Friday, July 27, 2012

Apple v. Samsung: 5 Most Surprising Reveals in the Latest Court Documents - Wired News


Wired News

Apple v. Samsung: 5 Most Surprising Reveals in the Latest Court Documents
Wired News
By Christina Bonnington An early prototype of the iPad featuring iPod labeling was revealed in court documents Thursday. The lawyers behind the upcoming Apple v. Samsung trial have been hard at work filing docket after docket as their court battle ...
Samsung extends lead in smartphones, IDC saysNewsOK.com
Court Tells Apple, Samsung Most Documents in Patent Case Must Be PublicPCWorld
Samsung extends smartphones lead over AppleNDTV
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Apple Discussed Investing in Twitter - Wall Street Journal


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Apple Discussed Investing in Twitter
Wall Street Journal
By SHIRA OVIDE and JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Apple Inc. held discussions with Twitter Inc. more than a year ago about taking a strategic investment in the short-messaging service, according to a person familiar with the talks. People familiar with the ...
Is Apple taking a financial interest in Twitter?CNET
Apple pondered strategic investment in Twitter: NYTReuters
Apple Has Talked With Twitter About Making Investment, NYT SaysBusinessweek
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Google Acknowledges Still Having Contested User Data - Wall Street Journal


Sky News Australia

Google Acknowledges Still Having Contested User Data
Wall Street Journal
By JOHN LETZING Google Inc. has acknowledged it retained Internet user data collected surreptitiously through wireless networks as part of its street mapping service after it had been ordered to destroy it, according to information posted Friday by a ...
Google admits breaching UK data privacy agreementBetaNews
Google fails to delete personal dataMontreal Gazette
Google failed to delete private dataNEWS.com.au
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Facebook Stock Plunge Slashes $34 Billion of Market Value - Businessweek


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Facebook Stock Plunge Slashes $34 Billion of Market Value
Businessweek
By Brian Womack on July 27, 2012 Facebook Inc. (FB) (FB) has lost about $34 billion in market value since its May initial public offering, as the operator of the world's largest social-networking service fails to assuage concerns about how it can make ...
Facebook stock pounded, wiping out billions in shareholder valueSan Jose Mercury News
Just add items to create a portfolio now:MarketWatch
Facebook stock sinks, so who's buying? Investors with time to waitWashington Post
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Facebook Falls After Report Fails to Quell Growth Concern - Businessweek


Globe and Mail

Facebook Falls After Report Fails to Quell Growth Concern
Businessweek
By Brian Womack on July 27, 2012 Facebook Inc. (FB) (FB) plunged to a record low after its first earnings report as a public company showed a slower sales gain and narrower profit margins, failing to allay concerns over growth that have dragged down ...
Facebook stock sinks, so who's buying? Investors with time to waitWashington Post
Facebook's stock plunge highlights fears about future growthUSA TODAY

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Facebook stock hits new low as Zuckerberg loses billions - SlashGear


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Facebook stock hits new low as Zuckerberg loses billions
SlashGear
Facebook may have delivered a decent quarterly financial report yesterday, but that apparently did little to quell investor concerns about the company, which only went public earlier this year. Facebook's stock took another tumble today, falling $3.03 ...
Zuckerberg Fortune Falls $1.6 Billion as Facebook Shares DropBusinessweek
Facebook's stock plunge highlights fears about future growthUSA TODAY
Facebook's Not the Only One Struggling With Mobile AdvertisingMashable
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Apple Agrees to Buy AuthenTec for About $350 Million in Cash - San Francisco Chronicle


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Apple Agrees to Buy AuthenTec for About $350 Million in Cash
San Francisco Chronicle
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. agreed to acquire AuthenTec Inc. for about $350 million, deploying some of its $117.2 billion cash hoard to gain fingerprint-authentication and encryption security technology for the iPad and iPhone.
What Is Apple Up to This Time?Wall Street Journal (blog)
Apple buying AuthenTec for about $356 millionBusinessweek
News Summary: Apple buying AuthenTec for $356MSan Jose Mercury News

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Battlefield 3 Facebook ads led to 440% return for Electronic Arts - SlashGear


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Battlefield 3 Facebook ads led to 440% return for Electronic Arts
SlashGear
When publishers are ramping up on advertising for an upcoming game, Facebook ads don't seem like a natural place to start. If EA's success with Facebook ads for Battlefield 3 is anything to go on, however, maybe they should be.
Facebook's stock drop continues Friday, makes new lowUSA TODAY
Facebook's weak spot is mobilemsnbc.com
Analysis: Internet stock collapse dents Silicon ValleyReuters
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After Just 48 Hours, Mountain Lion Already Accounts For 3.2% Of Mac Web Traffic - TechCrunch


