"Apple Wins Patent Infringement Case against Samsung that could be Worth More than $360 Million when this is all Over" Patently Apple 7:43 AM
"Apple-Samsung jury splits the baby: The experts weigh in" Fortune 8:10 AM
"Apple v. Samsung damages breakdown revealed in jury verdict form" AppleInsider 7:36 AM
"There's No Dancing in Streets of Cupertino After Latest Apple-Samsung Verdict" Re/code 11:56 AM
"Jury finds Samsung infringed some Apple patents, must pay $120M in damages: Apple was dealt a blow in its second major patent-infringement lawsuit against Samsung when a Silicon Valley jury awarded the iPhone maker damages of just US$119.65 million for Samsung's infringement of several of its smartphone patents." IDG News Service 7:44 AM
"An Apple-Samsung Patent Battle Ends with a Whimper" Time 7:48 AM
"Here's Exactly How the Jury Awarded Apple $119 Million in Latest Samsung Patent Case" Re/code 7:49 AM
"Jury Finds Samsung Guilty Of Infringing Apple's Patents, Awards $119.6 Million" AppAdvice 7:35 AM
"Jury to continue deliberations over minor issue" Associated Press 7:53 AM
"Editorial: No winners, lots of losers in Apple-Samsung patent trial" Electronista 7:38 AM
"Decoding The Latest Apple-Samsung Dispute" Associated Press 7:13 PM
"Jury Orders Samsung to Pay $119 Million to Apple in Patent Case" ["The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million in damages, far short of the $2.2 billion Apple had been seeking, and less than the $930 million Apple was awarded in an earlier trial in the same courtroom. ... An Apple spokeswoman said Friday's ruling reinforced its belief that Samsung 'willfully stole our ideas and copied our products.' She added the company will fight to defend 'the hard work that goes into beloved products like the iPhone.'"] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/2
"Jury Finds Samsung Phones Infringe on Several Apple Patents, Awards $119.6 Million" Re/code 5/2
"Apple, Samsung win some, lose some in patent case: A jury tells Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million for infringing some of its patents, while Apple owes Samsung $158,400 for infringing one of the Korean company's patents." CNET 5/2
"Mixed Verdict in Apple-Samsung Patent Fight" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/2
"Samsung, in symbolic win, ordered to pay Apple $119.6 million in damages" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/2
"U.S. jury orders smartphone maker Samsung to pay Apple $119.6 million" Reuters 5/2
"Jury says Samsung, Apple both infringed patents" Associated Press 5/2
"Jury finds Samsung infringed some Apple patents, must pay $120M in damages" IDG News Service 5/2
"Apple and Samsung guilty in patent case" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 5/2
"Jury Finds Both Apple and Samsung Guilty of Patent Infringement, Samsung to Pay $119.6 Million, Apple to Pay $158,400" MacRumors 5/2
"Samsung found to infringe Apple patents for over $119 million in damages: Far less than what the company originally wanted" The Verge 5/2
"After partial win, Apple comments on second Samsung trial as award grows" AppleInsider 5/2
"Another Jury Convicts Samsung of Copying Apple, Awards Just $120 Million in Damages" The Mac Observer 5/2
"Jury Finds Apple and Samsung Both Guilty in Second Trial, Samsung to Pay $119.6M" DailyTech 5/2
"Apple v. Samsung 2014 infringed devices scorecard: The jury has returned its verdict in this year's big Apple v. Samsung case. Check out what devices were found to violate which patents." CNET 5/2
"Jury's verdict in Apple vs Samsung case threatens far reaching consequences" AppleInsider 5/2
"Apple's Next EarPods Could Be The Ultimate Wearable Device: Apple sells millions of these tiny devices—now it's time to smarten them up." ReadWrite 5/2
"Angela Ahrendts: Senior Vice President, Retail and Online Stores" Apple 5/2
"Angela Ahrendts officially starts role as Apple's new Senior VP of Retail and Online Stores" 9to5Mac 5/2
"Corporate bio of the day: Apple's Angela Ahrendts/The baroness of Burberry has landed at Apple. Let the media blitz begin." Fortune 5/2
"New Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts gets official welcome on executive leadership webpage" AppleInsider 5/2
"Ahrendts fits Apple very well: Swisher" [Video Report] CNBC 5/2
"Steve Jobs, a Genius at Pushing Boundaries: If Steve Jobs were alive today, should he be in jail? That's the provocative question being debated in antitrust circles in the wake of revelations that Mr. Jobs, the founder of Apple who's deeply revered in Silicon Valley, was the driving force in a conspiracy to prevent competitors from poaching employees." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 5/2
"Android Stinks and Apple's About to Prove It" TheStreet 5/2
"Apple's redesigned OS X reportedly debuting next month" The Verge 5/2
"Report: Sweeping iOS 7-style changes said to be coming for OS X 10.10" Ars Technica 5/2
