Saturday, May 19, 2012

Google purchase of Motorola Mobility OKd by China - San Francisco Chronicle


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Google purchase of Motorola Mobility OKd by China
San Francisco Chronicle
New York -- Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating system for ...
Google gets China OK to buy MotorolaUSA TODAY
Google gets China OK for Motorola dealThe Associated Press
China Clears Google's Motorola Mobility DealWall Street Journal
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds one day after IPO - USA TODAY


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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds one day after IPO
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married." By Allyson Magda, Handout via AP This photo provided by Facebook shows Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and ...
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg updates relationship status to 'married'CNN
From opening bells to wedding bells: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ...Washington Post
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheartBusinessWeek
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Google gets China OK for Motorola deal - BusinessWeek


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Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
BusinessWeek
By AP Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android operating ...
Google cleared for Motorola purchase after receiving Chinese regulatory approvalApple Insider
Google gets China OK to buy MotorolaUSA TODAY
China Clears Google's Motorola Mobility DealWall Street Journal
Android Community -CNET -Reuters
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Google cleared for Motorola purchase after receiving Chinese regulatory approval - Apple Insider


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Google cleared for Motorola purchase after receiving Chinese regulatory approval
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong Google and Motorola Mobility both revealed on Saturday that they have received Chinese regulatory approval for their proposed merger and expect to soon close on the deal. After receiving permission in February to move ahead with the merger ...
Google gets China OK to buy MotorolaUSA TODAY
Google purchase of Motorola Mobility OKd by ChinaSan Francisco Chronicle
Google says it has China's approval for Motorola dealReuters
Android Community -The Associated Press -CNET
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan - msnbc.com


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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan
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PALO ALTO, Calif. â€" Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home, capping a busy week for the couple, ...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriendUSA TODAY
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriendLos Angeles Times
A Day After Facebook's IPO, Mark Zuckerberg Marries! (FB)San Francisco Chronicle
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Google gets China OK to buy Motorola - USA TODAY


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Google gets China OK to buy Motorola
USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) â€" Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google's Android ...
Google says it has China's approval for Motorola dealReuters
China to Google: Android must remain openCNET
Google gets China OK for Motorola dealRedwood Times
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China to Google: Android must remain open - CNET


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China to Google: Android must remain open
CNET
In OKing the Google-Motorola merger, regulators in China stipulate that Google must make the Android OS free and open for five years. by Edward Moyer May 19, 2012 5:18 PM PDT Follow @edatnews In giving the thumbs-up to Google's acquisition of Motorola, ...
China Approves Google Acquisition of Motorola MobilityPCWorld
Google gets China OK for Motorola dealThe Associated Press
Google Wins Final Needed Approval for Motorola Mobility PurchaseBusinessWeek
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Facebook is going to need all the friends it can get - The Guardian


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Facebook is going to need all the friends it can get
The Guardian
The interesting thing about the Facebook IPO (initial public offering) is that there was no first-day "pop". In other words, the shares ended the day trading at just about the price at which they had started. Given the advance hype, this surprised many ...
Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. RealitiesNew York Times
Sloppy Facebook IPO Predictions: Only 1.14% Get the Closing Price RightPC Magazine
What Silicon Valley venture capitalists say about the Facebook IPOSan Jose Mercury News
Piki Geek -San Francisco Chronicle -BBC News
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O'Brien: The Other Faces of Facebook - San Jose Mercury News


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O'Brien: The Other Faces of Facebook
San Jose Mercury News
By Chris O'Brien Much of the attention on Facebook last week focused on founder Mark Zuckerberg and his chief lieutenant, Sheryl Sandberg. Zuckerberg, 28, is already an icon; think Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. And Sandberg, 42, Facebook's chief operating ...
Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. RealitiesNew York Times
Facebook Stalls in Public Debut After Record $16 Billion IPOSan Francisco Chronicle
Facebook shares see modest debutBBC News
SlashGear -ABC News -The Associated Press
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Open Android the price for China's Motorola bid approval - SlashGear


