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August 5, 2013, 12:35 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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 …
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Now Lets Jobseekers Apply For Positions Directly Via Its Mobile Apps  —  Last month, LinkedIn introduced the ability for users of its social network for the working world to search for jobs via its iOS and Android mobile apps.  Now it will let jobseekers seal the deal, so to speak …
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 …
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Airport car-sharing startup FlightCar will pay you up to $400 per month to rent out your car  —  Airport car-sharing service FlightCar, a startup which helps car owners make money off of their idle vehicles, has just launched FlightCar Monthly: a new program in public beta that will pay …
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
GM's plan to turn the car into a smartphone on wheels  —  At CES in January both Ford and General Motors unveiled their connected car open development plans, but the two automakers couldn't have been different in how they followed up.  Ford immediately started pumping out new apps for its Sync AppLink platform, but GM kept quiet.
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