Daily news round up

Technology

Facebook 'to go public with $10bn share offering'
http://bbc.in/yzXdV5

Canon's president steps down as earnings outlook falters
http://reut.rs/x2tk4o

NEC to cut 10,000 jobs
http://bit.ly/wfNfeR

Media

Twitter faces censorship backlash
http://bit.ly/Amuk2D

Sun journalists and police officer arrested in corruption investigation
http://bit.ly/zlFq7Z

Spotify hits 3m subscribers
http://tgr.ph/yOqDvI

Telecoms

RIM CEO clarifies: 'Significant' changes ahead
http://bit.ly/ws88aT

AT&T chief slams FCC for T-Mobile deal, spectrum policy
http://bit.ly/y8oYKE

Apple claimed smartphone lead in fourth quarter
http://on.wsj.com/AlkYa6

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Technology

Intel buys RealNetworks' patents and video coding tech
http://bbc.in/AA3xGW

German court rules against Samsung in suit with Apple
http://reut.rs/zZqUlR

Windows platform fails to curb Nokia's slide
http://on.ft.com/w0OjAM

Media

Twitter able to censor tweets in individual countries
http://bit.ly/yxjCam

Netflix UK "greatly exceeding expectations"
http://bit.ly/wIQwPQ

Google and Bing accused of directing users to illegal copies of music
http://bit.ly/yvukVw

Telecoms

Ericsson would consider buying Nokia Siemens assets
http://bit.ly/xhTdAx

AT&T posts $6.7bn fourth-quarter loss
http://bbc.in/xxRWEb

Samsung achieves record profits
http://bit.ly/x7y6ja

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Technology

Nintendo: to launch Wii successor in key markets for year-end
http://reut.rs/wehmPM

Apple's iPad leads surge in tablet shipments, research firm says
http://bloom.bg/wK2bjp

SAP targets software rival Oracle
http://on.wsj.com/waKDu9

Media

Mail Online goes top of the world
http://bit.ly/xCHdPB

Online video ads, complement not cannibalise TV advertising
http://bit.ly/zCHO8k

BBC reverses half of £15m cut to local radio budget
http://bit.ly/wPDVLh

Telecoms

O2 apology for disclosing mobile phone numbers online
http://bbc.in/vZdS6q

Ericsson Q4 hit by weaker US, Russia demand
http://bit.ly/wmwx3m

Nokia sells 1.5 billionth S40 handset
http://bit.ly/zxHhM9

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Technology

Sony claims Android tablet lead
http://tgr.ph/ysawvT

Google in privacy policy changes across its services
http://bbc.in/xPOUmm

Apple returns to form, blows Street targets away
http://reut.rs/xgQPT3

Media

Almost 70% of British public distrust red-top tabloids
http://bit.ly/wtsjvW

100m hybrid STBs in 2015
http://bit.ly/z1PFkZ

Aegis Group wins $3bn-a-year General Motors ad account
http://bit.ly/xUXOPh

Telecoms

BlackBerry should forget the apps race and look to business
http://tgr.ph/x71ruW

iPhone powers and pinches Verizon
http://on.wsj.com/Ak6JuM

T-Mobile USA, AT&T seek FCC approval of spectrum transfer
http://bit.ly/zGTuaY

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Technology

Muted reception for new CEO Thorsten Heins at RIM
http://tgr.ph/zZTmDw

EU proposes 'right to be forgotten' by internet firms
http://bbc.in/AzaLDY

Sony and Panasonic brace for grim earnings season
http://reut.rs/wVLtcC

Media

Global music sales dip 3% as industry vows to continue anti-piracy fight
http://bit.ly/ySUAXH

YouTube: four billion streams a day
http://bit.ly/yx0fRa

Mecom to launch digital paywall and review future of 65 free titles
http://bit.ly/xuoVfs

Telecoms

Ofcom outlines spectrum plans during Olympics
http://bit.ly/ADPdNg

Orange to provide Wikipedia free in Middle East and Africa
http://bit.ly/xmgP3o

Carphone says to meet year forecasts
http://reut.rs/AmdPPM

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Technology

Blackberry-maker RIM says co-chief executives step down
http://bbc.in/xPbRNY

Megaupload boss says he's innocent, rival stops file-sharing
http://reut.rs/w83mTj

