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Japanese newspaper Sankei Biz (link via Google Translate) is reporting that Apple has halved LCD panel orders from Sharp due to lower-than-expected sales of the iPhone 5.

After shutting down data access to several competing apps, Facebook today made two major clarifications to its Platform Policy, banning apps that use its data but don't make it easy for users to share back to Facebook, or that replicate its core functionality without permission. Facebook Platform Head Justin Osofsky tried to calm fears by noting the majority of developers should "keep doing what you're doing."

Apple and Samsung are at legal loggerheads in at least 10 countries around the world. In one court case, in Korea's Seoul Central District Court, where Samsung has brought a patent infringement case against Apple's mobile operating system, Samsung is putting pressure on Apple to show it the iOS 6 source code, according to The Korea Times. The paper reports Samsung is arguing that without seeing iOS 6, it can't judge whether Apple's software infringes its technology patents.