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Apple and Samsung Make Closing Arguments; Case Goes to the Jury

Samsung Investing $4 Billion to Upgrade Austin, TX Plant That Makes Chips for Smartphones (Including iPhone)

TechCrunch: Secret Source Says Verizon Block-Out Staff Vacation from 21 September Through 30 September

Electronista: German Carrier Sends Out Email Promoting Arrival of Next iPhone in September

TUAW: Consumer Advocacy Group Not Sure AT&T FaceTime Lure to Mobile Share Data Plans Conforms to FCC Rules

comScore: Android Has Two-Thirds of Smartphone Market in Japan; iOS Has One-Third

MacNN: Anonymous Developers Says Current OS X 10.8.1 beta Improves Battery Life for Mountain Lion Laptops

Fair Labor Association Says While Work Remains, Progress Made by Apple and Foxconn on Workers’ Rights is Commendable

Barclays Analyst Sees Set-Top Box More Likely Than Full-On Apple Television Near-Term

Microsoft Adds Touch Support to Office Wb Apps for Windows 8 and iOS

The Three Amigos Ride Again on the 17 August MacCast

CEOs of Apple and Samsung Meet; Fail to Reach Resolution

CNET: Judge Koh Concerned Over Potential Jury Confusion in Verdict Phase

FBR Capital Analyst Sees Apple Selling 250 Million “iPhone 5s” Over Product Lifecycle

iPodNN: A Number of Resellers Running Out of iPod nanos

9 to 5 Mac: German Rewards Program Unable to Deliver “Old” iPod nano Ahead of Expected Refresh

Walmart Sells $100 in iTunes Credit for $80 (Plus Your Email and Physical Addresses)

The Loop: Apple Boasts 50,000 Genius Bar Appointments a Day

Former Apple Press Event Producer Sues for Wrongful Termination and Compensation for Restricted Stock Loss

Fortune: A Few Analysts Are Now “Underwater” on Their Apple Targets

Apple Ends Monday as Most Valuable Public Company Ever

Fortune: Microsoft is Actually the Most Valuable Public Company Ever (Circa 1999 (Accounting for Inflation))

TechCrunch: No Really IBM is the Most Valuable Public Company Ever (Circa 1967 (Accounting for Inflation))

Apple and Samsung Unable to Narrow Their Case Further; Almost Definitely Headed to Jury Verdict

Google-Owned Motorola Mobility Brings Seven Charges of Patent Infringement Against Apple Before the USITC

WSJ: Apple Joins Google, Samsung, LG and Others in Bidding for Kodak Patent Portfolio

iPhone Developer/Hacker Reveals SMS Vulnerability in Every Version of iOS

Apple Suggests Using iMessage and Being Careful in Face of SMS Vulnerability

AT&T to Make FaceTime Over Cellular Free for Customers Who Switch to New Mobile Share Data Plans

MacNN: Apple Seeds Second beta Build of OS X 10.8.1 to Developers

Lenovo Exec Says Surface for Windows RT to Start Between $300 to $500

Speculative-Fiction Writer Peter Misek Says Production on iPad-mini and Full-On Apple Television is Underway

Nokia and Microsoft to Hold NYC Press Event on Morning of 5 September

Motorola to Hold NYC Press Event on Afternoon of 5 September

WSJ Fleshes Out Details on Apple’s Alleged Set Top Box Discussions

Bernstein Analyst Uncertain About Apple Working with Cable Companies on Set Top Boxes

ISI Group Analyst Reiterates Buy Rating on Apple Shares After Conference Call with CFO

SEC Filing Shows Apple’s Sense of Urgency in Buying AuthenTec

Apple Files for Patent for “Illuminated Trackpad”

Apple Says It Screwed Up in Attempts to Restructure Staffing at Retail

Apple Lawyers Not Smoking Crack Say Apple Lawyers

Samsung Rests Its Case “With Reservations”

TUAW: Apple Files Formal Plans for Prineville, Oregon Data Center

CNET Chronicles the Hard-to-Find Nature of Various Podcatchers on the Desktop/Laptop App Store

Munster: A New iPhone Launch This Quarter Could Add 6-10 Million in Unit Sales

Investor.com Looks at Investment Plays Into the Next iPhone Besides Investing in Apple

WSJ: Sources Say Apple Talking With Cable TV Service Providers About Some Kind of TV Something

Judge Lucy Koh Urges Apple and Samsung Execs to try Again for a Settlement

Apple Calls DoJ Settlements with Publishers in iBookstore Case “Unfair, Unlawful, and Unprecedented”

Apple Seeds New Build of OS X Lion 10.7.5 to Developers

Microsoft Not Jumping to Fix Office for Mac Issues with Retina Display Machines

HP Reportedly Rebrands webOS Division as “Gram”

Apple Updates iTunes Festival London 2012 App with Additional Language Support, Stability and Performance Improvements

Get the iTunes Festival London 2012 App Here! 

