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Google reacts to Apple-Samsung verdict (and Kara Swisher translates)

Kara Swisher's report includes a "translation for those who don’t speak passive-aggressive."

AllThingsD :: Google — which went curiously silent on Friday after a blockbuster court win by rival Apple against its Android partner Samsung — finally found its voice today by releasing a statement about the patent infringement verdict.

A report by Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com

TV Guide adds watchlist, curation, and social in major iOS app update

Digital Trends :: TV Guide has released a major update to its iOS app which includes a listing of sources for watching favorite TV shows offline and online, social features and video curation.

A review by Francis Bea, www.digitaltrends.com

Safari tracking: Google has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $22.5m

BGR :: The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced that Google has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million to settle charges that it misrepresented itself to users of Apple’s Safari Web browser. Earlier this year, it was discovered that the Internet giant had been bypassing the security settings on Safari to install unwanted third-party tracking cookies on computers even when such actions were supposed to be blocked.

A report by Dan Graziano, www.bgr.com

'Mediated reality': Steve Mann, wearable computing pioneer

New York Times :: Steve Mann is considered by many to be the world’s first cyborg. He has been using wearable computers that assist his vision since the 1970s. Now he wears a display screen over his right eye and is connected to a computer and the Internet. In this edited interview, he discusses “mediated reality”; the coming wearable-computing wars among Apple, Google and RIM; and the brain-computer interface.

A report by Nick Bilton, bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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After epic hack: Apple suspends over-the-phone AppleID password resets

Wired :: Apple on Tuesday ordered its support staff to immediately stop processing AppleID password changes requested over the phone, following the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan over the weekend, according to Apple employees.

A report by Nathan Olivarez-Giles | Mat Honan, www.wired.com

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Mat Honan: How Apple and Amazon security flaws led to my 'epic hacking'

It can take little to destroy a (digital) identity.

Mat Honan | Wired :: In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely erase all of the data on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.

In many ways, this was all my fault.

A report by Mat Honan, www.wired.com

War? YouTube app disappears from iOS 6 beta 4 as Apple breaks Google ties

Not "war", follow the Reuters link below.

9to5mac :: iOS 6 beta 4 has removed the YouTube application that existed on iOS since the first version in 2007. We’re not entirely sure what to make of this, but this could have to do with Apple trying to break away from dependence on Google services.

A report by Mark Gurman, 9to5mac.com

Reuters :: "Apple says license to include YouTube app in iOS has ended"

HT: Jérémie Lannoy via Twitter

Breach of Mat Honan's iCloud account: Hard truths about the consumer cloud

Washington Post :: The story of the breach of former Gizmodo staffer Mat Honan’s iCloud account took an interesting turn Sunday with news that the attacker was able to call Apple and convince a customer service employee that he was Honan. While hardly the breach of the century, the situation does highlight a couple hard truths about cloud security when it comes to consumer applications.

A report by Derrick Harris, www.washingtonpost.com

Apple co-founder Wozniak sees 'horrible problems' in the cloud

AFP | Google :: Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted "horrible problems" in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61, was the star turn at the penultimate performance in Washington of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," monologist Mike Daisey's controversial two-hour expose of Apple's labor conditions in China.

A report by Robert MacPherson, www.google.com

What did people do before #journorequest? - How social media has devalued journalism

... to be discussed:

The Kernel :: Milo Yiannopoulos yearns for the days when journalists were respected as professionals. If we’re so easily replaceable, why are readers returning to quality media in droves? And how do we stop the ridicule and debasement of an essential part of our democracy?

[Milo Yiannopoulos:] .. it makes me sad to see professional journalists pathetically tweeting their needs for every soporific six-paragraph story about Facebook or Apple. What on earth did these people do before #journorequest?

A report by Milo Yiannopoulos, www.kernelmag.com