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After Just 48 Hours, Mountain Lion Already Accounts For 3.2% Of Mac Web Traffic
TechCrunch
Just 48 hours after its official launch, Apple's Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's desktop operating system, has already captured 3.2% of Mac web taffic according to a report by ad network Chitika. Given its low cost ($19.99) and the fact ...
Apple mistakenly issues OS X Server codes to users entitled to Mountain Liontuaw.com
Mac OS X Mountain Lion (Unofficially) Sprints to Over 2 Million DownloadsHot Hardware
Review: New Mac Operating System Worth the UpgradeSci-Tech Today
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Apple's Authentec Buy Hints At Secure iPad - InformationWeek


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Apple's Authentec Buy Hints At Secure iPad
InformationWeek
$356 million acquisition of biometrics specialist suggests Apple might be getting serious about the enterprise client market. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Apple has agreed to acquire security hardware and software maker Authentec for $356 million ...
Why Apple is paying millions for a fingerprint sensor makermsnbc.com
Apple buys fingerprint security firm AuthenTec for $356 millionLos Angeles Times
Apple buys security company AuthenTec Inc for $365 millionUSA TODAY
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Apple to spend $356 million on security company AuthenTec - Computerworld


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Apple to spend $356 million on security company AuthenTec
Computerworld
By Loek Essers IDG News Service - In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile security company AuthenTec for $8 per share or a little over $356 million, AuthenTec said on Friday.
Apple buys fingerprint sensor firm AuthenTec for $356 millionZDNet
Apple to Acquire AuthenTec for $356 MillionNew York Times
Apple to buy fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec for $356 mlnReuters
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Microsoft acknowledges Surface may trigger OEM hostility - Computerworld


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Microsoft acknowledges Surface may trigger OEM hostility
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows ...
Microsoft admits that Surface may hurt partner relationsSlashGear
Microsoft admits Surface competition risk with tablet OEMsZDNet (blog)
On tablets, can Microsoft be right and Apple, Amazon, and Google wrong?CNET
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How all your iPhone apps could be hacked at once - CNNMoney


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How all your iPhone apps could be hacked at once
CNNMoney
By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech July 27, 2012: 5:15 AM ET LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- The iPhone's baked-in security has improved dramatically over the past few years, which is great for Apple fans. In a weird way, it's good for hackers too.
Early iPhone and iPad prototypes revealed in Apple-Samsung trialCNET
Court documents reveal multiple iPad and iPhone prototypes including an iPad ...The Verge
Apple, Samsung Take Smartphone War to First U.S. JuryBloomberg
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Samsung Shares Surge on Buoyant Phone, TV Sales Forecasts - San Francisco Chronicle


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Samsung Shares Surge on Buoyant Phone, TV Sales Forecasts
San Francisco Chronicle
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of TVs and mobile phones, jumped in Seoul trading after forecasting higher demand for panels and handsets, and retaining its position as the world's biggest phone seller.
Galaxy S3 brings record profits for SamsungTelegraph.co.uk
Samsung Electronics' 2Q Profit Jumps 48 PercentABC News
Samsung extends lead over Apple in Q2 phone shipmentsCNET
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Early iPhone and iPad prototypes revealed in Apple-Samsung trial - CNET


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Early iPhone and iPad prototypes revealed in Apple-Samsung trial
CNET
by Vincent Chang | 27 July 2012 2:06pm SGT It appears that Apple thought about having a kickstand on the original iPad, or at least considered it sufficiently to create several different prototypes. From a longer, sleeker version to a metallic two-tone ...
Apple iPad prototypes revealed in court docsSlashGear
Earliest iPhone And iPad Prototypes: Clunky Design, Diagonal Corners And A ...Gizmodo Australia
Court documents reveal multiple iPad and iPhone prototypes including an iPad ...The Verge
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Samsung extends lead over Apple in Q2 phone shipments - CNET


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Samsung extends lead over Apple in Q2 phone shipments
CNET
Samsung bested Apple in phone shipments in the second quarter. But that may change when the next iPhone arrives later this year. by Brooke Crothers Samsung has widened its lead over Apple in mobile phone shipments in the second quarter, said IDC.
Samsung's Q2 smartphone shipments nearly twice those of Apple, say research firmsComputerworld
Smartphone Sales Drive Samsung's Revenue GrowthPCWorld
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