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Five Cable Firms to Share Wi-Fi Hot Spots

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 21 at 11:39 am PT

Five large cable operators said Monday they will join forces to give customers access to each other’s wireless Internet hot spots in the most sweeping Wi-Fi roaming agreement struck by the industry to date.

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Hand-Gesture Technologies Wave Bye to Desktop Mouse

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 21 at 5:30 am PT

A race to liberate computer users from the mouse is kicking into high gear, inspired by the potential of turning hands and other body parts into digital controllers.

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Nasdaq Acknowledges Troubles With Facebook Deal

Jenny Strasburg and Jacob Bunge, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 20 at 1:04 pm PT

Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., on Sunday acknowledged design problems with Nasdaq’s technology after the exchange operator was widely seen as bungling the landmark listing of shares of Facebook Inc. on Friday.

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China Clears Google’s Motorola Mobility Deal

John Letzing, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 19 at 2:15 pm PT

Google said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant’s proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle.

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Tencent to Restructure Business

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 19 at 8:07 am PT

Tencent Holdings said Friday it will restructure its business operations into six groups and named a new chief operating officer as the Chinese Internet company moves to improve efficiency and grow beyond its core gaming business.

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Groupon Stock Spike Probed

Jean Eaglesham and David Benoit, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 18 at 9:10 am PT

A Wall Street regulator is examining trading in Groupon Inc. that sent its stock price soaring hours before a favorable earnings announcement Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Here Are 10 Reasons Not to Buy Facebook Before You Buy It Anyway

David Weidner, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 17 at 3:35 pm PT

By now, you’ve probably made your mind up about Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering. You’re buying it — at any price and by any means necessary. No one is going to convince you otherwise.

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Can Tumblr Turn a Profit?

Angus Loten, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 17 at 7:00 am PT

David Karp has focused on expanding Tumblr Inc.’s network of free bloggers for the past five years. Now, both he and his company are heading into a risky new phase: Making the site profitable.

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Dish’s Ads to End All Ads

Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 16 at 5:32 pm PT

Dish Network Corp. plans to promote its new ad-skipping feature with, ironically enough, a television ad — that is, if broadcast TV networks agree to run the spot.