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Steven D. Jones, Reporter, Dow Jones Newswires in News on May 23 at 5:12 pm PT
A federal trade panel has ruled that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox doesn’t infringe on wireless patents owned by Motorola Mobility, another in a series of legal decisions that could quiet patent litigation surrounding popular consumer electronic devices.
Liz Gannes in News on May 23 at 4:54 pm PT
Google is nowhere near as dominant in advertising as it is in search, but the FTC may be interested in taking a closer look at the business.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 23 at 3:10 pm PT
The video ad network has been looking to go public for a long time. More video IPOs likely this year.
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Thomas Gryta, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on May 23 at 2:46 pm PT
AT&T Inc. has added a new monthly administrative fee of 61 cents to the bills of all of its contract wireless lines as of May 1, a move that could bring in more than a half-billion dollars in annual revenue to the telecom giant.
John Paczkowski in News on May 23 at 2:10 pm PT
“Who are those people? What is the opposite of a Genius Bar?”
Kara Swisher in Media on May 23 at 1:43 pm PT
After stabilizing the design culture at Yahoo amid much turmoil, the well-known user experience exec leaves the sketchbook to CEO Mayer.
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Eric Johnson in News on May 23 at 12:58 pm PT
Danish mobile games company Kiloo’s most popular app, the runner game Subway Surfers, has racked up 175 million downloads since it launched one year ago. In that time, the game has been played 5.5 billion times, the company said in a press release today.
Subway Surfers is often used as a reference point among free-to-play game developers seeking to monetize their games with in-app purchases. Kiloo’s IAP store has kept the game in the top 50 of Apple’s “top grossing” charts for the past nine months.
Kara Swisher in News on May 23 at 12:49 pm PT
Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 23 at 11:26 am PT
After a poor reception in the U.S., Facebook has asked France Telecom and its British joint venture not to start selling the Facebook Home-equipped device, at least for now.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 23 at 11:25 am PT
It would be pretty amazing if the company said its first original show did as well as “The Walking Dead.” But Netflix says it didn’t say that.
Kara Swisher in News on May 23 at 11:00 am PT
The former Google, Facebook and Badoo exec is the second high-profile Silicon Valley operating exec the VC firm has hired of late.
