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Mobile telephony startup Rebtel targets jump in sales (Reuters)

Reuters – Swedish startup Rebtel, the second largest mobile Internet telephony firm after Skype, expects sales to surge next year based on strong initial demand for its new application combining Internet calls and traditional calling.

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European Commission Approves Microsoft-Skype Deal (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Microsoft is one step closer to adding Skype to its lineup. On Friday, the European Commission approved the software giant’s $8.5 billion acquisition of the voice-over-Internet communications company.

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European Commission Approves Microsoft-Skype Deal
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EU clears Microsoft’s Skype acquisition (Reuters)

Reuters – Microsoft secured EU approval on Friday to purchase internet voice and video service Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest ever acquisition.

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Americans recall personal impacts of Jobs’ vision (AP)

AP – Steve Jobs urged people to think different, and wowed them when his own different thinking put thousands of songs in their pockets, the power of the Internet at their fingertips and a whole world of possibilities in the palm of their hands.

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5 Things the Skype Deal Teaches Us About Facebook (Mashable)

Mashable – At one point during Facebook’s “something awesome” event on Wednesday, more than 60,000 people were simultaneously tuned online to an unassuming meeting room at the company’s headquarters to watch Mark Zuckerberg and cohorts unveil a slew of new features for the social-networking site. While that might not be quite on the level of a Steve Jobs keynote, it’s impressive given the relative regularity of Facebook product launches and the lack of suspense surrounding the day’s announcements (we’ve known Skype video chat was coming for nearly a week).

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HOW TO: Promote Your Band With Turntable.fm (Mashable)

Mashable – Marketing your music can be a royal pain when it entails answering misspelled emails from your one true fan and tweeting about your upcoming tour. Well, imagine if you could raise awareness about your band just by playing music. Musicians of the world, allow me to introduce you to Turntable.fm

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Facebook launches video chat with Skype (Reuters)

Reuters – Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world’s No. 1 Internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google.

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Creative Chinese skirt censors to search for "Uncle Jiang" (Reuters)

Reuters – It is the most popular subject on China’s Internet that no one is allowed to talk about.

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Creative Chinese skirt censors to search for "Uncle Jiang"
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Skype says some users had problems signing in (AP)

AP – Internet phone service Skype says a small percentage of its 170 million users have been unable to sign in to its service, a problem that it expects to fix with a software update.

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Google, PayPal tussle over mobile payment secrets (AP)

AP – Google Inc.’s ambitious plan to supplant credit cards with smartphones has thrust the Internet search leader into a legal tussle with online payment pioneer PayPal, which contends Google stole its ideas by hiring away two key executives.

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Google, PayPal tussle over mobile payment secrets
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