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August 25, 2012, 11:50 AM

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Tim Cook tells Apple employees that today's victory ‘is about values’ — Following Apple's big win in U.S. court today against Samsung, Apple CEO has sent a memo response to Apple corporate employees. The statement is reminiscent of Apple PR head Katie Cotton's statement from earlier today …

Howard Mintz / Mercury News:

Apple wins $1 billion victory over Samsung — In a verdict that would have warmed the heart of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, a federal jury on Friday handed Apple a resounding legal victory in its bitter patent war with Samsung, ordering the South Korean tech giant to pay more than $1 billion in damages for …

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New York Times:

A Verdict That Alters an Industry — The federal court jury's decision Friday in a smartphone patent lawsuit between Apple and Samsung is expected to alter the dynamics of the highly competitive mobile phone industry. — For Samsung, which lost on almost every count in the closely watched trial …

More: PC World and CNN

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Triple damages and injunctions: what comes next for Apple and Samsung — Apple has just mopped the floor with Samsung in an epic patent trial in which a jury issued a $1.05 billion verdict. Now, the fun really begins. In the next phase, Apple can ask the judge to triple the prize.

More: Associated Press

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Apple's $1B patent victory vs. Samsung: A win for Microsoft? — Apple came out on top this afternoon in its landmark patent battle with Samsung, as a jury in California awarded the iPhone maker more than $1 billion in damages — largely agreeing that many of Samsung's Android-based devices violate Apple's patents.

More: CNET, ZDNet, My Nokia Blog, AllThingsD, The Verge, LAPTOP Magazine, The Verge and Softpedia News

Miyoung Kim / Reuters:

Analysis: Sweeping Apple win, but Samsung set for bounce-back — (Reuters) - Defeat in a bitter patent wrangle with Apple Inc, its smartphone rival and biggest customer, will dent Samsung Electronics Co's $21 billion cash-pile, but could actually help cement its leadership in the global smartphone market.

More: GigaOM, Forbes, The Next Web, Guardian, SiliconANGLE and GigaOM

Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:

Apple Stock Reaches New All-Time High Following Verdict, Up 1.70% To $674.48 After Hours — Apple stock reached a new all-time high as it rose 1.79% to $675.11 in after-hours trading at the time of publication. The stock opened Friday morning at $659.51. — A few hours after the market closed …

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Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:

Apple Awarded $1.049 Billion In Damages As Jury Finds Samsung Infringed On Design And Software Patents

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Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Hearing for preliminary injunction in Apple vs. Samsung patent case to be held on September 20th

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Microsoft to OnLive employees: We won't buy ya, but we'll hire ya — In the wake of OnLive's collapse, recruiters are circling in on the 200 employees whose jobs were terminated. Microsoft in particular is going so far as to host an OnLive networking mixer at its Mountain View, Calif. …

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Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Facebook Messenger now shows you if friends are active, adds smileys, fixes — Following the release of Facebook's completely re-built (for speed) iPhone app, the company has released an update to its standalone Messenger app. The new update includes support for smiley and emoji graphics …

More: Softpedia News, AllFacebook and The Verge

Andrew Gill / WBEZ:

Empire State Building shooting leads to social media payday for one Instagrammer — As the world tries to figure out the motives of the Empire State Building shooter, one random Instagram photo provides a window into the dirty underbelly of photo licensing for wire services.

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Carriers Love BlackBerry 10, Says RIM — Research In Motion's new BlackBerry 10 operating system and the handsets on which it will run are still months away from shipping, but the company's leadership is already showing them off to their carrier partners. And it says responses so far have been quite positive.

More: Voice on the Web, MobileSyrup.com, IntoMobile, PhoneArena and eWeek. Tweets: @2bluesolutions

David Friend / Canadian Press:

RIM gives Canadian carriers a look at its new BlackBerrys

More: Neowin, PhoneArena, PC Magazine, TechnoBuffalo, FierceWireless, Techie Buzz, SiliconANGLE and Techland

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

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.

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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @rafe and @harrymccracken

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Evernote Declares A ‘Cease-Fire’ In Its War With Paper, Partners With Moleskine For Smart Notebooks

More: Evernote Blogcast, VentureBeat, The Verge, MacRumors, Market Wire, ReadWriteWeb, App Advice, 9to5Mac and Gizmodo

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