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July 29, 2013, 3:35 PM

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Wall Street Journal:

Worker Group Alleges Abuses at Apple Supplier in China — China Labor Watch Alleges Safety and Pay Issues at Pegatron Plants — BEIJING—A new report from a Chinese workers-rights group alleges labor abuses at a major Apple Inc. contractor the company has been using more as it shifts some work from longtime supplier Foxconn.

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:

Low-cost iPhone seemingly confirmed as plastic-bodied and not yet in mass production from Pegatron working conditions report — The report on working conditions at Chinese iPhone manufacturer Pegatron appears to confirm that the low-cost iPhone does indeed exist, is plastic and is not yet in mass production.

More: Business Insider, Computerworld, MacRumors, Mercury News, Guardian, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, PadGadget, INHABITAT, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Mobile Magazine, MacDailyNews, Electronista, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog and NBC Bay Area. Tweets: @fmanjoo

Josh Chin / China Real Time Report:

Apple's Response to Latest Supplier Labor Abuse Allegations … New York-based nonprofit China Labor Watch on Monday released a report alleging labor abuses — including environmental and safety violations, withholding of worker pay and poor living conditions — at Taiwanese Apple Inc. contractor Pegatron.

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New iPhone with biometric fingerprint sensor seemingly confirmed by iOS leak — Looks like the rumors are true: iOS 7 beta 4 has leaked a new folder called “BiometricKitUI.” Based on the description, sent to us by Hamza Sood, it seems pretty clear that Apple is preparing a new iPhone with a fingerprint sensor.

More: 9to5Mac, App Advice, Gizmodo, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Business Insider, CNET, BGR, Engadget, AppleInsider, iLounge, Digital Trends, Pocketnow, BGR India, App Advice, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, GeekSays, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, Gotta Be Mobile and iClarified

Tweets: @hamzasood, @evelynrusli, @markgurman and @panzer

Thanks:@iapposx

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Says SVP Bob Mansfield “No Longer” on Executive Team, but Gives No Explanation as to Why … Early Sunday afternoon, Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president of technologies, disappeared from the company's Web site, his biography removed from its executive profiles page without explanation.

Poornima Gupta / @poornimagupta:

Apple says Bob Mansfield is no longer on Apple's exec team but will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to Cook. $AAPL

More: 9to5Mac, Examiner, AppleTell, InvestorPlace and TechCrunch

Wall Street Journal:

Patent War Adds Front in U.S. — Obama Administration Faces Veto Decision on Ruling in Apple-Samsung Fight — By - BRENT KENDALL And - IAN SHERR - — Smartphone rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have dueled over patents in courts around the globe.

More: BGR, AppleInsider, MacRumors, The Verge, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, FierceMobileIT News, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Electronista and App Advice. Tweets: @brkend

BBC:

Microsoft's Bing introduces child abuse search pop-ups — Microsoft's Bing search engine has become the first to introduce pop-up warnings for people in the UK who seek out online images of child abuse. — The notification will tell them the content is illegal and provide details of a counselling service.

More: GeekWire, Search Engine Land, Inquirer, Sky News, Windows Phone Central, The Register and Daily Mail

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia's new Bluetooth ‘Treasure Tag’ will prevent you from ever losing your keys again — Nokia is preparing to launch a proximity sensor accessory for its range of Lumia Windows Phones. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the Finnish smartphone maker will debut a …

More: CNET, Betabeat, GigaOM, BGR India, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com, WMPoweruser, dailywireless.org, Windows Phone Central and Pocketnow

John Ribeiro / PC World:

US patent office rejects claims of Apple ‘pinch to zoom’ patent — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court.

More: AppleInsider, ZDNet, CNET, MacRumors, Engadget, PhoneArena, iLounge, The Register, App Advice, Datamation.com, FOSS Patents and MacDailyNews

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple releases iTunes 11.1 beta to developers with iTunes Radio — Alongside iOS 7 beta 4, Apple has provided developers with iTunes 11.1 beta. The biggest new feature is built-in iTunes Radio. iTunes Radio is Apple's upcoming streaming music service that is also integrated into iOS 7. — B

More: BGR, ReadWrite, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Engadget and MobilesPie. Thanks:@markgurman

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Relaunches Zagat's Website And Mobile Apps, No Payment Or Registration Required — Google today gave Zagat, the restaurant review service it acquired in 2011, a set of new mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as a complete facelift on the web. For the first time, Google says …

More: The Official Google Blog, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AllThingsD, Search Engine Land, ZDNet, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and iClarified

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make—and break—online video — Lee Hutchinson has a problem. My fellow Ars writer is a man who loves to watch YouTube videos—mostly space rocket launches and gun demonstrations, I assume—but he never knows when his home Internet service will let him do so.

More: BGR, Tested, DSLreports, 9to5Google, Gizmodo and SocialTimes

Tweets: @scrawford, @jbrodkin, @acedtect and @internetthought

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