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August 3, 2012, 11:30 PM

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Top Apple Executive Saw Market for 7-Inch Tablet in 2011, Said Company Should Do One — Apple executive Eddy Cue sent an e-mail in January 2011 to CEO Tim Cook and others recommending that the company build its own 7-inch tablet. — “I believe there will be a 7-inch market and we should do one …

More: Examiner, The Next Web, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, Know Your Cell, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Business Insider, The Verge and iClarified. Tweets: @jonfortt

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.

More: Network World, The Next Web, CNET, The Verge, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Mashable!, Macgasm, SlashGear, Pocketnow, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, BGR, CNET, CNET, Examiner, App Advice, Macworld, everythingiCafe, ZDNet, FOSS Patents, TechCrunch, MacRumors and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @cdixon

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apple's Scott Forstall on How “Project Purple” Became the iPhone — Apple iOS head Scott Forstall testified on Friday that he had a really tough challenge as he tried in 2004 to assemble a team to build the iPhone, or “Project Purple” as it was known then. — Adam Tow / AllThingsD.com

More: CNET, AppleInsider, Business Insider, The Next Web, CNET, 9to5Mac and Gizmodo. Tweets: @asymco

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Phil Schiller on History of the iPhone, Advertising, and Market Research — Phil Schiller is currently on the witness stand in the trial of Apple versus Samsung, and Apple's marketing chief is offering a bit of insight into the history of the iPhone, making the argument that Apple revolutionized …

More: The Verge, The Verge, Ars Technica, TUAW, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, iDownloadBlog.com and 9to5Mac

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Here's Apple's e-mail thread about a 7-inch iPad

More: Gizmodo, 9to5Mac and The Verge

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.

More: TechCrunch and Business Insider. Tweets: @cdixon, @abrams and @shontelaylay

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 …

More: Engadget, PC Magazine, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, FierceWireless, The Next Web, VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Verge and Slashdot

Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:

Mountain Lion having mysterious effect on battery life for some users — A large number of Mac users are reporting that installing OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) is causing a major drop in battery life on MacBook Pros and Airs. Those users have been posting about battery life problems …

More: Computerworld, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, digitaltrends.com, Macworld, PC Magazine, Engadget, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, Business Insider and 9to5Mac

Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:

How Apple's new vector-based Maps leave Google Maps looking jittery — Apple isn't just declaring its independence from Google Maps with its new in-house backend for Maps in iOS 6. It has developed a superior way to deliver map data that relies on resolution independent vectors rather …

Tweets: @kevinmarks

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

Electronic Arts Sues Zynga for Copyright Infringement Over The Ville — After loudly complaining that Zynga had ripped off one of its biggest hits, Electronic Arts is taking its rival to court. — Filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Zynga, Electronic Arts charged today …

More: GeekWire, Mashable!, The Next Web, CNET, EA Games, VG247, The Next Web, CNNMoney.com, TUAW, Inside Social Games, VentureBeat, Forbes and Macworld

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Another Round Of Google Shutdowns: Google Apps For Teams, Google Listen & Google Video For Business — Google just announced yet another batch of services it plans to discontinue in the near future. Most of these are relatively obscure products that probably didn't have a large amount of traction.

More: Computerworld, The Verge, AllThingsD, Droid Life, PhoneArena and The Official Google Blog

Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat:

Dalton Caldwell's App.net, a social utopia, makes its alpha debut — A select bunch of social media idealists are now taking up residence at App.net, the would-be status update safe house for consumers running away from advertisers and developers seeking refuge from hostile platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

More: Forbes and Business Insider. Tweets: @daltonc and @daltonc

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