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Verizon Reaches Agreement to Acquire Vodafone's 45 Percent Interest in Verizon Wireless for $130 Billion — Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vodafone Group Plc (London, Nasdaq: VOD) to acquire Vodafone's U.S. group …
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Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.'s — For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans' phone calls …
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More details on Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch: those images are of a prototype — Venturebeat caused a holiday weekend stir with what appeared to be pictures of Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which will be formally unveiled this Wednesday. However, the model of the watch reported …
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| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Acer announces 6-inch Liquid S2, ‘first 4K-recording smartphone’ — Compared to many other companies, Acer's taken a rather cautious approach to super-sized phones. Its first attempt was the 5.7-inch Liquid S1, a rather straightforward Android handset unveiled back in June at Computex.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Japan's Rakuten Acquires Viki Video Site for $200 Million — Japan's Internet e-commerce giant Rakuten is set to purchase Viki, a premium video site that has been described as “Hulu for the rest of the world.” — The deal was set to be announced next week …
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Windows 8 rockets to 7.41% market share as Windows XP falls below 35% mark — Just before the results of back-to-school sales and way before the holiday season, Windows 8 appears to have made a significant jump in market share. At the same time, Windows 7′s hold remains strong …
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| Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
Which Start-Up Could Be the Next Big Thing? — When it comes to technology start-ups, there are a lot of paths to success. — Some successful start-ups sell for a billion dollars, as Tumblr did this year to Yahoo. When that happens, it's a windfall for the founders of the start-ups as well as for the investors and some employees.| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Happy 10th birthday Skype. You changed everything; too bad you didn't change Microsoft — Very quietly today, Skype turned ten years old. Ironically, I didn't even remember its 10th birthday. I forgot, mostly because ever since it was acquired by Microsoft, Skype as we know is slowly losing its identity.| Wesley Yin-Poole / Eurogamer: |
PlayStation 4 does voice recognition with new PlayStation Camera — PlayStation On? — Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 does voice recognition through the new PlayStation Camera. — However, the extent of its voice recognition features remain under wraps.
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| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Acer announces 10.1-inch Iconia A3 Android tablet for €249 and up — To kick off IFA, Acer's announcing a new tablet running Android Jelly Bean, the 10.1-inch Iconia A3. Available in both WiFi and 3G versions, the A3 will hit Africa, Europe and the Middle East in early October with a starting price of €249.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Director Says BlackBerry Can Survive as ‘Niche’ Player — Nordberg Says There Are ‘Subsets’ That Should Be Sold Off — One of the members of BlackBerry Ltd.'s board committee tasked with exploring strategic alternatives said the company can compete as a “niche company” in the smartphone business …
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| Bloomberg: |
Lenovo Chief Yang Shares Bonus With Workers For Second Year — Lenovo Chief Shares Bonus With Workers — Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's biggest maker of personal computers, said Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing will share his bonus with employees for a second straight year after achieving record shipments and sales.Sponsor Posts
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