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Apple’s Billion Dollar Storytelling

Apple's victory over Samsung in a recent smartphone patent brawl netted the company over a billion dollars in damages and, more importantly for Apple, might have strategically slowed the rise of the Korean tech juggernaught that today provides phones to 26 percent of all U.S. mobile subcribers according to comScore. But what clinched Apple the win, one of the largest patent awards ever on record? Storytelling, according to juror interviews by the Wall Street Journal. For Samsung, the story it had to get across was that Apple's patents weren't as crucially innovative as Apple claimed them to be, and Apple had to tell the story of a Samsung copycat. "The Apple lawyers were better at presenting their case," juror Manuel Ilagan said to the Journal. Of particular strength was a visual that showed Samsung phones before and after the iPhone came out. The Journal quotes presiding juror Velvin Hogan to say that it seemed…

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GuatePhoto 2012 Open Call Ends Friday

There are just three days left to submit your work to GautePhoto Open Call. Apply for a chance to have your work included as one of 15 main exhibitions in the GuatePhoto 2012 festival. The OPEN CALL winner will receive S$3,000, a solo exhibition in the new gallery of La Fototeca, an all expenses paid trip to Guatemala to attend the opening of the festival and a seven-page spread published in RARA magazine. Held in Guatemala City's historic center, the International Photography Festival GuatePhoto 2012 promotes the exchange between photographers from all over the world and provides a distinctive backdrop to the diffusion and exhibition of their work. For two weeks in November be part of this unique festival of Latin-American and international photography. GuatePhoto 2012 Open call deadline August 31 Festival runs November 7-25 Learn more and apply

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Applications Open for WKU Mountain Workshops

Western Kentucky University’s (WKU) Mountain Workshops draw a team of dedicated teachers and determined learners to a small Kentucky town to explore the richness of community, the beauty of landscape, and the possibilities and challenges of visual storytelling. The 37th annual Workshops will take place Oct. 16-21, 2012 in Henderson, KY. Early registration ends on Sept. 15. The Mountain Workshops are three workshops in one. Participants can select from one of the three to suit their current need of visual development: The Photojournalism Workshop focuses on still photography, as coaches and participants explore individual character, the give and take of relationships, the deeply-felt sense of belonging to a place and the pride of participating in a shared heritage. The Picture Editing Workshop draws on the design sensibilities and electronic publishing expertise of its coaches to help participants learn to weave photographs and text together into memorable narratives. The Multimedia Workshop challenges participants…

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