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Open Android the price for China's Motorola bid approval
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Google has secured Chinese approval to complete its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, the search giant has confirmed, though it was reportedly forced to commit to Android openness to sway the decision. Chinese regulators had stood as the final hurdle ...
Google Wins Final Needed Approval for Motorola Mobility PurchaseBloomberg
Google says it won China's approval for Motorola dealReuters
China clears Google, Motorola merger: Deal to close 'within days'CNET
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Microsoft wins ban on Motorola Android devices from the ITC - The Verge


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Microsoft wins ban on Motorola Android devices from the ITC
The Verge
By Matt Macari on May 19, 2012 01:43 pm 54Comments We saw this week just how powerful an import ban can be as US Customs officials enforced an ITC exclusion order delaying the importation of new HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE smartphones into the country, ...
ITC Bans Motorola Devices That Infringe on Microsoft PatentPC Magazine
Microsoft Wins Ruling Forcing Change in Motorola PhonesBusinessWeek
Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola's Android devicesArs Technica
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Kelly once against Obama space plan, now open to it - msnbc.com


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Kelly once against Obama space plan, now open to it
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Astronaut Mark Kelly joins MSNBC to discuss private space travel and the plan to launch SpaceX into orbit. >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt ." at just past the half hour now, technicians are trying to figure out what delayed this morning's ...
SpaceX launch fizzles: What's next?Alaska Dispatch
SpaceX's first bid at cab service to ISS is a bustio9
SpaceX launch aborted at last momentWLS
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Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities - New York Times


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Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities
New York Times
IT'S an old line on Wall Street: If you can get your hands on a hot new stock, you probably don't want it. This bit of Street wisdom came to mind last week, as Facebook went public amid so much fanfare. The stock eked out a 23-cent gain on its Day 1, ...
Secondary markets had a good fix on FacebookSan Francisco Chronicle
Facebook IPO: Big bucks for Facebook employees, but what's coming for new ...Alaska Dispatch
How were these Silicon Valley VCs so wrong about Facebook's IPO?VentureBeat
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Don't De-Friend Facebook Yet: It's IPO Might Not Mean Trouble Ahead - Daily Beast


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Don't De-Friend Facebook Yet: It's IPO Might Not Mean Trouble Ahead
Daily Beast
by Zachary Karabell May 19, 2012 11:05 AM EDT Analysts have declared Facebook's IPO a sign of trouble for the company, but the real problem is Wall Street's warped definition of success. Plus, Matt DeLuca examines the numbers.
How Facebook IPO Impacts Social Business SpaceInformationWeek
A look at Facebook by the numbersChristian Science Monitor
Beyond Facebook: Online social networks through the yearsWashington Post
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Microsoft wins Motorola Android US import ban - SlashGear


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Microsoft wins Motorola Android US import ban
SlashGear
Microsoft has won an ITC ruling that will force Motorola to either modify the software on its Android phones, or face imports of handsets into the US being blocked. The victory, which saw Microsoft argue that Motorola had failed to properly license an ...
ITC Bans Motorola Devices That Infringe on Microsoft PatentPC Magazine
Microsoft Wins Ruling Forcing Change in Motorola PhonesBusinessWeek
Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola's Android devicesArs Technica
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Facebook's $16bn IPO means nothing today - SlashGear


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Facebook's $16bn IPO means nothing today
SlashGear
The biggest tech event of the year â€" if you believe the financial pundits â€" has been and gone, leaving analysts, shareholders and Mark Zuckerberg to pick through the remains of the Facebook IPO. Seldom have so many gathered to stretch credibility and ...
Taking stock after the Facebook IPOThe Guardian
Facebook IPO? Flat. Facebook future? Bright.Christian Science Monitor
Facebook IPO: Who is selling stock?WTOP
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Taking stock after the Facebook IPO - The Guardian


