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Still Waiting on Office for iPad? OnLive’s New Subscription Service Has Office, Flash and More.

For those of you still holding your breath while you wait for an official Microsoft Office app to come to iPad, here’s something that might help in the interim: OnLive Desktop Plus, a premium, $4.99-a-month version of the OnLive Desktop app for iPad and other tablet devices. The newest version of the app offers a cloud-based Internet Explorer 9, Adobe Flash, and PDF capabilities, in addition to the full Office suite and the “accelerated browsing experience” that OnLive created for fast pushing and pulling of data on a remote-access desktop.

Fare Play: Rivals Have Reason to Be Wary if Square Grabs NYC Cabs

Mobile payments start-up Square wants to snag New York City taxicabs — and its rivals are unlikely to keep quiet about it.
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Verizon Rivals Push FCC to Block Spectrum Buy

T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc. are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to block Verizon Wireless’ plan to buy wireless airwaves from a group of cable companies for $3.9 billion.

Comcast’s Netflix Killer Isn’t One Yet. But It Could Be.

Comcast won’t sell you its new Web video service unless you’re a Comcast cable subscriber. But it could change that overnight.
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Hello, Goodbye. That Will Be $1.29.

Apple and the Beatles have put out ringtones based on 27 of the band’s songs. Which is a good time to remind people that Apple’s iTunes store has had an unprecedented year-plus exclusive on the band’s digital library, which began way back in November 2010.

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Sony PlayStation Vita Launches in U.S., Europe

Sony’s new handheld gaming product, the PlayStation Vita, goes on sale today in Europe and the U.S. Following its initial launch in Japan in December, the device was plagued by some reported bugs, including crashes and gameplay lags, but Sony quickly issued a software update to address the issues. As The Wall Street Journal’s Katie Boehret notes in her review of the Vita, the 3G and Wi-Fi capable Vita costs $299; the Wi-Fi-only version costs $249.

AT&T CEO Pays $2 Million for T-Mobile Deal Debacle

AT&T’s board takes the scalpel to Randall Stephenson’s bonus pay.
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Two Joysticks to Beat Smartphones at Games

Sony’s PS Vita tries to offer almost everything, but game-focused features are still what PlayStation does best.
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From the Land of Angry Birds, Nokia and Linus Torvalds

Ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress, AllThingsD’s Ina Fried travels to Finland to check in on Nokia and Rovio.
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Uber Gives D.C. Residents Presidential Treatment

Buzzy start-up Uber, which allows users to order a car service through a smartphone app, woos customers in Washington, D.C., after facing opposition from the District’s taxi commissioner.
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PlayBook OS 2 Plugs Some Gaps

Antennagate Ends, With a $15 Settlement

iPhone Address Book Rage (Comic)