"Report: Mac OS X 10.10 to Take Design Cues from iOS 7" DailyTech 5/2
"OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 With Support For 4K Displays Can Release Any Day Now" Redmond Pie 5/2
"Apple tips Shiraz down all its techies' throats (that's the rumoured name for OS X 10.10): iOS staff hauled into Mac development, claim sources" The Register 5/2
"Cassandra: New Bangkok Apple Outlet -iStudio to Open in Central Embassy" eXtensions 5/2
"A weaponized iPhone? Aussie customs seizes fakes that deliver a shock: The iPhones were among a batch of weapons that came in a shipment from China" IDG News Service 5/2
"Tech Time Warp of the Week: Watch Steve Jobs Play FDR in an Epic Apple Sales Video" Wired 5/2
"Scientists confirm existence of elusive 117th element" The Verge 7:53 AM
"Here comes a new, Web-wide security threat — this time for OAuth & OpenID" VentureBeat 5/2
"Microsoft Shows off 3D Touch Sensor for Phones" Digital Trends 5/2
"Yahoo is the latest company ignoring Web users' requests for privacy" Ars Technica 5/2
"The new 'Kirby' and 'Mario Golf' games for 3DS show Nintendo still has its magic" The Verge 5/2
"Catching Up with Outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere" Yahoo Tech 5/2
"Turkey's Erdogan: One of the World's Most Determined Internet Censors/Some Worry Prime Minister's Tactics Could Become a Template for Other Countries" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/2
"Samsung to hold health related event on May 28" Digital Trends 5/2
Publications/Podcasts
"Mac Power Users Live, May 3 At 10AM PST" MacSparky 7:34 AM
"The TouchArcade Show - 153 - Extreme Rules Pre-Show" Touch Arcade 5/2
"Joe Kissell Takes Control of The Cloud" MacVoices 5/2
"What's next for iPod? Catch the discussion on our newest CultCast" Cult of Mac 5/2
"Save Up to 66% on All Star Wars™ Games: Star Wars Day is almost here, and we're celebrating with big discounts on all Star Wars games! Whether you're playing on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, we've got a deal for you." Aspyr 5/2
"Wayward Souls review: a roguelike with permadeath that kills it" iDownload Blog 5/2
"Bridge Constructor Medieval Review: Build bridges to transport valuable troops and supplies in this physics-based, medieval-themed puzzle game." 148Apps 5/2
"Bounsy Review: Bounsy reacts to players' touch in a whole new way, by making them a physical part of each level." 148Apps 5/2
"Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness and Bananas Review/Move your monkeys in time to the beat in this rhythm game/real-time strategy hybrid." 148Apps 5/2
"Red Herring Review: A little simplistic looking and lacking some bite, Red Herring is still a fun word game all about dividing up words into relevant categories." 148Apps 5/2
How-To/Tutorial
"How To Convert And Play Flac Music Files On Your iPhone Or iPad" Digital Trends 7:14 PM
"How to use Notification Center for iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide" iMore 3:23 PM
"How to turn your iPad into a desktop with these remote access apps" Gigaom 2:56 PM
"iPhone 101: How to find which iOS apps were recently updated and what they changed" TUAW 5/2
Tips
"3 simple ways to clear up 'other' memory on your iOS device | Apple news, reviews and how-to's since 2004" TUAW 5/2
"Sony's PC implosion a lesson for Apple? Sony priced itself out of the market. And consumers' flight from premium laptops could mean some pain for Apple." CNET 7:15 PM
"Apple Wins Patent Battle With Samsung, But Is Losing the War" The Wire 5:05 PM
"Battle Of The Brands: Yelp Throws Major Shade At Foursquare In Its iOS Update" Business Insider 7:16 PM
"'Apple must' 'be furious' at the Samsung verdict..." Apple Must 4:57 PM
"Apple vs Samsung: Jury Sides with iPhone Maker Again" Tapscape 4:17 PM
"Jury Awards Apple a Nice Bag of Peanuts in Samsung Patent Case" Daring Fireball 2:56 PM
"Is Apple Adopting a New Samsung-Style Marketing Strategy?" Wall St. Cheat Sheet 8:10 AM
"How Would A Bigger, 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Compare Against Samsung's Galaxy S5?" AppAdvice 7:35 AM
"How Apple Controls Competitor's Profits" Mac 360 5/2
Non-Apple
"Most office workers aren't actually using Microsoft Office: Businesses that license Microsoft Office company-wide are wasting money because few employees actually make significant use of the programs, according to the results of new app usage study. " AppleInsider 6:01 PM
"This woman is writing a VC-backed novel — & looking for new revenue for book publishers" VentureBeat 7:23 PM
"What I learned from my camera-crippled vacay: A forgotten charger leaves photo bug Stephen Shankland in the lurch. But he gets a lesson in restraint, SLRs, and e-shopping." CNET 12:00 PM
"The New Firefox Is Fantastic. So Is Every Other Web Browser." New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5/2
"'Flappy Golf' Getting Levels from 'Super Stickman Golf', is Most Popular During School Hours" Touch Arcade 5/2
