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August 4, 2012, 10:00 AM

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Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Here's Apple's e-mail thread about a 7-inch iPad — Apple may not have a 7-inch version of the iPad available, but a newly unearthed piece of evidence in shows the company's top brass was into the idea. — Follow @Josh — Apple's current-sized iPad. — SAN JOSE, Calif. …

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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 …

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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

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

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Apple Loses Bid to Keep Customer Survey Secret

More: San Francisco Chronicle, CNET, The Next Web, Network World, Macgasm, VentureBeat, SlashGear, App Advice, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Mashable!, everythingiCafe, GeekWire, Macworld, Pocketnow, The Verge, BGR, CNET and Examiner. Tweets: @cdixon

Mat Honan / Emptyage:

Yes, I was hacked. Hard. — So maybe you saw my Twitter going nuts tonight. Or you saw Gizmodo's Twitter account blow up. Or you saw this in AllThingsD. Or this in the DailyDot. Although embarrassing, Twitter was the least of it. In short, someone gained entry to my iCloud account …

More: AllThingsD, Daily Dot, TUAW and Softpedia News

Emil Protalinski / ZDNet:

Gizmodo's Twitter account hacked — Summary: Gizmodo's Twitter account was hacked today. — Emil Protalinski — Follow @emilprotalinski — Gizmodo's Twitter account was hacked on Friday evening by a group calling itself Clan Vv3. The breach didn't last long, but it was enough …

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: The Official Google Blog, Android News, Rumours …, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, Neowin, Computerworld, The Verge and AllThingsD

Leo Kelion / BBC:

US resists control of internet passing to UN agency — The UN's Dr Toure says any change to governance of the internet must be supported by all countries — The US has confirmed it would resist efforts to put the internet under the control of the United Nations.

More: The Verge, US Department of State, Wired.co.uk, TechRadar.com, The Register, Mashable!, GamePolitics blogs, Hillicon Valley and Slashdot

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

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

iPhone 5 event rumors pump eBay smartphone trade-ins — The online sales site says that more people than usual are trading in their smartphones on rumors that Apple has a new iPhone just around the corner. — Follow @Josh — iPhone 4's lined up at an Apple store when the product launched in 2010.

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, WebProNews and Computerworld

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

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

Forty percent of eligible Kansas City homes qualify for Google Fiber in first week — Kansas Citians are hot for Google Fiber. Analysts say that more than 7,000 households have already pre-registered for the new broadband service and 40 percent of designated ‘fiberhoods’ have qualified to get the service.

More: The PhoneBoy Blog and SiliconANGLE

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