews and Lifehacker. Tweets: @mattcutts
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves — TODD RUTHERFORD was 7 years old when he first understood the nature of supply and demand. He was with a bunch of other boys, one of whom showed off a copy of Playboy to giggles and intense interest.| Ben Sisario / Media Decoder: |
Pandora and Spotify Rake in the Money and Then Send It Off in Royalties — If you have read anything about digital music recently, you have probably encountered two names over and over: Spotify and Pandora. Both offer an abundance of free listening on easy-to-use interfaces, and music fans have embraced them.
Tweets: @brittneybean and @bwerde
| Cam Simpson / Business Week: |
The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone — On May 29, in the bottom of a tin-mining pit on Bangka Island in Indonesia, a wall about 16 feet high collapsed, sending a wave of earth crashing down on a 40-year-old father of two. His name was Rosnan. The dirt crushed his legs …
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| Michael Arrington / Uncrunched: |
Investors Don't Like Acqui-hires — Sarah Lacy wrote about acqui-hires this weekend on Pando Daily. She got some things wrong. — The main problem is her argument doesn't work on its face. The logic breaks. — She says that all the interested parties love acqui-hires …
| Barb Darrow / GigaOM: |
Surprise! VMware will join OpenStack — Just in time for VMworld, VMware is about to join the OpenStack Foundation as a Gold member, along with Intel and NEC, according to a post on the OpenStack Foundation Wiki. The applications for membership are on the agenda of the August 28 OpenStack Foundation meeting.Thanks:@gigabarb
| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Disruptions: At Box, a Fast-Moving Chief Immersed in the Cloud — LOS ALTOS, Calif. — It's about 20 minutes into my lunch interview with Aaron Levie, co-founder of Box, at the headquarters of the online data storage company, and he still doesn't have any food. — “Are you eating?”
Tweets: @msquinn
| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
LG's upcoming flagship phone will showcase new laminated 720p display, better battery — LG is confirming a number of rumors about its upcoming quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro-based smartphone, and from the sound of it, the device is pushing Android phone design ahead on a number of fronts.Sponsor Posts
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