"Coming May 3: Gene Steinberg meets FileMaker's Ryan Rosenberg, The Mac Observer's John Martellaro, and tech columnist Dann Berg this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 5/2
"Noodlecake's 'Super Stickman Golf 2' is Free for a Limited Time" Touch Arcade 5/2
"Learn to Play the Guitar Using an iPhone or iPad: New app designed by XING and Faith offers professional lessons for beginner to intermediate guitar players." PRWeb 5/2
"Star Wars Pinball Celebrates Star Wars Day by Going Free with Empire Strikes Back Table" 148Apps 5/2
"iPad Powered Teddy Bear is Magical Toy For Kids" PadGadget 5/2
"'Infinity Blade' is On Sale Again For a Buck" Touch Arcade 5/2
"These are the best new iPhone and iPad apps in the world" BGR 5/2
"PadGadget's Flashback Friday: Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 on Sale for $0.99" PadGadget 5/2
"European Apple Training Summer Camp 2014" Amsys 5/2
"iSkelter launches new SlateGo line of mobile desks" TechnologyTell 5/2
"Fonts Installer - Install Any Fonts for iOS7" prMac 5/2
"Fruit Shake for iOS - A brand new take on the Match 3 Game" prMac 5/2
"Montessori Math Multiplication - New app in the math saga" prMac 5/2
"Fonts Installer - Install Any Fonts for iOS7" prMac 5/2
"New native iPad App for Doctors that works without an Internet" prMac 5/2
"Are you ready for a 2D side scroller with hip hop beats, cash and guns?" prMac 5/2
"Earn Your Weapons of Mash Destruction With New iOS Game - BugStar 1.0" prMac 5/2
"Sailing Home - Learn Animal Habitats: educational game for kids on iOS" prMac 5/2
"Slingshot App Allows iOS Screensharing on Any Device" Apple Gazette 5/2
"TAB IT - Tab your expenses with TAB IT" TAB IT 5/2
"Microsoft fixes IE zero-day flaw: Windows XP users will receive the patch, even though Microsoft ended support for the OS about 3 weeks ago" InfoWorld 5/2
"XP's retirement triggers another wave of deserters: Windows 8/8.1 showed the biggest gain in users in April, but XP still powers 1 in 4 PCs on the planet" InfoWorld 5/2
"Windows XP's long, drawn-out death is finally giving Microsoft what it wants" BGR 5/2
"Why the new SQL release could help Microsoft's database presence" Market Realist 5/2
"Microsoft to Warn Users of Government Requests for Information" Bloomberg 5/2
"Microsoft delivers 2014 Windows desktop optimization pack update" ZDNet 5/2
"Microsoft rolls out Dynamics AX ERP in the cloud" ZDNet 5/2
"Study: Microsoft Office applications barely used by many employees" Techworld 5/2
"Ethics Issues At IBM: Will It Hurt Earnings?" Seeking Alpha 5/2
"HP creates a new way to sell data centers" Computerworld 5/2
"HP expects first x86 Nonstop systems next year" InfoWorld 5/2
"Intel: Mobile Could Get Worse, And Then Better" Seeking Alpha 5/2
"Israel wins Intel's 10nm fab contest – unless it hasn't" ZDNet 5/2
"Intel's Contra-Revenue Program Is Not What You Think It Is" The Motley Fool 5/2
"Will This Upgrade Help Oracle Stock Today?" TheStreet 5/2
"Stock Upgrades: Make a Mint (Julep) in 'Internet Horseman' Oracle Ahead of Kentucky Derby" Minyanville 5/2
"Data Protection Fears Vs. US Cloud Market" InformationWeek 5/2
"This is why companies are still afraid of the cloud: An ex-employee of a cloud provider was recently convicted of screwing with its servers: could this happen to you?" InfoWorld 5/2
"Apple last quarter spent more money on stock buybacks than Google generated in revenue" TUAW 5/2
"The iPhone Now Accounts For 75% Of Apple's Profit - And It's Actually Good News" Seeking Alpha 5/2
"Apple raises US$12bn in perfect style" Reuters 5/2
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Yelp, LinkedIn weigh on techs/Shares of Yelp Inc. and LinkedIn Corp fell sharply Friday weighing down the technology sector." MarketWatch 5/2
"Stocks: Down Friday, but up for the week" CNNMoney 5/2
"Stocks Drop as Jobs Pop Is Offset by Troubling Details" TheStreet 5/2
"Stocks Wobble Amid Mixed Data: U.S. equity markets flip flopped over the unchanged line Friday as traders tried to make sense of mixed economic data." FOXBusiness 5/2
"U.S. Stocks End Lower: Dow Industrials, S&P 500 Post Weekly Gains" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5/2
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly higher of U.S. jobs report/Asian stocks were mostly higher on Friday, as markets awaited the U.S. jobs report for April due out later in the day." MarketWatch 5/2
"Europe Markets: European stocks drop as Ukraine crisis heats up/European stocks fell Friday as the United Nations was reportedly set to convene an emergency meeting about the worsening political crisis in Ukraine." MarketWatch 5/2
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading" Associated Press 5/2
"Final Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares mixed at the close of trading" Associated Press 5/2
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