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September 3, 2013, 4:40 AM

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Microsoft:
Microsoft to acquire Nokia's devices & services business, license Nokia's patents and mapping services  —  Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation today announced that the Boards of Directors for both companies have decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase substantially …
Microsoft:
Steve Ballmer email to Microsoft employees on Nokia Devices & Services acquisition  —  We announced some exciting news today: We have entered into an agreement to purchase Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes their smartphone and mobile phone businesses, their award-winning design team …
The Official Microsoft Blog:
The Next Chapter: An open letter from Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop  —  Microsoft to acquire Nokia Devices & Services, accelerating the Windows ecosystem  —  Nokia and Microsoft have always dreamed big - we dreamed of putting a computer on every desk, and a mobile phone in every pocket …
Nokia:
Nokia to sell Devices & Services business to Microsoft in EUR 5.44 billion all-cash transaction  — Transaction expected to be significantly accretive to Nokia earnings.  — Nokia continues to develop, and sees significant value in, advanced technologies, its patent portfolio and Nokia brand.
Verizon:
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 …
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android  —  Android 4.3 was released to Nexus devices a little over a month ago, but, as is usual with Android updates, it's taking much longer to roll out the general public.  Right now, a little over six percent of Android users have the latest version.
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
The Internet's next victim: Advertising  —  What the story of AdBlock Plus tells us: The online economy is broken, and won't be easy to fix  —  “Everyone agrees that advertising on the Internet is broken,” says Till Faida, CEO of Adblock Plus, creator of by far the most popular ad-blocking software on the Web.
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John Siracusa / Hypercritical:
Nintendo in Crisis  —  When Apple was on the ropes sixteen years ago, there was no shortage of advice about what the company should do to save itself, much of it fueled by a deep love for Apple's products.  It takes a diehard Apple fanatic to create something like the iconic “Pray” …

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