Nielsen: More U.S. Teens Consume Music on YouTube Than on Radio, iTunes or CD (and They Need to Stay Off My Lawn!)

Have you ever heard Radiohead do “Nobody Does It Better?” It's on YouTube Here!

iMore: iPad mini Will Be Thinner and Lighter Than iPad, Though Not Much SmallerIHS/iSuppli: iPad Extends Tablet Lead to Just Under 70-Percent Worldwide in 2Q CY2012Dell, Lenovo and Samsung Announced as Early Vendors for Windows RT MachinesEngadget: Rumor Has Microsoft Surface Tablet for Windows RT Starting at $199Gartner: Android Widens Its Lead Over iOS in SmartphonesSprint Selling 16GB iPhone 4S for $149 and Tossing $100 Gift-Card in as a BonusBusiness Insider: Apple Matching Sprint Gift Card Deal with $100 Store Credit for Sprint Phones Bought at Apple StoresElectronista: Deutsche Telekom Starts a Sort of Pre-Registration for Next iPhone in GermanyApple Releases (PRODUCT) RED Bumper for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4SMunster Expects 5-Percent Mac Growth Worldwide for This Quarter Despite Apparent Downturn Spotted in NPD ResearchCNET: Judge Koh Seems Really Displeased with the Lawyers in the Apple v. Samsung v. Apple TrialApple Opening Two New Canadian Stores This Saturday 18 August

iMore: Secret Source Says Pre-Orders for Next iPhone to Start on 12 September (at Least in the States)

BGR: Secret Source Says AT&T Gearing Up to Launch Next iPhone in Third or Fourth Week of September

Target and Best Buy Drop Prices on Current iPhones

MacRumors: Secret Source Says Apple Matching Other Retailers’ Lower iPhone Prices in its Brick-and-Mortar Stores

Microsoft Licensing Some of Apple’s iOS Design Patents in Deal That Includes “Anti-Cloning” Clause

Apple Offered Samsung Design Patent Licensing Deals in 2010

Last Week: Samsung Lawyer Not Licensed to Practice in Judge Koh’s Court

Apple Seeds OS X 10.8.1 Build to Developers

Apple Releases Printer Driver Updates for Some HP, Samsung and Fuji-Xerox Machines on Macs Running Snow Leopard or Later

9 to 5 Mac: GameStop Seeks New Life in Refurbishing iOS and Android Devices

Ford Develops iPad App for Use by Ford Dealers (iPad Sold Separately)

A look at one journalist's unfortunate run-in with a social engineering hack and ways people can protect themselves with information security professional George Starcher.

IDC: iPhone Grows 27.5% Y-o-Y in 2Q; Controls 16.9% of Smartphone Market Worldwide

NPD: iPhone Grabs 31% or US Smartphone Market in 2Q; Samsung Takes 24%

iPad Dominates the Tablet Space in China (Not as Big as It Might Be)

Apple Offering Refurbished iPad with Retina Display at $50 Discount

Fortune: Munster and Reitzes Weigh the Full-On Apple Television Possibilities

Jefferies & Co. Analyst Makes Up a Story About Samsung Buying RIM or Licensing BlackBerry 10

Bernstein Analyst Makes Up a Story (Maybe) About Apple COnsidering a Stock Split

Apple v. Samsung v. Apple: 2010 Samsung Memo Says Its Stuff Would Be Better If It Was More Like Apple’s

Munster: Google/Apple Split on iPhone Springboard Signals “Phase Three” of the Smartphone Wars

Juniper Research: BYOD Tablets and Smartphones to Reach 350 Million Units in the Enterprise by 2014

Bloomberg Looks at the Ridiculously Symbiotic Relationship Between Apple and Samsung

Acer Chairman and CEO Urges Microsoft to Abandon Surface Tablet Plans

Barclays Capital Analyst Sees Zero PC Growth for 2012 Thanks to Tablets and Confusion Around Windows 8 and Ultrabooks

Creative Strategies’ Tim Bajarin Ponders the Problems of Ultrabooks

Apple Releases Xcode 4.4.1

Kodak Auction of 1,100 Patents Starts Today

Apple Genius Ads Are Off the Air After Decidedly Short Run