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Europe needs effective 4G or smartphone companies may ignore it – Kroes
Digital agenda commissioner calls for investment in networks and more spectrum to be made available. European nations and the region's telecommunications companies need to take steps to bring ultrafast Internet speeds to European consumers,...
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Competition watchdog approves Vodafone, Telefonica UK network-sharing plan
Vodafone and Telefonica UK's plan to merge their respective mobile networks has been approved by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The two mobile operators said late last week that the regulatory green light...
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Brazil electoral judge orders arrest of local Google executive
Fabio Jose Silva Coelho accused of failing to remove videos critical of a mayoral candidate. A Brazilian court has ordered the arrest of the head of Google Inc.'s local operations for not taking down...
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Google to launch Nexus 7 in Japan
Popularity of Android will help uptake of tablet in Japan, Eric Schmidt predicts. Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that the Internet search engine giant plans to launch its Nexus 7 tablet...
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Facebook switches off photo ‘Tag Suggest’ feature in Europe
Facebook Inc. said Friday it had switched off its photo "Tag Suggest" feature in Europe following a privacy investigation. Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawkes, who launched the probe because Facebook's European operations are based...
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Shopping at carrier stores help iPhone buyers avoid Apple circus
Lines at operator outlets dwarfed by 500 massing outside Apple's flagship New York store. As Apple Inc.'s flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York attracted its usual cult-like carnival of devotees, a group of savvy...
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German court says Microsoft can ban sales of some Motorola devices
A German court ruled Thursday that Google Inc. unit Motorola Mobility infringes a Microsoft Corp. patent and granted Microsoft the right for an injunction against the sale of the affected devices in Germany. "With this...
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