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August 28, 2012, 5:35 AM

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Matt Macari / The Verge:

Apple identifies which Samsung products it will try to ban in US — With the trial stage just completed Friday afternoon, Apple wasted no time identifying which Samsung products it will now seek to have banned in the US. Despite having received a finding of infringement from the jury …

Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:

Apple-Samsung jury foreman says evidence ‘spoke overwhelmingly’ — Velvin Hogan, foreman of the jury in the Apple-Samsung trial, gives an interview on Bloomberg TV. — Velvin Hogan, the jury foreman in the Apple-Samsung patent infringement case, has been making the media rounds following the jury's stunning verdict last week.

More: Bloomberg, Mashable!, VentureBeat and CNET. Tweets: @rakeshlobster

New York Times:

Samsung Case Puts Apple Closer to Google Fight

More: WSJ Blogs - WSJ, The Loop, Reuters and NYT Bits

Miyoung Kim / Reuters:

Analysis: Friend and foe; Samsung, Apple won't want to damage parts deal

More: The Atlantic Online, Mashable!, PadGadget and The Verge

Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:

Apple Seeks Ban On Samsung's Cellular Galaxy Tab Computer

More: CNET and The Register

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Twitter no longer displays what client tweet was posted with on web, emphasizing first-party apps — Twitter has removed the ability for users to determine exactly what client was used to post a message to its service from the web client. This was previously removed from its official iPhone client …

More: VentureBeat, memeburn, Mashable! and CNET

Tweets: @jsnell, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @fromedome, @kfury and @loic

Thanks:@matthewmspace

Paul Haddad / Tapbots:

Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go? — As some of you may have already noticed the download link for the Tweetbot for Mac alpha no longer works. Twitter's latest API Changes means now we have a large but finite limit on the number of user tokens we can get for Tweetbot for Mac.

More: PandoDaily, TechCrunch, The Verge, parislemon, VatorNews, Computerworld, MacRumors, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, AllTwitter, Pocket-lint and Marco.org

Tweets: @cdixon, @reneritchie and @theromit

Jaime Rivera / Pocketnow:

Exclusive: Meet The Future Sony VAIO Duo 11 — Say hello to our future little friend. With all the Windows 8 fever that's about to begin, we just came upon some details on a future Sony VAIO convertible tablet that'll definitely win some hearts for its beauty.

More: Good E-Reader, The Verge, TweakTown, SlashGear, CNET, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, WinBeta, Pocket-lint, eWeek, Liliputing, Engadget and Neowin

Brad Molen / Engadget:

Motorola RAZR M 4G LTE pics and specs revealed: 4.3-inch qHD display, ICS, 1.5GHz dual-core — We've been hearing about the Motorola XT907 — an LTE device bound for Verizon — for quite some time now, but we just got our hands on a full set of specs and even a few pics to go along with it.

More: The Verge, Android News, Rumours …, newlaunches.com, Pocket-lint, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Techie Buzz, MobileWhack.com, Android Community, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, AndroidGuys, Gadgetsteria and 9to5Google

Peter Farago / Flurry Blog:

iOS and Android Adoption Explodes Internationally — The rate of iOS and Android device adoption has surpassed that of any consumer technology in history. Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster than that of the 80s PC revolution …

More: PhoneArena, TUAW, CNET, AdExchanger, Web 2.0 Asia Blog, Android News, Rumours …, Redmond Pie, Mobile Marketing Watch, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Macgasm and VentureBeat

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

OnLive founder Steve Perlman is out: investor Gary Lauder assumes control — Last week, OnLive said that founder Steve Perlman would stay on as the new CEO, after the company underwent a painful insolvency that resulted in the dissolution of the original cloud gaming company. Not anymore.

More: CNET, Mercury News, The Next Web, GigaOM and TechCrunch

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene — Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are heading west. — The Winklevoss twins, the 31-year-old Harvard grads who are probably best known for their years-long legal fight with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook …

More: TMZ.com, CNET, Betabeat, AllFacebook, Business Insider and WebProNews

Lex Friedman / Macworld:

When using Apple Store's EasyPay isn't so easy — Student blames arrest on EasyPay mistake—how safe is Apple's checkout system? — Apple's EasyPay service promises Apple Store shoppers a fast way to conduct business at the company's retail outlets, letting them buy items without even talking to a store employee.

