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Archive for November, 2007

Google Will Bid in FCC Spectrum Auction (Kevin J. Delaney/Wall Street Journal)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Kevin J. Delaney
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119639272899509119…

When Networks Collide - AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson this week … (I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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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Who’s going to win the spectrum auction? Consumers. (Official Google Blog)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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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Who’s going to win the spectrum auction? Consumers. (Chris Sacca/Google Public Policy Blog)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Who’s going to win the spectrum auction?  Consumers.  —  (Cross-posted to the Official Google Blog)  —  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.

Source:   Google Public Policy […]

Motorola Names Greg Brown Chief Executive Officer, Succeeding … (PR Newswire)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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.

Source:   PR Newswire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071130/aqf029.html

Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking (New York Times)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking  —  Faced with its second mass protest by members in its short life span, Facebook, the enormously popular social networking Web site, is reining in some aspects of a controversial new advertising program.  —  Within the last 10 days …

Source:   New York Times
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/technology/30face…

Google Will Apply to Participate in FCC Spectrum Auction (Adam Kovacevich/Google)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 …

Source:   Google
Author:   Adam Kovacevich
Link:   http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel…

New feature: OpenID commenting (Eric/Blogger in Draft)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 …

Source:   Blogger in Draft
Author:   Eric
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Facebook Nabs $60 Million Investment from Li Ka-shing (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 …

Source:   BoomTown
Author:   Kara Swisher
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Sprint Declines Two-Part Offer: Investment, Return of Donahue (Wall Street Journal)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119636928059308359…