SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – Steve Jobs was receptive to Apple Inc making a smaller tablet, a senior executive said in a 2011 email revealed on Friday, fanning speculation that Apple plans to make a mini-iPad and take on Google and Amazon products.Find out more from Reuters

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Apple pulls out time machine to disprove Samsung tablet claims

The latest data dump now open to public perusal comes from Apple, which has submitted into evidence a new batch of before-and-after images taken of Samsung’s tablet computers, a photo montage clearly designed to highlight major tweaks to the Samsung …Find out more from CNET

Apple grills Samsung chief strategist on ‘beat Apple’ plans

Apple called on Samsung’s chief strategy officer Justin Denison to speak on behalf of the company’s three business arms: Samsung Electronics Corp., Samsung Electronics America, and Samsung Telecommunications America. Apple angled Denison as …Find out more from CNET

Apple Patent Application Reveals iPad Smart Cover

Apple may be working on a new iPad Smart Cover that can display an extra row of app icons, as a keyboard, show notifications, and even convert into a graphics tablet. The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published a patent application …Find out more from PCWorld

Apple’s Secrets Revealed at Trial

Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of world-wide marketing, took the stand Friday and revealed how much Apple spends on marketing the devices at the center of the case. He discussed a document that said Apple had spent $647 million advertising …Find out more from Wall Street Journal

Apple’s Schiller Testifies in Smartphone Patent Trial

A new day of testimony in the patent infringement trial between Apple and Samsung kicked off Friday with an iPhone history lesson from Philip W. Schiller, the most senior Apple executive yet to appear in court in the case. Philip W. Schiller arriving at the …Find out more from New York Times (blog)

Judge denies Apple’s bid for Samsung sanctions

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal judge on Friday denied Apple Inc.’s demands for an immediate victory in a multibillion-dollar patent trial. Apple sought the long-shot bid as punishment for Samsung Electronics Inc.’s decision to issue a controversial press release …Find out more from San Jose Mercury News

Judge rejects Apple’s punishment against Samsung

From now on, lawyers for both Apple and Samsung will have to present all their objections and motions in court, and the time they take will count against the 25 hours that each side has to present its case. That time limit has already helped to shape the case …Find out more from Computerworld

Apple top execs testify in patent feud with Samsung

SAN JOSE — With Apple (AAPL) legend Steve Jobs gone and current CEO Tim Cook conspicuously absent, Apple on Friday put two of its rock-star executives on the stand as ammunition in its multibillion-dollar patent showdown with Samsung, including a …Find out more from San Jose Mercury News

* Apple reveals billion dollar ad-spend for iPhone, iPad

Schiller takes stand, latest marquee witness. * Apple reveals billion dollar ad-spend for iPhone, iPad. * Judge warns attorneys against ‘theatrics’. By Poornima Gupta and Dan Levine. SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug 3 (Reuters) – Steve Jobs was receptive to Apple Inc …Find out more from Reuters

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Freakonomics » Apple vs Samsung: Who Owns the Rectangle?

Still, the Patent and Trademark Office gave Apple a rectangle patent, which illustrates an important point about our IP system: it is pretty easy to get an absurd patent awarded. Actually defending it in court, as Apple now has to do, is of course …More By Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman

CBS Loves Apple TV, in Theory – AllThingsD

Of course, “the devil is in the details,” says CBS boss Les Moonves. “It depends.”More By Peter Kafka

Apple appears to have started building its data center fuel cell …

It looks like Apple has already started building out both its ground breaking fuel cell project and its massive solar farm at its data center in North Carolina, according to these new aerial photos from Wired.More By Katie Fehrenbacher

IDC: Apple extends lead in tablet market | TUAW – The Unofficial …

In a bit of news that should surprise almost nobody, IDC & Macworld reported on Thursday that Apple has increased its market share of units shipped.More By Steven Sande

What Is Apple Building in North Carolina? [PIC]

Wired shared exclusive photos of what appears to be a groundbreaking of Apple’s Maiden, N.C. data center.More By Zoe Fox