Nielsen: Android Top Smartphone OS in U.S. While Apple is Top Smartphone Builder / iPhone and iPad Help Softbank Grow Net Income Nearly 500x Y-o-Y in 2Q / Nintendo Dropping Price of 3DS Likely Thanks to Sales Pressure from iThings / Motorola Ships 440,000 Xooms to Retailers in 2Q CY2011 / Google TV Looks to Be a Disaster for Logitech / Bernstein Analyst Likes Apple’s Chances in IP Suits Against Android Phone Makers / Apple Versus HTC: An Attempt to Untangle the IP Suits / Microsoft: Complete Lionization of Office for Mac 2011 Likely to Take Months / BGR Publishes Super-Shaky Rumor of Apple Buying Barnes and Noble / Gleacher and Company Analyst Argues Against Rumor of Apple Buying Barnes and Noble / BBC iPlayer App for iPad Hits 11 European Countries and Misses U.S. (for Now) / Amazon Buys Interactive TV App and Services Provider Pushbutton / Business Insider Source Says Fabled Amazon Tablet Aimed More at nook Than iPad / Vietnamese Site Tinhte Has Picture Purported to be of Plasticized iPhone 4 / Weintraub Was Looking at a Picture of Something That May or May Not Have Been an iPhone 5 (Not an Actual iPhone 5)

9to5Mac Founder Tweets About iPhone 5 Sighting / Macquarie Securities Sees 27-Million iPhones Sold in 3Q CY 2011 and 40-Million in 4Q / Barclays Analyst Sees Stellar September Quarter for Apple / Research Firm Sees iPad Outselling Android Tablets Through 2015 / UBS Analyst Expects Sales of Just Under 38-Million iPads in CY2011 / Analysys International: iPad Accounts for 74-Percent of Tablet Sales in China in 2Q CY2011 / Some Lion Buyers Using PayPal Apparently Charged Multiple Times / EA CEO: iPad Currently Fastest Growing Platform; Consoles in Flux / Distimo: “Freemium” Changes the Game for Games / Apple Amends Request to Intervene in Lodsys Cases After Lodsys Targets More Companies / Lodsys Seeks to Block Apple Intervention in Developer Suits / Affinity Labs Sues Apple Over Alleged Patent Infringement / Apple Being Sued by Bankrupt-Retailer Ultimate Electronics / Kentucky City Makes First Big Buy of MacBook Airs for Public Schools / Apple Opening New Store in Glendale, CA 600-Feet from Other Apple Store in Glendale, CA / Microsoft Opening Seattle Microsoft Store Across a Parking Lot from Seattle Apple Store

“Buy Button” Rules Go Into Effect for High-Profile iOS Applications / Kobo Turning to HTML5 Reader in Wake of iOS “Buy Button” Ban / Apple Brings iOS App Store and Mac App Store Access to 33 Additional Countries / Apple Issues “Supplemental” Snow Leopard Update / Office for Mac a Bit Buggy for Lion / Recent iWork Updates Deal with Vulnerabilities Associated with Office Files / Apple Updates iOS to Patch Security Hole in Certificate Validation / Apple Seeds iOS 5 beta 4 to Developers as Over-the-Air Update / Apple Seeds 10.7.2 beta to Developers for iCloud Testing / Apple and Nuance Add Access to More Lifelike, Regional Voices in Lion / Apple Replacing 1TB Seagate Hard Drives in iMacs Bought May 2011 through July 2011 / Apple Reportedly Settles Patent Infringement Suit with Walker Digital / Verizon Exec: Big Red Had Expected New iPhone This Summer Too / Verizon Activates 2.3 Million iPhone 4s in 2Q CY2011 / Apple Reportedly Staffing Up for Late Summer/Early Fall / AT&T Reportedly Asks Retail Management and Staff to be Ready at Full Force for September / comScore: iPhone Top Mobile in UK (for Now) / Reuters: Patrons of Fake Apple Stores in China Upset by Fakery / Two Fake Apple Stores in China Shut Down (Though Not for Imitating Apple) / Report: Apple Gets NYC Grand Central Station Store for 10 Years / All Things D: Sources Says Apple Not a Serious Contender for Hulu / Apple Shares Close Above 400-Dollars for First Time Ever / Make-A-Wish Game Allied Star Police Hits the App Store (for Free)

