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August 3, 2012, 5:00 PM

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Apple Loses Bid to Keep Customer Survey Secret  —  The judge overseeing Apple's patent lawsuit against Samsung said Apple can't keep secret a marketing survey it took of its customers.  —  Apple argued that the survey's release would aid competitors as the data is not available elsewhere.
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Chris Dixon:
Ten million users is the new one million users  —  Entrepreneurs and investors have been enamored with consumer internet startups for the last few years.  But there are signs this is ending.  —  Some observations:  — Thousands of early-stage consumer web/mobile companies were started and funded in last 24 months.
Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August  —  (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is set to take the wraps off a sequel to its popular Galaxy Note smartphone at an event on August 29, about two weeks before the possible debut of Apple's new iPhone.  —  The two arch rivals are bracing …
Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Ending 2G Network by 2017  —  AT&T Inc. is shutting down its second-generation, or 2G, wireless networks by 2017 as it continues to upgrade its systems to faster technology and better use its limited airwaves.  —  The telecom giant said about 12% of its contract wireless customers …
Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits:
Prepaid Cellphones Are Cheaper.  Why Aren't They Popular?  —  Prepaid phone plans, where you pay the full price for a cellphone and then pay lower monthly rates without a contract, seem to offer what most budget-conscious people want.  So why haven't they really caught on?
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
CBS Loves Apple TV, in Theory  —  CBS boss Les Moonves gets asked a lot about his willingness to do business with Apple.  And his answer is always the same: “Sure!  As long as it's on our terms.”  —  Yesterday's earnings call was no exception.  Here's the full exchange between the CBS CEO …
Rachel Dodes / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Goes to the Movies  —  Hollywood is digging deep into new ways of using social media; the selling of ‘Ted’  —  The teddy bear's first tweet, from an account called @WhatTedSaid set up by the Universal Pictures marketing department, was “Hello, Twitter.  Kindly go f— yourself.”

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