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July 27, 2012, 1:25 PM

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Apple Buys Samsung's Android Security Partner AuthenTec For $356M — Amid fierce smartphone competition between Samsung and Apple that has spilled into a multinational patent battle, it looks like Apple may have opened yet another front on the M&A side: it is buying mobile security company AuthenTec …

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Why Apple wanted AuthenTec: Thwart Samsung, Android in BYOD — Summary: If Apple didn't buy AuthenTec, a cash strapped mobile security player, it's likely another rival would have. Apple's courtship of the enterprise via the bring your own device continues. — Larry Dignan — Follow @ldignan

More: 9to5Google, GigaOM, TheStreet.com, VentureBeat, PadGadget, TUAW, CNET, iLounge, NFC World, memeburn, iPhone, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneArena and Pulse2 Technology …

Nick Wingfield / NYT Bits:

Microsoft Admits Risk in Tablet Plans — Sometimes the only way to get a straight answer from a company on a thorny topic is through its government filings. — In an annual report that it submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft finally conceded something …

More: GeekWire, PC World, Business Insider, CNET, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily, Computerworld, AllThingsD, Gizmodo, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Mobile Magazine, WinBeta, ValueWalk, Pulse2 Technology …, ZDNet, blog.chron.com and Engadget. Tweets: @edbott

Mark Gillett / The Big Blog:

What Does Skype's Architecture Do? — In the last few days we have seen reports in the media we believe are inaccurate and could mislead the Skype community about our approach to user security and privacy. I want to clear this up. — At Skype, we continue to be humbled and grateful …

More: ZDNet, Betabeat, Inquirer, ValueWalk, CNET, ITProPortal, Telegraph, BBC, Stream, Softpedia News and SlashGear

Ed Bott / ZDNet:

Skype talks back to critics on security and privacy

Thanks:@edbott

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

UK Information Commissioner Slams Google For Failure To Provide Street View Data — Google has been in an ongoing war of words with The UK's Information Commissioner. If you remember, Google's street cars captured all sorts of information other than just pictures, like WiFi nodes and even IP traffic, when they drove around.

More: Ars Technica, DailyFinance.com, Reuters, The Next Web, ico.gov.uk, Inquirer, The Register and Out-Law News

Matt Warman / Telegraph:

Google: we failed to delete all Streetview data

More: The Verge, AllThingsD and BBC

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

OAuth 2.0 leader resigns, says standard is ‘bad’ — The standard grew too far away from its roots as a simple Web authentication technology, author Eran Hammer-Lahav says, and now is insecure and overly broad. — OAuth 2.0 author Eran Hammer-Lahav has declared the authentication standard a failure.

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Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:

Apple Working on Advanced Display for Future Video Glasses — Apple has been toying with a heads-up display or video glasses since 2006 and they've already been granted a patent for their invention. Then earlier this month Apple's video glasses project won a surprising second patent …

More: Gizmodo, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider and PhoneArena

Dan Levine / Reuters:

Apple U.S. margins for iPad roughly half of iPhone: court filing — (Reuters) - Apple Inc earned gross margins of 49 to 58 percent for U.S. iPhone sales between April 2010 and the end of March 2012, while gross margins on the iPad were much lower during much of that period, according to a court filing.

More: GigaOM, CNET, PhoneArena and iDownloadBlog.com

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Samsung, Apple Even At Odds Over Where they Will Sit at Trial — How deep do the disputes go between Apple and Samsung? — Well, the latest motion from Samsung concerns where each party will sit during the trial and how each will refer to the other. — Samsung takes issue with being called the …

More: VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Pulse2 Technology …, Bloomberg and PadGadget

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Documents show Samsung fixated on a ‘Beat Apple’ strategy, but did it cross the line?