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Taking stock after the Facebook IPO
The Guardian
On Friday morning, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, CEO, and majority shareholder, rang the Nasdaq opening bell and made history with one of the largest IPOs in years. It was exactly the kind of mania that made the dotcom era a profoundly silly ...
Facebook IPO? Flat. Facebook future? Bright.Christian Science Monitor
Facebook Stock Closes Nearly Flat in Debutabc40
Despite mission, investors will change FacebookChicago Daily Herald
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Facebook stock finishes flat in IPO debut - New York Daily News


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Facebook stock finishes flat in IPO debut
New York Daily News
NEW YORK â€" In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial public ...
Historic Facebook Debut Falls FlatMobile & Apps
Now's not the time to buy Facebook, experts sayDetroit Free Press
Facebook's social stumbleToronto Star
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Facebook stock finishes flat in debut - Wyoming Tribune


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Facebook stock finishes flat in debut
Wyoming Tribune
By BARBARA ORTUTAY In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the company's 3500 employees not to get caught up in the hoopla surrounding its long-awaited initial ...
Facebook IPO fight-back begins: share price 'implausible', says analystTelegraph.co.uk
Facebook shares see modest debutBBC News
Expatriation in the Wake of the Facebook IPOBusiness Insider
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Facebook IPO fight-back begins: share price 'implausible', says analyst - Telegraph.co.uk


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Facebook IPO fight-back begins: share price 'implausible', says analyst
Telegraph.co.uk
The fight-back against Facebook's $100bn (£63bn) mega-float has begun, with the first analyst this weekend coming out to stamp a 'sell' sign on the social network's shares as the full extent to which Wall Street banks were forced to prop up its shares ...
Facebook stock debut closes near flatGreat Falls Tribune
After flat debut Facebook awaits market verdictOutcome Magazine
Facebook falls flat in public debutCincinnati.com
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Facebook IPO fight-back begins: shares priced for 'perfection', says analyst - Telegraph.co.uk


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Facebook IPO fight-back begins: shares priced for 'perfection', says analyst
Telegraph.co.uk
The fight-back against Facebook's $100bn (£63bn) mega-float has begun, with the first analyst this weekend coming out to stamp a 'sell' sign on the social network's shares as the full extent to which Wall Street banks were forced to prop up its shares ...
Facebook falls flat in public debutCincinnati.com
Facebook Flops: Look Out Below!Barron's
POLL: Is Facebook Really Worth All Those Billions?Patch.com
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Apple and HTC asked to settle down issues on August 28th - The Driod Guy


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Apple and HTC asked to settle down issues on August 28th
The Driod Guy
Apple has many lawsuits against it, and it has initiated a lot of other lawsuits on other companies functioning in the same field. For example, the rivalry between Apple and Samsung is well known and it is for sure going into the history books of ...
HTC Evo 4G LTE shipments now delayed at Best BuyCNET
HTC Evo 4G LTE claimed for May 23rd launch by Best Buy, but it's not a sure thingThe Verge
Distro Issue 41: a visit to the Lowcountry's Twelve South, TiVo Premiere XL4 ...Engadget
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Facebook IPO: Watch Mark Zuckerberg ring the NASDAQ opening bell live [Updated ... - Digitaltrends.com


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Facebook IPO: Watch Mark Zuckerberg ring the NASDAQ opening bell live [Updated ...
Digitaltrends.com
Watch Mark Zuckerberg ring the NASDAQ opening bell, which officially marks the beginning of Facebook's long-awaited IPO. The big day is finally here: At about 9:28am ET, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will ring the NASDAQ opening bell, ...
Facebook shares see modest debutBBC News
Facebook IPO startsInquirer
Facebook stock finishes flat in debutKingsport Times News
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Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma - Computerworld


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Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma
Computerworld
By Cameron Scott IDG News Service - The mobile gift-giving app Karma announced Friday it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.
Facebook buys Karma appGigaOM
Facebook Acquires Gift-Giving App KarmaMashable
Facebook buys gifting service, KarmaMoneycontrol.com
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