Lies You Wanted to Hear by James Whitfield Thomson
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When Microsoft announced plans to buy Nokia’s Devices & Services division for $7.2 billion in September, it foresaw the deal closing during the first quarter of 2014. It’s not going to happen inside that time-frame, however, as statements from the Finnish company and Microsoft explain that it should close in April. Microsoft says the delay is because it is awaiting approval from anti-trust organizations in Asia: We are nearing the final stages of our global regulatory approval process – to date we have received approvals from regulatory authorities in 15 markets on five continents. Currently, we are awaiting approval confirmation in the…
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Twitter is continuing to expand the reach of its TV rating service with Nielsen, after it announced plans to launch it in Australia during the second half of the year. The service — which adds a range of Twitter metrics related to TV shows to Nielsen’s existing TV ratings data — first went live in the US in 2012 and is broadly targeted at the advertising and media industry. Twitter seems intent on growing it aggressively this year, and it has already revealed plans to expand into Japan and Europe. Twitter reportedly has 4 million registered users in Australia — that’s…
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Apple is in talks with cable TV provider Comcast to come up with a streaming TV service that dishes up high network-like quality TV shows, the Wall Street Journal reports. The arrangement being discussed would make use of an Apple set-top box for streaming live and on-demand TV shows and digital recordings stored in the cloud, but the TV service’s traffic would be separated from public Internet access, effectively avoiding slow buffering that can take place while streaming Web video. The WSJ says that Apple and Comcast aren’t close to an agreement yet as there are many issues to iron…
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