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August 6, 2013, 2:35 PM

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Nielsen Blesses Twitter's Tale With a New Study: Tweets Really Can Boost Ratings  —  All that Twittering about TV?  It really does boost TV ratings.  —  So says Nielsen, in a new study that Twitter executives, among others, will be delighted to see.  —  It's the first research …
Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget:
Samsung trademark filing for ‘Galaxy Gear’ hints at smartwatch  —  The evidence keeps piling up for a Samsung smartwatch that has yet to materialize.  Most recently, Dutch site Galaxy Club uncovered a US trademark filing for “Samsung Galaxy Gear” that was published at the end of July.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
FreedomPop offers 500MB of free LTE a month, upgrades to Sprint's faster 4G network  —  FreedomPop is a mobile network operator with a pretty crazy business model.  You buy the wireless hotspot or USB dongle, and they provide the internet for free: 500MB of free data every month, with no contracts, activation or cancellation fees.
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Amazon launches Amazon Art marketplace with over 40,000 fine artworks  —  Amazon has just announced the Amazon Art marketplace, giving users access to 40,000 pieces of fine art from over 150 dealers and galleries.  Over 4,500 artists will be represented at launch, making the site …
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Music publishers file copyright suit against big YouTube channel operator  —  A group of music publishers and songwriters have claimed in a copyright lawsuit that Fullscreen, which operates a network of popular YouTube channels, is including unlicensed music in its videos.
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
IBM Gets Allies to Chip Away at Intel  —  Google, Others Join Effort to Break Big Blue's Power Designs Out of a Niche  —  International Business Machines Corp. has enlisted Google Inc. and some other high-tech allies for a collective effort to catapult an IBM chip technology out of a shrinking niche.
More: GigaOM, ZDNet, TechEye, ZDNet and Ars TechnicaTweets: @whatthebit
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Will Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley Finally Get It Right?  —  It's 2 a.m. and Dennis Crowley is wired.  We've just left Foursquare's South by Southwest party at the Hype Hotel, a warehouse-size space in downtown Austin where nearly 1,000 revelers were drowning in deafening club music and Tito's Handmade Vodka.
Geppy Parziale / iNVASIVECODE:
Will a fingerprint sensor be Apple's next hit?  —  Some months ago, the press reported that AuthenTec was acquired by Apple.  In the last few weeks, rumors on a fingerprint sensor embedded in the next iPhone generation have been increasing in the media.  What would the fingerprint sensor be used for?
More: 9to5Google, 9to5Mac and iClarifiedTweets: @markgurmanThanks:@geppyp
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
TextNow launches IP-based mobile phone service starting at $19 per month  —  Some people are afraid of commitment, and that includes vowing to stick with a carrier for two years.  Thankfully, the list of choices keeps on growing for those who'd rather use contract-free devices …
More: VentureBeat and GigaOM

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