China sales set to help Apple fend off Amazon threat
http://ind.pn/wJCJ8p

Media

Blockbuster exclusive rentals target Lovefilm and Netflix
http://tgr.ph/yBxdyv

Ofcom revokes Press TV licence
http://bit.ly/z81KpL

Chris Patten: newspaper journalism does not need statutory regulation
http://bit.ly/xeJNqs

Telecoms

Nokia Siemens secures 1.2 billion euro loan deal
http://bit.ly/w6kUNv

Ericsson gets new tech chief
http://bit.ly/wIzQmm

Vodafone wins India tax case
http://bit.ly/wQvRIS

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Technology

iBooks 2: Apple reinvents 'cumbersome' textbooks
http://tgr.ph/w5Quhy

IBM, other tech results point to robust IT demand
http://reut.rs/xeuDl1

Google drops 10% after surge in costs
http://on.ft.com/A2kUxQ

Media

How News Group hid the phone-hacking scandal
http://bit.ly/z6U3Y9

Acetrax preps TVoD launch
http://bit.ly/yAoeAV

Endemol reaches deal on £2.3bn debt
http://bit.ly/xK3afv

Telecoms

ZTE, Microsoft partner to tackle UK smartphone market
http://bit.ly/zT4vOS

Sony Ericsson loss heralds tough start for sole owner
http://reut.rs/xuQekx

LightSquared and GPS will never work together says report
http://bit.ly/y2lD0g

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Technology

Support wanes in US Congress for anti-piracy bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16623831

Facebook versus Russia's Koobface gang
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9023333/Facebook-versus-Rus
sias-Koobface-gang.html

Kodak files for bankruptcy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/19/kodak-files-for-bankruptcy

Media

Marketing gloom deepens as companies cut ad spend on traditional media
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/19/marketing-gloom-ad-spend-media

Reuters YouTube channel
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/18/reuters-youtube-channe
l/

Wi-Fi home video devices 600m units in 2015
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/18/wi-fi-home-video-devic
es-600m-units-in-2015/

Telecoms

AT&T jacks up data plan prices as usage booms
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-att-idUKTRE80H2DU20120118

Sony Ericsson makes shock loss before ownership change
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/19/us-sonyericsson-idUKTRE80I0172012
0119

Talk is cheap and reliable on Nokia's $50 phone
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577169121288227352.
html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Technology

Jerry Yang resigns from Yahoo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/17/jerry-yang-resigns-yahoo

Fujifilm considering supporting Olympus
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-olympus-idUKTRE80H08420120118

Wikipedia joins blackout protest at US anti-piracy moves
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

Media

Netflix shareholder sues
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/17/netflix-shareholder-su
es/

BBC executive Richard Deverell leaves after 20 years to join Ofcom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/17/richard-deverell-leaving-bbc-o
fcom

Lions Gate launches film on Facebook
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/17/lions-gate-launches-fi
lm-on-facebook/

Telecoms

Reliance Communications gets funds from China to refinance bonds
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470458

China Mobile and Clearwire collaborate on TD-LTE
http://www.telecoms.com/38631/china-mobile-and-clearwire-collaborate-on-td
-lte/

Three should not be crowded out of the 4G spectrum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/17/three-4g-spectrum-auction

Daily news round up

Technology

Facebook plans $10bn May stock offering
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/16/facebook-10bn-may-stock-o
ffering

Five million 'second tablets' to be bought in 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9018390/Five-million-second-tab
lets-to-be-bought-in-2012.html

Skype coming to Microsoft's Windows Phone 'soon'
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a360389/skype-coming-to-microsofts-w
indows-phone-soon.html

Media

ITV and Sky told to do more for British film
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/16/itv-sky-british-film-smith-rep
ort

Rupert Murdoch Sopa attack rebuffed by Google
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16574977

Press regulation 'needs state support'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/16/press-regulation-needs-state-s
upport

