Reuters - Cell phone company America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, said on Friday it had approval from Brazil’s telecom watchdog Anatel to take control of cable television company Net Servicos de Comunicacao.
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AP - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
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Reuters - Facebook’s initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
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Digital Trends - Late last year, Ubuntu announced it would bring the open source operating system to mobile devices. Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth said Ubuntu will soon be found on âtablets, phones, TVs and smart screens from the car to the office kitchen, and it will connect those devices cleanly and seamlessly to the desktop, the server and the cloud.â
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Digital Trends - Google Music users, you can breathe a slight sigh of relief, but donât get too excited. Google has finally enabled a way for you to retrieve the music you upload to its new music storage locker service. The announcement was made on the official Google+ page for Android and verified by a new help article on the Android Market Web site.Â
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Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) will ask Google Inc to modify its Android operating system so that smartphones using it would put less pressure on networks, a move that could spark wider protests against the leading mobile software platform, the Nikkei reported.
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Reuters - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the origins of a photo on an Arizona police officer’s Facebook page that shows a group of armed youths posing in the desert with what appears to be a bullet-ridden image of President Barack Obama on a T-shirt.
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ContributorNetwork - We survived Christmas, so now it’s on to the next gift-giving holiday, Valentine’s Day! With so little time in between holidays, it can be overwhelming to find gifts, cards, and chocolates. So, if you want to have the most romantic day without worrying whether he or she will love every moment, then use this guide and you’ll be on your way to celebrating instead of resenting the day of love. Here you go, Chicagoans, the secret to the best Valentine’s Day yet:
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Appolicious - Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to criticism about iOS device factory working conditions
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AP - The Wall Street Journal says Facebook could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week.
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