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Apple Says Lion Downloaded Over One Million Times in First 24 Hours of Availability / Apple Tops Nokia in Number of Smartphones Sold for 2Q CY2011 / AT&T iPhone Sales Hold Steady in 2Q / Bloomberg: Secret Sources Say Apple Mulling Purchase of Hulu / Apple Takes Volume App Purchasing for Business Live / Fortune: Steve Jobs Skips the Skies for 3Q FY2011 / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Bringing Patents to a Robot Fight / Judge in (One of the) Samsung Case(s) Denies Apple Request for Expedited Decision on Product Ban(s) / Judge Allows Class Action Suit Against Apple and AT&T Over “Unlimited” iPad 3G Data to Proceed / Personal Audio Comes Back for Seconds with “New” Patent Case / WSJ: Some Apple Board Members Reportedly Talk CEO Succession with Outside Recruiters / In China: Fake Apple Stores So Real, Employees Think They Work for Apple

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.7 Lion / Apple Updates MacBook Air with Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, and Backlit Keyboard / Apple Updates Mac mini with Thunderbolt, Sandy Bridge, and Discrete Graphics / Apple Yanks Optical Drive from Mac mini / Apple Insider: Apple Declares Most Retail Software “End of Life” / Apple Kills MacBook White for All But Education Institutions / Apple Announces First Thunderbolt Display / Apple Releases iWork, iTunes, and Remote Desktop Client Updates / Apple Fixes 58 Security Vulnerabilities with Safari 5.1 Update / Apple Updates Xcode to Version 4.1; Makes it Free in Mac App Store / Check out Xcode 4.1 Here / RoaringApps.com Lists Mac Apps and WHether They’re Ready for Lion / Fortune: Analysts Fall Harder in Love with Apple Post 3Q Earnings

Apple Reports (Yet Another) Record Quarter / Traderhood’s Nicholae Mihalache Comes Closest to Apple Earnings Numbers / CFO Oppenheimer: “Neat Stuff” Coming to iTunes Video Content / Apple Insider Hears Hints of Next iPhone in September Quarter / Apple 3Q iPhone Sales Widen Lead on Research In Motion / Apple Breaks 400-Dollar Mark After Earnings Call / Apple Posts Earnings Call as Podcast (iTunes Link) / Apple Releases Migration Assistant Update in Preparation for Today’s Lion Launch

NPD: 3Q FY2011 Could Be Best Quarter So Far for Mac Sales / Apple Insider: Source Says Lion Set for Wednesday Release / CNET: Various Reports Say Way Is Being Made for Imminent Arrival of Lion / ChangeWave: While More People Buy Androids, More iPhone Owners are “Very Satisfied” / Apple Gear and Software Rack Up PC Mag Readers’ Choice Awards / iOS Earns More Ad Impressions in Europe than Nokia in 2Q CY2011 / BGR Source Says Says iPhone 3GS Could Stay as “Low Cost” iPhone After Next iPhone Launches / USITC Sides Against Apple in Countersuit Against Kodak / Borders to Close; Victim of “eReader Revolution” and “Turbulent Economy”

Apple Updates iOS to Fix PDF-Reading Security Vulnerability / iPhone Dev Team Has Tethered Jailbreak Out for Updated iOS / Pro and Unpaid Analysts Agree: iPod Sales to Drop 7.2-Percent Y-o-Y / Apple Shares Hit All-Time High Ahead of Anticipated New Products and 3Q Earnings / Delivery Times Drop to 1-to-3 Days Through Apple’s Site / Sears.com Accidentally Advertises 69-Dollar iPad (Cancels Orders) / AT&T Drops Refurbished iPhone 3GS Price to 9-Dollars with a 2-Year Contract / USITC Judge Issues Preliminary Ruling Saying HTC Violated 2 of 10 Apple Patents with Android Phones / Patent Expert Says USITC Ruling Against HTC Could Be Trouble for All Android Devices / Reuters: Apple Taps TSMC for Trial Run of A6 Processors / Citigroup Analyst Downgrades Best Buy on Weakness in TV Sales

Lion-Compatible Apps Showing Up in Mac App Store / All Things D: Secret Sources Say New MacBook Airs Due Late Next Week / Fortune: Analysts Expect Mac Sales of Between 3.8-Million and 4.6-Million Units / UK Recruiter Seeks Temporary iPhone Sales Staff for Apple to Start in Mid-August / Screenshot Shows iPhone 4 in Inventory System of Fry’s Electronics / Apple Pays Plaintiff in SKorean Case Over iOS Location Logging / Lodsys Sues Developers That Cross-Promote Applications Via In-App Purchase / Changes Come Midweek to US and International App Stores / Apple Updates Aperture 3 to Version 3.1.3 / NYT: Secret Source Says Amazon’s Trip to Tablettown Fraught with Trouble and Compromise