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August 25, 2012, 12:45 AM

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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 …

More: ZDNet, CNET, PC World, Wired, MacRumors, TechCrunch, Guardian, GigaOM, ABCNEWS, eWeek, Inquirer, AllThingsD, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, TechSpot, TUAW, Gizmodo, BGR, Cult of Mac, TechnoBuffalo, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneArena, Mashable!, GigaOM, My Nokia Blog, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, AllThingsD, Marketing Land, Wired, iMore.com and The Verge

Tweets: @marklemley, @joshuatopolsky, @dannysullivan, @ahess247 and @ahess247

Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch:

Apple Awarded $1.049 Billion In Damages As Jury Finds Samsung Infringed On Design And Software Patents — The jury in the landmark Apple-Samsung trial ruled mostly in favor of Apple, including awarding Apple $1,049,343,540 in damages. Samsung, on the other hand, was granted a total of $0 in damages.

More: The Verge, The Verge, AllThingsD, The Verge, Ars Technica, GigaOM, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Liliputing and Mashable!. Tweets: @dannysullivan. Thanks:@alexia

Brad McCarty / The Next Web:

The Apple vs Samsung Verdict - Here's what it means for you — The end of an epic trial came today as the verdict came down in the case of Apple vs. Samsung. You can find a full run-down of the trial and all of the verdicts in our earlier coverage, but the question remains — What does it mean for consumers?

More: The Next Web, Mercury News, CNET, Guardian, Forbes, ZDNet, BGR, Macworld, Inside Mobile Apps, Engadget, Internet Evolution and AllThingsD

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 …

More: The Verge, MacRumors, The Verge, iMore.com, 9to5Google and IntoMobile. Thanks:@markgurman

Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:

Hearing for preliminary injunction in Apple vs. Samsung patent case to be held on September 20th — If you thought that the Apple vs. Samsung patent case was over after today's verdict, it's not. Apple asked for a preliminary injunction against Samsung, to stop them from selling the products that infringe on Apple's patents.

More: The Verge, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, PC Magazine, Examiner, CNET and Engadget

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple and Samsung issue official statements on today's rulings — Following Apple's major win against Samsung in United States court regarding mobile device patents, both companies have issued statements. The first statement comes from Apple's PR head, Katie Cotton, who is grateful for the jury's time and effort.

More: VentureBeat, CNET, AllThingsD, NYT Bits, MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Loop and iMore.com

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Apple's $1B patent victory vs. Samsung: A win for Microsoft?

More: Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, AllThingsD, The Verge, LAPTOP Magazine and CNET

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:

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.

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Wall Street Journal offers free Wi-Fi in NYC and San Francisco — Newspapers have been trying all sorts of gimmicks, from paywall promos to “open houses,” to get readers to discover their websites. The latest by the Wall Street Journal is clever: thousands of free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout New York City and San Francisco.

More: PC World, Engadget, Electronista, Betabeat, Mashable! and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

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.

More: PandoDaily, SiliconBeatSiliconBeat, Evernote Blogcast, CNET, PC World, VatorNews, Wired, Internet Evolution, Computerworld, Business Insider, Techland, LAPTOP Magazine, CITEworld, The Verge and VentureBeat

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

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

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

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.

More: Mashable! and BuzzFeed. See also Mediagazer

Jim Tanous / The Mac Observer:

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 …

More: Ars Technica, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Inquirer and AppleTell

Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters:

Exclusive: Groupon senior sales executive leaving - memo — (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's Lee Brown, who oversees the daily deal company's national sales, has decided to leave, following other senior executives who left the company this year, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday.

More: Business Insider

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Cleared Of Infringing Two Google Patents By ITC — Apple Inc. (AAPL) didn't infringe two patents owned by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit for wireless technologies used throughout the electronics industry, a U.S. trade agency said today in a decision that reduces the likelihood of an import ban on the iPhone.

More: AppleInsider, Android News, Rumours …, FOSS Patents, Tech Trader Daily and Engadget

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Guggenheim Architect To Design Facebook HQ's New 3,400-Employee Tree-Topped Engineering Building — Share price be damned, Facebook is expanding. It's just announced that Guggenheim Museum architect Frank Gehry will design a 3,400 employee engineering office connected to its Menlo Park Headquarters by an underground tunnel.

More: AllThingsD, Facebook, Los Angeles Times, Gizmodo, AllFacebook, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Digits, The Technology Chronicles and WebProNews

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: The Verge and AllFacebook

Scott Merrill / TechCrunch:

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 …

More: Engadget, InfoWorld, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Macgasm, WebProNews, eWeek, Ars Technica and internetnews.com

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: IntoMobile and eWeek. Tweets: @2bluesolutions

David Friend / Canadian Press:

RIM gives Canadian carriers a look at its new BlackBerrys

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

Donna Tam / CNET:

iPhone trails at No.7 in China's smartphone market, report says — The Chinese hold Apple's products in high regard, but the iPhone is too costly and isn't hooked into China Mobile's network, analysis firm IHS says. — Despite Apple's popularity in China, the iPhone is only No. 7 …

More: Macgasm, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, Inside Mobile Apps and AllThingsD

Lee Chyen Yee / Reuters:

Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2 - IDC

More: The Next Web, DailyTech, The Verge, Real Dan Lyons, InvestorPlace, CNET and ZDNet

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