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A patron exits a T-Mobile store in Glendale, California, on August 1, 2014. Shares in T-Mobile jumped on July 31 on a report that French telecommunications firm Iliad is bidding to buy the US wireless service carrier.   AFP PHOTO / Robyn BeckROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
A patron exits a T-Mobile store in Glendale, California, on August 1, 2014. Shares in T-Mobile jumped on July 31 on a report that French telecommunications firm Iliad is bidding to buy the US wireless service carrier. AFP PHOTO / Robyn BeckROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
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Here s what s on the Thursday menu.

Apple vs. Samsung, the designer edition: Calvin Klein and more than 100 designers and educators sign on to a brief supporting Apple in its patent battle with Samsung, telling the Supreme Court that the iPhone maker deserves hundreds of millions of dollars in damages because the iPhone s look was central to its success.

It looks like Amazon and Target have kissed and made up, for Kindles and Fire tablets are again on sale on Target.com and are hitting physical store shelves in the fall.

Intel s internet of things oops: It s recalling Basis Peak smartwatches because they can burn and blister wearers skin. It will stop supporting the watch. (Company announcement)

A tidbit from Tesla s earnings call: Elon Musk slammed the California Air Resources Board over its emission credits program, saying the standards need to be raised.

YouTube Kids now offering ad-free option.

New report on state of wireless coverage: T-Mobile surpasses AT&T to be second best, behind No. 1 Verizon.

 

Photo: A customer exits a T-Mobile store in Glendale, California, in 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

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