More: AllThingsD

Bryan Bishop / The Verge:

The iPad that never was: kickstands, curves, and ‘highly confidential’ Apple prototypes revealed — We already got a look at some early iPhone designs inspired by Sony and the iPod, but court documents have revealed an assortment of different looks that were considered for Apple's various iOS products …

More: VentureBeat, PC World, iLounge, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, DVICE, Redmond Pie, Electricpig.co.uk, iPhone, Gotta Be Mobile, PadGadget, TUAW, BuzzFeed, MacRumors, SlashGear, digitaltrends.com, TechCrunch and Softpedia News

BuzzFeed:

The Original iPhone 4 Design Prototype From 2006

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John Ribeiro / Computerworld:

Samsung's Q2 smartphone shipments nearly twice those of Apple, say research firms — The smartphone market grew 32 percent year-over-year in the quarter to reach 146 million units, said Strategy Analytics — Samsung shipped nearly twice the number of smartphones as Apple during the second quarter …

Miyoung Kim / Reuters:

Samsung posts record $5.9 billion profit on smartphones

More: VentureBeat, BBC, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Android News, Rumours …, The Next Web, PhoneArena, ZDNet and TechCrunch

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:

The economics of Google Fiber and what it means for U.S. broadband — Google launched its fiber-to-the-home gigabit network Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. and it wants everyone to know that this network isn't a charity case. Several Google executives at the event were very clear …

More: Gizmodo, Techland, Pulse2 Technology …, Betabeat and Growthology. Tweets: @mattrosoff. See also Mediagazer

Facebook Investor Relations:

Facebook Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the second quarter, which ended June 30, 2012. — “Our goal is to help every person stay connected and every product they use be a great social experience,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.

More: Tech Trader Daily, Rob Hof's Blog, San Francisco Chronicle, TechSpot, Pulse2 Technology …, the Econsultancy blog, New York Times, fiercemobilecontent.com, Forbes, MarketWatch, CNET, VentureBeat, I4U News, Inquirer, Guardian and Business Insider. See also Mediagazer

Somini Sengupta / New York Times:

Facebook Reports a Loss, but Its Revenue Beats Expectations

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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Zuckerberg: It Wouldn't Make Sense For Us To Make A Phone

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Mobile Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web and TechCrunch. Thanks:@stevekovach

Zachary Lutz / Engadget:

NVIDIA throws support behind Miracast as wireless display standard — TI may have blazed the trail, but today NVIDIA has announced that it'll support Miracast as an integral part of its Tegra mobile platform. If you'll recall, Miracast is a creation of the Wi-Fi Alliance …

More: NVIDIA, PC World, dailywireless.org, TechSpot, Softpedia News, Android and Me, CNET, AnandTech and LAPTOP Magazine

Jeff Blagdon / The Verge:

Motorola Android devices banned in Germany for infringing Microsoft's FAT patent — A Mannheim Regional Court has ruled on Microsoft's FAT patent case against Motorola, granting Microsoft's request for a ban on relevant devices, according to Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents.

More: ZDNet, WMPoweruser, VentureBeat, The Next Web, FOSS Patents, Fast Company, SlashGear, ZDNet, Computerworld, Macgasm, TechnoBuffalo and Softpedia News

Chris Ziegler / The Verge:

MetaWatch introduces Strata smartwatch on Kickstarter: ‘iOS 6 made it possible’ — That changes with Strata, which MetaWatch is introducing today on Kickstarter. “We've been very, very reluctant since we officially became MetaWatch of entering the market until we felt like there was a …

More: GigaOM, Business Insider, TechPinions, Gotta Be Mobile and Kickstarter. Tweets: @gartenberg

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Amazon CFO 'doesn't see a way to do same-day delivery' — A few weeks ago, it seemed like Amazon might have cracked a solution to offering some customers same-day delivery, a service that could potentially devastate smaller competitors. However, Amazon's CFO Tom Szkutak refuted that thought process on today's Q2 earnings call.

More: AllThingsD and TechCrunch

Brad McCarty / The Next Web:

Amazon misses in Q2: $12.83 billion in revenue, up 29%, income down 96%

More: Daring Fireball, parislemon, paidContent and TechCrunch. See also Mediagazer

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