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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Judge says Apple conspired to raise prices on e-books — (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books, and said a trial for damages will follow. — The decision by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan …

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Apple guilty of ebook price fixing, rules federal court — Apple's Eddy Cue, right, was accused of leading the conspiracy to raise prices — After a trial and several settlements with other publishers, a federal judge has ruled that Apple conspired to raise the price of ebooks from major publishers …

More: InfoWorld, CNET and Insanely Great Mac. Tweets: @trixxy

Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:

Court rules Apple fixed ebook prices, led an illegal conspiracy — A federal court sided with the Justice Department in a closely-watched case involving Apple and publishers. — A federal court in New York has come hard on Apple in a closely watched case over ebook pricing.

More: Wall Street Journal

Google LatLong:

A new Google Maps app for smartphone and tablets — Today we're introducing a new Google Maps app for Android smartphones and tablets, also coming soon to iPhone and iPad. It's a new mapping experience that makes exploring the world and getting to the places that matter to you a lot faster and easier.

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

Google is retiring its Latitude location-sharing service on August 9th — As part of its announcement of the new-look Maps app for Android today, Google slipped in some other news. Latitude, the social location-sharing service that launched in February 2009, is to be retired on August 9th 2013.

More: CNET, The Verge, Google Operating System, Engadget, PhoneArena, Street Fight and SlashGear. Thanks:@psawers

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Revamped Google Maps for Android rolling out with new discovery, navigation tweaks — Google showed off its new maps UI for desktop and mobile back in May, and now the update is slowly rolling out for Android 4.0.3+ devices. At its event Google said this new version is bringing …

More: Android Police, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Verge, Google Operating System, Mobile Magazine, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Gearburn, Electronista, Lifehacker, BGR India and 9to5Google

Joseph Volpe / Engadget:

A clear look at LG's upcoming Optimus G2 (update 2: video) — There's still one month to go before LG officially unveils its Optimus G successor, but thanks to an anonymous tipster, we have a pretty clear idea of what it'll look like. Similar to the G2 leaks we've seen in the past …

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

The next iPhone's cool-factor: a slow-motion camera? — As the launch of the next iPhone approaches, rumor and speculation about what Apple's latest and greatest smartphone could bring to the highly-competitive mobile marketplace is increasing. Based on the latest chatter …

More: BGR, SiliconANGLE, Gotta Be Mobile, Forbes, App Advice, PetaPixel, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, CNET and TechCrunch

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Apple asks agency to halt iPhone and iPad ban set for August — A patent ruling that forbids Apple from importing older versions of the iPhone and iPad will soon take effect - Apple asked the ITC to take the unusual step of issuing a stay. — Less than four weeks before an import ban …

More: ZDNet, BGR, AppleInsider, Inquirer, iLounge, Phones Review, iDownloadBlog.com, PhoneArena, SlashGear, Electronista, The Next Web and CNET

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Following Poor Sales Of Its New Smartphones, BlackBerry Fires Its Head Of US Sales — BlackBerry quietly fired its head of US Sales, Richard Piasentin, last month. — The Wall Street Journal confirmed Piasentin's ouster following BlackBerry's shareholder's meeting yesterday.

More: Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, CNET, BGR, Digits, The Verge, Mashable and Electronista

Euan Rocha / Reuters:

CEO says BlackBerry open to licensing deals, other options

More: New York Times, Businessweek and BGR India

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iOS 7 Leverages Retina iPhone App Assets to Improve ‘2x’ Mode on Non-Retina iPads — One of the more subtle changes surfacing in Apple's iOS 7 beta 3 released to developers yesterday is a move to leverage the Retina assets included in iPhone-only apps to improve the viewing experience in …

More: SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, Touch Arcade, App Advice and iLounge

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Google Chromebook Under $300 Defies PC Market With Growth — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Chromebook was dismissed as a bare-bones laptop with limited appeal when it debuted two years ago. Now it's defying skeptics and gaining share as the rest of the personal-computer market shrinks.

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:

Movidius gets $16M for a chip that gives your device always-on vision — What if your cell phone camera was always on? If something like constantly capturing images didn't suck both battery and processing power on a mobile device? Augmented reality might become predictively responsive rather …

More: AllThingsD and VentureBeat

Christina Farr / VentureBeat:

Coursera nabs $43M to bring online education to emerging markets — Coursera today raised $43 million in funding, which it will use to market online education to millions of students globally. — In the new wave of education technology, online education providers like Coursera are generating a great deal of hype.

More: TechCrunch, AllThingsD, NYT Bits, Digits, Venture Capital Dispatch, The Next Web, GigaOM and I4U News

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Chrome 28 arrives with rich notifications for apps and extensions on Windows; Mac and Linux coming soon — Google today released Chrome version 28 for Windows and Mac. The new version features a notification center, although it's only available on Windows for now.

More: The H Open Source, Inquirer, Google Chrome Blog, ZDNet, Softpedia News, Google Chrome Releases, SitePoint, Techdows and I4U News. Thanks:@epro

Lauren Hockenson / GigaOM:

The Pirate Bay founder is raising money for spy-proof messaging app — Private messages really aren't so private, and Peter Sunde, co-founder and former spokesperson for BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay, isn't happy about it. So Sunde has worked with a small group of developers to raise money for a fully private messaging app.

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

YouTube Network Fullscreen Launches Platform To Help Creators Track And Grow Their Audiences — Some YouTube networks are designed to provide production help to their creators or connect them to others that they can collaborate with on videos. Then there's Fullscreen …

More: GigaOM, PandoDaily, Tubefilter, socalTECH.com and AdAge

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Microsoft gives Windows app developers 180 days to patch — or else — Failure to fix means Microsoft will give the app the hook, yanking it off the e-store — Microsoft today said it would give third-party app developers 180 days to clean up their security act — and patch serious vulnerabilities …

More: Microsoft Security …, Help Net Security, The H Security, TechNet Blogs, WindowsObserver.com and Softpedia News

Tweets: @theromit and @csoghoian

Robert McMillan / Wired:

How Dropbox Will Remake Itself (And Your Angry Birds) — Dropbox wants to be your always-on hard drive, whether you're using an iPad, an Android phone, or a PC. And if it's going to reach that lofty goal, it will need more than a little help from the world's software developers.

More: Yahoo!, TechCrunch, Internet Evolution and Dropbox developers blog. Tweets: @levie

Marcus Wohlsen / Wired:

Dropbox Blows Up the Box, Connecting Every App, File, and Device

More: The Dropbox Blog and Dropbox developers blog

Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:

Opera For Android Updated To v15 - Brings A New Version Of Chromium, Faster Startup, Video Downloads, And More — Opera has been a stalwart of the desktop browser wars for many years now. It was besting Microsoft back when it was a viable business model to sell desktop browser licenses for cash money.

More: CNET and Engadget

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