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Reuters:
Judge rules Apple conspired to raise prices on e-books  —  (Reuters) - In a sweeping rejection of Apple Inc's strategy for selling electronic books on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that the company conspired with five major publishers to raise e-book prices.
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Moto X and the Droids of the future: what we know so far  —  Motorola tries to reinvent itself under Google's care with a new set of phones due this summer  —  The hopes of a reinvigorated Motorola are riding on a single much-rumored phone called the Moto X. CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed …
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Interview: T-Mobile's John Legere on iPhone Sales, the Carrier's Bold Upgrade Program, and Continuing to Shake Things Up  —  T-Mobile's biggest news on Wednesday is the introduction of a new program that will let customers upgrade their phones as often as twice a year.
Lauren Goode / AllThingsD:
Sony Xperia Z, Nokia Lumia 925 Come to T-Mobile as Carrier Expands LTE Network
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
PC Shipments Drop 11% in Q2, Say Gartner, IDC; Longest-Ever Period of Decline  —  Gartner this afternoon reports that worldwide personal computer shipments totaled 76 million in Q2, according to its preliminary estimate, an 11% drop from 85.32 million in the year-earlier period …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's U.S. PC shipments decline more than overall market if you don't count iPads but do count Windows tablets  —  Gartner is today out with a report detailing its estimates for Q2 2013 global and U.S. PC shipments.  Globally, the industry average for shipments is down 10.9%.
Brandon Bailey / Mercury News:
Exclusive: Yahoo seeks to reveal its fight against NSA Prism requests  —  SUNNYVALE — In a rare legal move, Yahoo (YHOO) is asking a secretive U.S. surveillance court to let the public see its arguments in a 2008 case that played an important role in persuading tech companies to cooperate …
More: Guardian, CNET and The Next Web.  Thanks:@mercbizbreak
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.
Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone Web usage  —  A study from StatCounter determines that Samsung devices outpaced Apple iPhones and iPod Touches in worldwide browsing in June.  —  Samsung surpassed Apple for mobile browsing usage in StatCounter's June 2013 statistics, which include pocket-sized devices, not tablets.
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.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Life360, The Family Locator With More Users Than Foursquare, Raises A $10 Million Series B  —  Life360, the mobile family locator utility whose recent claim to fame was outgrowing Foursquare in terms of its user base (the service now boasts over 40 million versus Foursquare's 30 million+) …
Andrew Chen:
Mobile traction is getting harder, not easier.  Here's why.  —  The “classic” growth formula for mobile is broken  —  Once upon a time, the formula for getting mobile traction was something like this:  — Build something insanely great  — Get Apple/Google to feature you, alongside a big PR launch!
More: The Verge

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Natalie Korach / Status:
Eight antitrust experts assess what Paramount's pause on WBD acquisition means, which side it benefits most, and where the merger is headed over the next year

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