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Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Google Will Bid in FCC Spectrum Auction — Google Inc. announced Friday that it will apply to bid for wireless spectrum in a January Federal Communications Commission auction. — The Mountain View, Calif., Internet company had previously said it would probably bid for spectrum …
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Adam Kovacevich / Google:
Google Will Apply to Participate in FCC Spectrum Auction — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it will apply to participate in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction of wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band. — As part of the nationally mandated transition …
Official Google Blog:
Who's going to win the spectrum auction? Consumers. — Posted by by Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives — Here at Google, we see the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission as one of the best opportunities consumers will have to enjoy more choices in the world of wireless devices.
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I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
When Networks Collide — AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson this week said what I have been saying since last July — that Apple and AT&T would soon introduce an iPhone that works with AT&T's faster 3G wireless data network. I said it because I had heard last summer that AT&T was already testing 3G iPhones …
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:WSJ: Google Will Bid For 700MHZ Wireless Spectrum
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Facebook Nabs $60 Million Investment from Li Ka-shing — While a lot of people were beginning to doubt Facebook's ability to raise more money after getting a lofty $15 billion valuation following a $240 million investment from Microsoft last month, it seems the stakes are not too high …
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Steve Goldberg / Official Google Reader Blog:
Attack of the interns: recommendations and drag-and-drop — One of the great things about Reader, and feed readers in general, is that they let you follow sites much more efficiently than you could just by visiting them directly. This means that once you get into the flow of it …
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PR Newswire:
Motorola Names Greg Brown Chief Executive Officer, Succeeding Edward J. Zander Who Remains Chairman — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Greg Brown, 47, as Chief Executive Officer of Motorola, effective January 1, 2008.
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Dave Carpenter / Associated Press:
Motorola CEO Ed Zander to Step Down — CHICAGO — Motorola Inc. said Friday that Ed Zander will step down as chief executive on Jan. 1 after months under pressure for the sharp decline of the company's once-hot cell-phone business. — Zander, 60, will be replaced by President and Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown, 47, as CEO.
Billboard.Biz:
A Tipping Point For MP3s — The scope of a yearlong download promotion planned between Pepsi and Amazon, Billboard has learned, is among several developments forcing further consideration by Warner Music Group (WMG) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment to follow EMI and Universal Music Group's lead in distributing music in the MP3 format.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Ironic, Yes, But Zuckerberg's Privacy Violated — [UPDATED with more information.] — So exactly why did Facebook unleash such a massive legal fury on 02138 magazine yesterday over documents the publication posted online? — Because, said sources, those documents-including an application …
Eric / Blogger in Draft:
New feature: OpenID commenting — Blogger in Draft now lets you enable OpenID-based commenting, in your blogs' Settings | Comments tab: — (OpenID comments work in both the Anyone and Registered Users modes) — This means that users of OpenID-enabled services — such as LiveJournal and WordPress …
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Michael McWhertor / Kotaku:
Gamespot Editor Fired Over Kane & Lynch Review? [Rumor] — We've heard an unsettling rumor today from an anonymous tipster that longtime game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann from Gamespot has been let go. That wouldn't necessarily be newsworthy, but the conditions under which he was allegedly dismissed were.
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Kyle Orland / Joystiq:Rumor: Gamespot's editorial director fired over Kane & Lynch review
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Wall Street Journal:
Sprint Declines Two-Part Offer: Investment, Return of Donahue — Companies Featured in This Article: Sprint Nextel, Embarq, Procter & Gamble, Comcast, AT&T, Verizon Communications, Vodafone Group — Sprint Nextel Corp. recently rejected an offer by South Korea's SK Telecom …
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Digital Chosunilbo:
'Exploding Cell Phone' Was a Lie — The death of a quarry worker in his 30s in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province on Wednesday was not caused by an exploding mobile phone but by a heavy vehicle accident, police said Thursday. Police said a colleague of the victim's lied about the cause of death to conceal his fault.
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comScore:
YouTube Continues to Lead U.S. Online Video Market with 28 Percent Market Share, According to comScore Video Metrix — Nearly 2 in 5 U.S. Internet Users Watched a YouTube Video in September — comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released …
Oliver Rist / PC Magazine:
Leopard is the New Vista, and It's Pissing Me Off — Before Apple makes any more smug OS-related attacks on Microsoft, it ought to take a good look in the mirror. — I'm not sure what ticks me off more about Leoptard (I can't take credit for that nickname—some Brit coined it) …
Fred Wilson / Union Square Ventures:
Why Early Stage Venture Investments Fail — In my last post on failure rates in early stage venture capital, I made the point that every portfolio is going to have failures. I've made 32 direct investments (the deals I've sourced, led, and managed myself) over the past 17 years.
