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Apple refutes claim it cribbed notes from Sony, reveals prototype ‘Purple’ — When we last checked in on the Apple vs Samsung trial, filings revealed Samsung's aggressive plans to beat Apple, but also suggested a glimpse at Apple's Sony-inspired design process.
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| Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal: |
Google at Center of Samsung-Apple Phone Patent Trial — When Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. face off in a high-stakes patent trial Monday, there will be another elephant in the room: Google Inc. — Though the litigants are the two largest makers of smartphones …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
In Week Two, Marissa Mayer Googifies Yahoo: Free Food! Friday Afternoon All-Hands! New Work Spaces! Fab Swag! — Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer's second week is showing even more signs of what the company will be like under her regime. — In short: It will be just like Google from whence she came.
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| Dave McClure: |
Pink is the New Purple! Dear Marissa: Think Different. — I'd like to write a different Open Letter to Marissa Mayer, that plays to both her strengths, as well as those of Yahoo. It's a bit off the wall, but if you think it thru with me, I bet you'll agree with the strategy.| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple iPhone 5 and iPad mini event planned for September 12, iPhone 5 release date for September 21 — iMore has heard that Apple is planning to debut the new iPhone at a special event on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, with the release date to follow 9 days later on Friday, September 21.
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MacRumors, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, Gizmodo, CNET, Redmond Pie, IntoMobile, Gotta Be Mobile, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone, Edible Apple, MobileBurn.com, App Advice, Mashable!, parislemon, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, PhoneArena and iClarified. Thanks:@marvinvista
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung planning dual-core ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Marco’ Windows Phone 8 devices — Samsung has revealed at least two potential Windows Phone 8 devices in court documents this week. Submitted as part of the Apple vs Samsung trial, the documents show that Samsung is planning “Odyssey” and “Marco” Windows Phone 8 handsets.| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's radical new business plan is hidden in plain sight — Summary: Microsoft is reimagining its entire business model, and they've laid out the details for anyone to inspect. You just have to read between the boilerplate sections in the company's most recent 10-K. — Follow @edbott| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
New Windows 8-ready mice and keyboards from Microsoft Hardware — Today Microsoft Hardware is announcing new mice and keyboards that are designed to take advantage of Windows 8. These new mice and keyboards will help people interact with their Windows 8 PCs and devices. They will be perfect companions to Windows 8.
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| Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: |
Henry Blodget Pins Hope in Business Insider — On any given day, the website known as Business Insider is likely to lead off with a photograph of an attractive woman and followed by headlines about the end of the world and a slideshow featuring the latest iPhone rumors.| Reuters: |
Don't tweet if you want TV, London fans told — (Reuters) - Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage. — Commentators on Saturday's men's … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Music Labels Won't Share Pirate Bay Loot With Artists — February this year, Sweden's Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running criminal case against the founders of The Pirate Bay. — This meant that the previously determined sentences handed …
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Downloads of Apple's OS X Mountain Lion hit 3 million in 4 days — Apple has just announced that dowloads of its Mountain Lion operating system have hit three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Apple's history. … This is a developing story, more to follow
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Business Insider, MacRumors, CNET, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Business Wire, iDownloadBlog.com, MacStories, SlashGear and Cult of Mac
| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Surface to arrive with Windows 8 on 10/26, says Microsoft — Microsoft's Surface tablet will land on the same date as Windows 8. A lot is riding on Windows 8 and Surface, as Microsoft makes clear in its annual report. — Follow @mbrookec — Microsoft Surface: shown …
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