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Veto of Apple Ruling Likely to Upend Big Patent Battles — The Obama administration's decision to overturn an international trade ruling against Apple Inc. AAPL +1.37% —the first such veto in more than 25 years—promises to upend long-running battles over intellectual property … | Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
South Korea says concerned about U.S. decision on some Apple models — (Reuters) - The South Korean government on Monday expressed concerns about the decision by the United States to overrule a sales ban of some Apple Inc (AAPL.O) models. — The Obama administration vetoed a U.S. trade panel's ban …
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
How the ITC forced a veto in the Samsung-Apple patent case — The International Trade Commission blew it by ignoring Dean Pinkert dissent. — FORTUNE — His dissent was heavily redacted and buried in a long official filing, But everything you need to know about how the U.S. International …
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Facebook Hires First CMO Gary Briggs from Google — Mr. Briggs Replaces VP-Product Marketing Eric Antonow — Facebook has tapped a seasoned technology marketing executive most recently with Google to be its first-ever CMO. — Gary Briggs, who'd previously been chief marketer … | Kevin Poulsen / Wired: |
Feds are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity — Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malicious software that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor anonymity network.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google adds touch-friendly Chrome features in latest test version — Google appears to be readying a number of touch-friendly features for its Chrome browser. In the latest nightly Canary build, a new slide-to-navigate feature has been added that lets you swipe left or right to go backwards and forwards on web pages.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Reader Alternative Feedly Sells Out Of Newly Launched Pro Accounts, More Arriving This Fall — Barely a day after Google Reader replacement Feedly began offering a paid version of its service, the company has sold out of the limited number of premium accounts it was making available.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Samsung Notes New Galaxy Coming At Sept. 4 Event in Berlin — Samsung on Monday announced plans to launch a new Galaxy device at a Sept. 4 event in Berlin. — The handwritten design of the invitation suggests that perhaps the event might serve as a launch point for the next Galaxy Note, which has been expected to launch this fall.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Tablet sales slow in 2Q on absence of new iPad, IDC says — The research firm says tablet shipments should remain weak in the current quarter but pick up in the last three months of the year. — The iPad Mini. — The second quarter wasn't especially bright for tablet sales, and Apple is partly to blame, according to IDC.
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| Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac: |
Apple sends out developer update: planning to restore most of the remaining services this week — Apple has been slowly restoring their Developer Center, and today the company has sent out an email update to developers regarding the restorations to take place this week:
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| Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal: |
China Scrutinizes 2 Apple Suppliers in Pollution Probe — Move Follows Claims of Heavy-Metal Discharge From Plants Run by UniMicron, Hon Hai — KUNSHAN, China—Chinese regulators are scrutinizing two suppliers to Apple Inc. and other gadget makers following allegations by environmental groups … | Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter: |
Time Warner Cable: We'll End Blackout If We Can Offer CBS A La Carte — In a letter, TWC CEO Glenn Britt asks to resume negotiations immediately, and wants the network to stop blocking CBS.com content from its broadband customers. — Time Warner Cable's CEO Glenn Britt on Monday sent … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Spotify's new Browse feature surfaces the best of its billion playlists — After spending the last several months rolling out Discover and Radio, two big pieces of its music discovery puzzle, Spotify is today introducing a critical third piece: Browse, a collection of the service's best playlists on iOS and Android.Sponsor Posts
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