More: iPhone in Canada Blog and MacRumors. Tweets: @ifostore, @lexfri and @harrymccracken

Justin Rubio / The Verge:

New Nokia patent reveals possible ‘Lumia Arrow’ design — A recently granted design patent may have revealed one of the two handsets we expect to see from Nokia and Microsoft at their upcoming Windows Phone 8 event. Filed with the US Patent Office on August 21st, the drawings show …

More: Nokiapoweruser, WMPoweruser, Pocket-lint, PhoneArena, The Nokia Blog and Electronista

Roger Cheng / CNET:

Inside Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that's rattling nerves in DC — A Congressional committee wants to know if this telecommunications powerhouse is a national security threat. Why? CNET went to China to find out. — Huawei has a workforce with an average age of 27.

Thanks:@rogerwcheng

Carl Franzen / TPM IdeaLab:

Craigslist Quietly Begins Testing Maps — Craigslist has just gotten a major cartographic upgrade. The popular classified advertising website has quietly begun testing embedded maps on ads for housing in the San Francisco Bay and Portland, Oregon areas. — Craigslist's new housing ad maps use data …

More: CNET, Techie Buzz, Gizmodo, digitaltrends.com, The Verge and Betabeat

John Herrman / BuzzFeed:

Your Twitter Followers Aren't Fake, They're Just Shy — A handful of recent reports have shined light on Twitter's “fake follower” problem. But Twitter claims they're not really fake — and more importantly, not a problem. — For the first time in its short history …

Joseph Walker / Wall Street Journal:

Computer Programmers Learn Tough Lesson in Sharing — Workplace ‘Pairing’ Brings Tech Couples Close Together; ‘Just Grunt and Point’ — Virginia Woolf argued that a woman writer needs a room of her own. In Silicon Valley, some companies are questioning whether software programmers even need their own cubicles.

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:

Bluetooth gets physical with new fitness certifications — The Blutooth Special Internet Group has seen the coming quantified-self revolution and has released two new certifications aimed at devices that track running and cycling. The group, which certifies Bluetooth accessories …

More: The Verge and Engadget

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 specs allegedly leak in full — Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 phablet is believed to be only days from its official release, but a Korean newspaper claims to have jumped the gun on what, exactly, the stylus-toting handset will bring to the table.

More: Latinospost, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, BGR, AndroidGuys, Android News, Rumours …, CNET, Phones Review, WebProNews, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, CNET and The Verge

Sarah Silbert / Engadget:

Samsung unveils new Series 7 and Series 5 AIOs: Windows 8 and gesture recognition for $749 and up — Samsung teased a Series 7 all-in-one running Windows 8 — on a 10-point touch display — at Computex in June, and today the machine gets official with pricing and specs.

More: Associated Press, AllThingsD, CNET, The Verge and GSMArena Blog

Brad Molen / Engadget:

RadioShack No Contract Wireless rate plans leak, $60 will get you everything — We're just about a week out from the rumored launch of RadioShack's Cricket-based No Contract Wireless plans, and more details are beginning to trickle out about the prepaid service.

More: TechSpot, PhoneArena, IntoMobile, GadgeTell and PC Magazine

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

Apple promotes Mac software head Craig Federighi and hardware chief Dan Riccio to SVP, says Bob Mansfield to stay on — Apple has today announced that it is appointing Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio as Senior Vice Presidents. It also announced that the previously-thought-to-be-retiring Bob Mansfield …

More: Apple, PhoneArena, Softpedia News, Computerworld, SplatF, SlashGear, PC Magazine, MacDailyNews, MacStories, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Business Insider, MobileSyrup.com, Forbes, Current Editorials, Daring Fireball, iPhone in Canada Blog, GigaOM, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors and AllThingsD. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@thatdrew

Business Wire:

Kathy Savitt Joins Yahoo! as Chief Marketing Officer — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) announced today that Kathy Savitt is joining the company as chief marketing officer, responsible for all worldwide marketing and branding. Savitt will join the company on September 14 and will report directly to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer.

More: Marketing Pilgrim, VatorNews, CNET, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Xconomy, TechCrunch, Business Insider and Forbes

Tweets: @marissamayer, @tim and @jonerlichman

Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:

UPS Invests in Same-Day Delivery Service Shutl Ahead of U.S. Launch — London-based Shutl, which aims to build a fast delivery service, has received $2 million from one of the biggest logistics companies of them all: UPS. — UPS — Shutl says it plans to use the cash to expand its engineering team …

More: The Verge and VatorNews

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