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Exclusive: Mayer Set to Get Yahoo’s Alibaba Billions in One Week (But Will Investors Get Some Back, Too?)
What will the Silicon Valley giant do with $4.5 billion?
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Apple’s iTunes Store Goes Live in Hong Kong, Singapore and Ten Other Asian Countries
Apple debuted its iTunes Store to a dozen new markets in Asia today, bringing it to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. This is the company’s first big iTunes push into Asia since it launched the store in Japan back in 2005. The iTunes Store is still not available in China, Apple’s fastest growing market.SingTel To Buy U.S.-Based Mobile Advertising Firm Amobee
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said it will acquire U.S.-based Amobee Inc., a provider of mobile advertising solutions, for about $321 million — the company’s first major acquisition since 2007.PayPal Wants You to Shop While Straphanging In Singapore
PayPal and others are looking to make mobile payments even more mobile.
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Google to Invest $120 Million in Singapore Data Center
Google Inc. will invest $120 million in a data center in Singapore, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, executives of the Internet search giant announced Thursday, in a move to significantly expand operations in Asia.We Wanted the BlackBerry Server in Indonesia, Not Singapore, You Idiots
And if it’s not here quickly, we may just cut off all RIM services in the country.
Google Adds to Cloud Coverage in Asia
Google announces plans to build new data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
DST, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Lead $1.6B Tender Offer Aimed at Alibaba Employees at $32B Valuation
Big play in China, as big investors pour a fortune into Alibaba Group shares to give its employees some walking-around money.
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IPad 2 Hits Japan, India, Hong Kong Friday
The iPad 2 has a new Japanese launch date: Friday. Apple originally gave the iPad 2 a street date of March 25 in Japan, but canceled it after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that savaged the country. Today it said it’s added Japan to the second wave of international iPad 2 launches which includes Hong Kong, India, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.Your Phone Knows Where You Are, and Always Will. Get Used to It.
There’s no point in getting fired up over the disclosure that iPhones keep track of where you go. It’s not something new, it’s not secret, and it’s probably never going to stop. Why? Because the data is so valuable.