After meeting with Apple execs, analyst expects no television solution any time soon  —  The company's prospects for a near-term TV breakthrough appear to be bleak  —  FORTUNE — It's hard to know what to make of the signals coming out of the meetings with individual analysts Apple's (AAPL) executive staff has been holding lately.

Court affirms $675,000 penalty in music-downloading case  —  Joel Tenenbaum, penalized $675,000 for illegally downloading 31 songs online, looks on as court upholds the size of the damages fee.  The fee had been lowered once; then reinstated.  —  A federal court in Massachusetts today upheld …

Evernote Announces Evernote Business With Company-Wide Sharing And Phone Support  —  Evernote CEO Phil Libin just announced a new product aimed at small- and medium-sized companies (or small- and medium-sized teams within large enterprises) — appropriately, it's called Evernote Business.

Microsoft Surface street art ad appears in New York  —  Microsoft's new Surface might not be launching until October 26th, but the company appears to be kicking off its marketing for the Windows RT-powered tablet a little early.  A building wall in New York City has been taken …

Apple, Samsung Must Stop Some Korea Sales In Patent Fight  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL), the maker of the iPhone, and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) infringed each other's patents for mobile devices and must stop selling some products in South Korea and pay damages, a Seoul court said.

Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2 - IDC  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc's share of China's smartphone market almost halved to 10 percent in the second quarter as buyers waited for the next iPhone model - expected later this year - or switched brands, data from industry research firm IDC showed on Friday.

MacBook Pro Mountain Lion Battery Life: 10.7 vs 10.8 vs 10.8.1  —  TMO TALK (139)  —  Shortly after the launch of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, users of portable Macs began to report significant reductions in their battery life on Cupertino's latest cat.  Reports varied, but independent testing showed …

Twitter Joining the Linux Foundation  —  The overwhelming majority of web-based services today rely on Linux.  More and more of these companies are joining the Linux Foundation, the “nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.”  The Linux Foundation provides a neutral ground …

This is the HTC ‘Proto’  —  The Proto that we told you about earlier this month is back — and this time, we've got pictures.  HTC has been nearly silent on the global phone scene since its big One series event at February's Mobile World Congress, and it stands to reason that the Proto might be a member of its next volley.

PC growth slowing, and Windows 8 won't fix that soon, says IDC  —  Can Windows 8 save the traditional PC and spur growth again?  Maybe — but it doesn't look like that's going to happen this year, a market-research firm suggests.  [Read more]

Another Piece In Twitter's Money Puzzle: Teaming Up With HootSuite To Cross-Sell Ads  —  When Twitter published its latest thinking on how its API would evolve, and what it wanted to leave behind, it noted one of the areas it wanted to emphasize more was enterprise.

Instagram Traffic Up 38 Percent In July, Tumblr Surpasses MySpace [ComScore]  —  Interest in Instagram rose significantly in July, enough to make it the top gaining web property in comScore's monthly tracking of traffic to U.S. websites.  —  ComScore's July 2012 Top 50 shows a 38 percent traffic gain …

Quick everyone, announce stuff before Apple does!  —  It's that season again.  The season when everyone rushes to announce products and ‘innovations’ before Apple drops their latest iPhone and iOS software on the market, obliterating alternative coverage for weeks.

Expanded deal brings hundreds of NBCUniversal TV episodes to Amazon Prime Instant Video  —  Internet giant Amazon this morning announced that it has reached an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution.  —  Under the terms of the deal …

Jim Dalrymple Hints at Two Separate Apple Media Events for New iPhone and iPad Mini  —  Renowned Apple journalist Jim Dalrymple — known for his “Yep” confirmations to Apple rumors — has posted a cryptic message suggesting that Apple will hold two separate media events this fall for the new iPhone and iPad mini.