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Bloomberg Business:
Apple told to pay $532.9M to Smartflash LLC for patent infringement in iTunes, will appeal  —  Apple Told by Jury to Pay $532.9 Million in Gaming Patent Trial  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. was told to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury said the company's iTunes software …
Gemalto:
Gemalto confirms probable hack by NSA and GCHQ, but says there was no massive theft of SIM encryption keys, only a breach of its office network  —  Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card encryption keys by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Gemalto hack may have given NSA and GCHQ power to remotely install spyware on any phone  —  The NSA's SIM heist could have given it the power to plant spyware on any phone  —  Last week, The Intercept published shocking new documents detailing a campaign by US and UK spies to hack …
More: Pocketnow, BGR and Wired.  Tweets: @ncweaver
Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:
Source: Top-end 128GB Samsung Galaxy S6 priced at $1,189, curved model facing supply constraints  —  Source: Curved Samsung Galaxy S6 will suffer from yield issues at launch  —  One of Samsung's carrier partners gives Ars Technica the skinny.  —  According to a source …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Motorola's new Moto E has LTE and a bigger screen for just $149  —  Motorola teased an announcement in the form a hand-delivered package last week, and sure enough, today the company delivered a box with a new Moto E. The second-generation Moto E is still Motorola's most affordable smartphone in its lineup …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Perceptiv introduces SHIFT, a plug-in accessory for drones that lets filmmakers track and frame subjects; available fall 2015 for $600  —  Perceptiv's SHIFT Turns Drones Into Smart Dollies For Filmmakers  —  Drone tech is exciting and full of potential, but few companies are focusing on tech …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google now automatically converts Flash ads to HTML5  —  Google today began automatically converting Adobe Flash ads to HTML5.  As a result, it's now even easier for advertisers to target users on the Google Display Network without a device or browser that supports Flash.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Target Says Credit Card Data Breach Cost It $162M In 2013-14  —  When it comes to data breaches, retailers are one of the biggest targets these days, and today we have some detail on the costs around one of the more high-profile attacks.  Target today said that it has booked $162 million …
Steven Davidoff Solomon / New York Times:
Dish Network saved $3.25B by bidding for spectrum as a “very small business” using loopholes  —  How Loopholes Turned Dish Network Into a ‘Very Small Business’  —  Charles W. Ergen, the billionaire who controls the satellite-TV provider Dish Network, and his company …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Q&A with Dick Costolo on Twitter's lack of broad appeal and plans to handle harassment  —  Dick Costolo Thinks It's O.K. To Never Tweet  —  In a recent earnings report, you said Twitter had 288 million active users a month — only a few million more than in the quarter before.
Tweets: @timcohn
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Hortonworks falls short with $12.7M in revenue in its first earnings report  —  Updated at 4:38 p.m. Pacific to remove references to Cloudera's customer base.  A Cloudera spokeswoman says Cloudera and Hortonworks count customers differently.  —  Hortonworks, a company selling a distribution …
Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Android Central:
Ting launches open beta for GSM service on T-Mobile's network  —  Ting launches open beta for its GSM network  —  Ting's GSM network, which it announced late last year, has officially entered into an open beta.  Previously, customers could test the network out on an invite-only basis.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Firmware is vulnerable because vendors rarely sign or authenticate the software  —  Why Firmware Is So Vulnerable to Hacking, and What Can Be Done About It  —  When Kaspersky Lab revealed last week that it had uncovered a sophisticated piece of malware designed to plant malicious code inside …
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Twitter's “While You Were Away” Feature Launches On Android  —  One month after launching on iOS, Twitter's “While You Were Away” feature is finally available for Android users.  —  “While You Were Away,” which Twitter first previewed last fall, represents a significant departure from the real …
Caroline Humer / Reuters:
Anthem says breach may have also affected up to 18.8M Blue Cross Blue Shield customers  —  Anthem says at least 8.8 million non-customers could be victims in data hack  —  (Reuters) - Health insurer Anthem Inc, which earlier this month reported that it was hit by a massive cyberbreach …
Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:
Google turns annual Pwnium bug-hunting contest into year-round program with unlimited rewards  —  Google Pwnium Program Now Open All Year  —  Google is expanding its successful Pwnium vulnerability reward program-which has run at various security conferences for a couple of years …
More: PC World and Gizmorati

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Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with California AG Rob Bonta about why David Ellison is “desperate”, some Hollywood guilds supporting Paramount's WBD deal, concerns about CNN, and more

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Memo: MS NOW plans to launch a $7.99/month membership program for “super fans” on September 9, offering members-only content verticals, a 24/7 feed, and more

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