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Softbank, PayPal form Japan JV, target iPhone users
Tue,8 May 2012 07:57 PM PDT
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Softbank Corp said on Wednesday that it and eBay Inc unit PayPal will form a joint venture to expand Japan's e-payments market by targeting users of Apple Inc's iPhone. Softbank, which competes with bigger KDDI Corp in supplying Apple's popular smartphone in Japan, and PayPal will each invest 1 billion yen ($12.54 million) in the joint venture, Softbank President Masayoshi Son told reporters at a news conference. ($1 = 79.7750 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Ayai Tomisawa)
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Yahoo director who led CEO search won't seek re-election: source
Tue,8 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc director Patti Hart, who led the hiring of CEO Scott Thompson, will give up her seat on Yahoo's board as the Internet company launches an investigation into the chief executive's educational background. Yahoo's board said on Tuesday that is has appointed a special committee and retained a law firm to review CEO Scott Thompson's educational credentials. ...
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Judge throws out Proview's iPad suit vs Apple
Tue,8 May 2012 04:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge tossed out a lawsuit in which the Chinese firm Proview Electronics Co Ltd accused Apple Inc of tricking them into selling the "iPad" name for less than it might have. Proview, which is also suing Apple in China over alleged illegal use of the iPad name, filed a lawsuit in California superior court in February, saying the U.S. consumer electronics company deceived it by purchasing the rights to the name through a special-purpose vehicle. ...
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SingTel's Amobee buys Silicon Valley ad startup
Tue,8 May 2012 03:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd , Southeast Asia's largest telecoms company, has acquired a Silicon Valley startup in the mobile advertising sector, its second such purchase in two months. SingTel's Amobee unit said on Tuesday it bought AdJitsu, which provides tools to make three-dimensional animated ads in mobile apps for iPhone and iPads. The acquisition of AdJitsu follows SingTel's purchase of mobile advertising company Amobee in March for $321 million. The terms of the latest deal were not disclosed. ...
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Sprint announces new mobile ad policy
Tue,8 May 2012 03:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel plans to create a new mobile advertising policy to reassure customers that they have control over whether or not they receive ads on their cellphone, in an effort to improve consumer trust in wireless service providers. The company's Chief Executive Dan Hesse announced the plan on Tuesday during his keynote presentation at the CTIA annual U.S. wireless showcase in New Orleans. ...
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Twitter fights request for Occupy protester's data
Tue,8 May 2012 03:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc filed a motion in a New York criminal court on Tuesday seeking to quash a subpoena for Tweets and account records associated with Malcolm Harris, a Twitter user who was arrested last fall on the Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy protest. Prosecutors in Manhattan have sought to build a case around Harris' Tweets by arguing that they show Harris was "well aware of the police instructions, and acted with the intent of obstructing traffic on the bridge," according to court filings. ...
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FCC's Genachowski defends AT&T deal opposition
Tue,8 May 2012 02:42 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday defended his opposition to AT&T Inc's failed bid for T-Mobile USA last year and fired back at claims that the decision caused price increases for the wireless carrier's customers and more inefficient use of wireless spectrum. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski blasted AT&T for suggesting that U.S. regulators worsened the spectrum crunch or prompted higher prices, during a keynote speech at the CTIA annual wireless industry conference in New Orleans. The U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
AT&T plans small cell tests around year end
Tue,8 May 2012 02:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - AT&T Inc plans to start testing new wireless network devices known as "small cells" later this year hoping to boost its network coverage, a top executive for the telephone company said on Tuesday. John Donovan, executive vice president for technology and network operations, said that if the tests go well the operator could use the equipment to improve in-building coverage or outdoor coverage by attaching the small cells to places like the side of lamp posts. ...
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Alternatives to Youtube catch on with mobile crowd
Tue,8 May 2012 12:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Like many musicians looking for that big break, 24-year-old Angeleno Felice Lazae turned to YouTube for years to promote her songs -- with modest success, at one point getting more than 100,000 views on her cover of an Alicia Keys hit. But this month, the Los Angeles singer plans to premiere her newest music video not on YouTube but on Socialcam, a barely one-year old video-sharing social network that allows users to record, upload and view videos straight from their iPhones. ...
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RIM fills long-vacant chief marketing job
Tue,8 May 2012 11:52 AM PDT
Reuters -  TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd named a pair of wireless industry veterans to senior management roles on Tuesday as it prepares for the make-or-break launch of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones later this year. Frank Boulben, most recently in charge of marketing and sales for U.S. telecom start-up LightSquared, takes over as marketing chief, charged with the task of reinventing the tarnished BlackBerry brand as RIM prepares to introduce the new devices. ...
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Groupon's merchant payments eyed ahead of results
Tue,8 May 2012 10:09 AM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's accounting has been scrutinized since the daily deal company went public in November, but the percentage it pays merchants is under the spotlight ahead of first-quarter results from the company next week. Accrued merchant payables - what Groupon owes merchants that run its daily deals - have been growing faster than revenue, suggesting future pressure on profit margins, some analysts say. Groupon has lost more than half its market value this year on concern about waning demand for its daily deals and the company's accounting troubles. ...
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Qualcomm gets 4G spectrum in India
Tue,8 May 2012 09:41 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India offered to grant 4G broadband spectrum to Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday, nearly two years after the U.S. chipmaker paid $1 billion in an auction, but cut its spectrum usage period due to a delay in getting an internet service license. India typically grants radio airwaves for a period of 20 years. In Qualcomm's case, the telecoms ministry cut the validity of the spectrum by 18 months and asked the company to roll out services in 3-1/2 years, compared with the five years given to other 4G winners, a source with direct knowledge said. ...
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IBM's 'building whisperer' sees retrofit boom
Tue,8 May 2012 08:33 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's skyscrapers, many built before World War Two, are showing their age. IBM's "building whisperer," Dave Bartlett, believes many of these buildings could use a diet. Bartlett, who leads IBM's smarter building initiative, is known as the "building whisperer" because he views buildings as living organisms, an approach that can help identify problems and suggest cost-effective ways of making buildings healthier and more energy-efficient. ...
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Japan's Gree vows to boost gaming controls
Tue,8 May 2012 03:41 AM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Gree Inc, Japan's leading social gaming site, said on Tuesday that it will strengthen policing of its content as regulators consider a clamp down on Internet games seen to be flouting gambling restrictions. Gree will work with other social game companies to draft industry guidelines by the end of May, the firm's CEO and founder Yoshikazu Tanaka told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
Social media stress? There's an app for that
Tue,8 May 2012 02:40 AM PDT
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Nestle, purveyor of the decades-old KitKat snack, has launched an app it says addresses a growing problem among young social media users - giving them a break from the stress of posting updates by doing it for them. The software, Social Break, automatically sends random updates to users' Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. It will be officially launched in Singapore later this week and is free to download from kitkat.com.sg/socialbreak. ... Full Story | Top |
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