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July 28, 2012, 1:30 AM

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New York Times:
Apple Officials Said to Consider Stake in Twitter  —  Apple, which has stumbled in its efforts to get into social media, has talked with Twitter in recent months about making a strategic investment in it, according to people briefed on the matter.  —  While Apple has been hugely successful …
Wall Street Journal:
Apple, Google Line Up to Bid for Kodak's Patents  —  Battle lines are forming in Eastman Kodak Co.'s patent sale ahead of Monday's initial bid deadline.  —  At least two groups are expected to bid on Kodak's trove of 1,100 patents, with a bevy of technology and patent heavyweights picking sides …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
RIAA: Online Music Piracy Pales In Comparison to Offline Swapping  —  In April, one of the RIAA's key employees informed a group of music industry insiders about the upcoming six-strikes anti-piracy scheme in the U.S. TorrentFreak received a copy of the presentation sheets which include …
More: Techdirt and Daily Dot
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy  —  “These illicit sites are among the culprits behind the music industry's more than 50 percent decline in revenues during the last decade, resulting in 15,000 layoffs and fewer resources to invest in new bands,” …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple's Mountain Lion Off to a Roaring Start  —  Thanks to its easy download and low price, Apple's Mountain Lion appears on pace to be one of the most quickly adopted operating systems in history.  —  After just its first 48 hours on the market, Apple's new Mountain Lion already accounts …
Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
Multiple Law Firms Are Now Investigating Zynga For Possible Stock Shenanigans  —  Bad news just got worse for the makers of FarmVille.  It looks like a whole lot of lawyers are about to pounce on one of gaming's biggest companies.  —  Following news that Zynga insiders sold large amounts …
Ryan Tate / Wired:
Facebook, Don't Sell Out Users for Wall Street  —  Facebook is in the Wall Street doghouse again.  Its shares fell this morning to their lowest levels yet, down more than 40 percent since their disorganized debut this past May.  Pressure is mounting on Facebook to push advertising ever more aggressively.
More: NYT Bits and Forbes
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Bitly is working on an “Internet attention ranking engine” called Realtime  —  Bitly, the company that basically ushered the world into short links on sites like Twitter, is playing around with a new service, launching it under its “Bitly Labs” umbrella.  —  It's called Realtime, and is available at http://www.rt.ly
More: The Verge, bitly blog and The Next WebThanks:@alex
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:
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Tech Firms Battle to Keep Secrets as Apple vs. Samsung Nears Trial  —  While the primary battle next week in a San Jose courtroom will be between Samsung and Apple, a secondary skirmish is also taking place.  —  Both Apple and Samsung — along with a variety of other tech companies including Intel …
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Pinwheel Becomes Findery After Court Injunction  —  What a difference a single letter can make.  —  Two start-ups have been caught in a legal battle over the name Pinweel and Pinwheel since late February.  The subtle difference: the letter “h.”  —  Pinweel, the one without the h, is a photo-sharing app co-founded by Richard Bulman.
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Brightcove revenue jumps by 41 percent; buys Zencoder  —  Summary: Second-quarter results look strong as did the first, but an acquisition could spell further success for the Boston-based cloud video platform provider.  —  Zack Whittaker  —  Follow @zackwhittaker

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