Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III Selling on Amazon for $800

Think you’ll get a discount because it’s Amazon.com? Guess again.
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One Small Keyboard for Logitech, One Giant Leap for iPad Productivity

Logitech’s $100 Ultrathin keyboard for iPad might just be worth the high price.
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Yep, the Wireless Industry Actually Lost Contract Customers Last Quarter

Subscriber gains at AT&T and Verizon weren’t enough to make up for defections at Sprint and T-Mobile. The prepaid industry, meanwhile, gained two million customers in the first quarter.
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LiqhtSquared Moves Toward Bankruptcy

Hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. venture is preparing for a potential bankruptcy-protection filing, as negotiations with lenders to avoid a potential default faltered, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boingo Adds VPN and Crowdsource Hotspot Data to Its Wi-Fi Software

The Wi-Fi provider is expanding its software to connect automatically to more than 70,000 free hotspots, in addition to Boingo’s own network of paid locations.
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Gogo to Acquire Airfone for In-Flight Spectrum Boost

In-flight Wi-Fi company Gogo announced Monday it will purchase the Airfone radiotelephone service unite from Jet Blue LiveTV LLC, bagging Gogo a 1 MHz spectrum license. The acquisition adds to its existing 3 MHz license, for which Gogo beat out JetBlue in an auction in 2006. Gogo filed its S-1 in December with plans to raise up to $100 million in its eventual IPO.

Falcone Agrees to Step Aside

Hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone agreed to step aside eventually as the public face of his LightSquared Inc. venture, a concession that may keep the wireless-telecommunications company from defaulting on its debt, people familiar with the negotiations said.

Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop

A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, a Federal Communications Commission investigation found.

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LightSquared Lenders Pressure Falcone

Some of LightSquared Inc.’s lenders want hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone to step aside as the public face of the wireless communications firm as a condition for avoiding a looming debt default, said people familiar with the matter.

Man, Smartphones Just Don’t Shut Up