Telecoms

Sales of $100 smartphones set to double
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18476244-4059-11e1-9bce-00144feab49a.html#axzz1j
hqU937w

France Telecom in talks to sell Orange Austria stake
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470431

Motorola Mobility welcomes ITC ruling against Apple in patent suit
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470430

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Technology

Apple to allow monitoring of suppliers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9014300/Apple-to-allow-monitor
ing-of-suppliers.html

Plodding PC sales weigh down Microsoft profit
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-microsoft-idUKTRE80F09J2012011
6

Rupert Murdoch squares off with Obama over online piracy legislation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/15/online-piracy-legislation
-murdoch-obama

Media

Hulu challenges cable with first original drama
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/15/us-hulu-idUKTRE80E0PY20120115

BT Vision gets social
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/15/bt-vision-gets-social/

BBC iPlayer shows growth of connected devices
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/01/16/bbc-iplayer-shows-growth-of-co
nnected-devices/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=

Telecoms

What Ofcom's new proposals mean for UK operators
http://www.telecoms.com/38500/what-ofcom%E2%80%99s-new-proposals-mean-for-
uk-operators/

Drop in texting heralds industry shift
http://techcircle.vccircle.com/500/drop-in-texting-heralds-industry-shift/

Nokia sells mobile patents to Italy's Sisvel
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470409

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Technology

TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/13/us-olympus-idUKTRE80A2EC20120113

Google Search Plus may violate privacy, antitrust rules
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57358130-93/epic-to-ftc-google-search-plu
s-may-violate-privacy-antitrust-rules/

CES 2012: The five things you need to know
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ces/9008998/CES-2012-The-five-things
-you-need-to-know.html

Media

Future Publishing sells New York operation for $3m
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/13/future-publisihing-sells-new-y
ork-operation

Leveson inquiry: grandstanding Desmond plays down mistakes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/13/leveson-inquiry-richard-desmon
d-daily-express

Hulu to spend $500m on content
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/13/hulu-to-spend-500m-on-
content/

Telecoms

Telcos to halt mobile network spending spree
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/13/us-telecoms-gear-idUKTRE80C0HV201
20113

Ofcom boosts 4G coverage plan in rural 'not-spots'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16527490

Telefonica signs network deal with Deutsche Telekom in Germany
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470382

Daily news round up

Technology

Samsung may consider alliance with Olympus
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-olympus-idUKTRE80A2EC20120112

Google softens tone on China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203436904577155003097277514.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_INTL_LSMODULE

Radical web address shake-up begins
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9008285/Radical-web-address-sha
ke-up-begins.html

Media

BBC exceeds senior job cuts target
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/12/bbc-exceeds-senior-job-cuts-ta
rget

Microsoft Web TV subscription plan on hold
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-microsoft-video-idUKTRE80A1KL2
0120111

TiVo: Catch-up and OTT now outrank broadcast
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/11/tivo-catch-up-and-ott-
now-outranks-broadcast/

Telecoms

Ericsson acquires Telcordia for USD 1.15 billion
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ericsson-acquires-telcordia-for-usd-115-b
ln

Virgin Media to double the speed of customer broadband
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16491614

Industry warned to sort out 'plumbing' or fail on small cells
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470368

Daily news round up

Technology

Intel Medfield chip on Motorola and Lenovo smartphones
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16492156

Siemens and Philips sound alarm over forecasts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/9006101/Siemens-a
nd-Philips-sound-alarm-over-forecasts.html

Dell plots late-2012 consumer tablet launch
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-ces-dell-idUKTRE80A07S20120111

Media

RadioPlayer teams up with Audioboo to offer listen-again service
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/11/radioplayer-audioboo-listen-ag
ain-service

Roku follows Netflix to UK and Ireland
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/10/roku-follows-netflix-t
o-uk-and-ireland/

Twitter lashes out at Google search changes
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-google-idUKTRE80A03O20120111

Telecoms

Free becomes France's fourth mobile operator
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470307

Everything Everywhere plans for spectrum auction
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/uk-everything-everywhere-idUKTRE8
092HY20120110

Global mobile gaming revenue set to reach $18.3bn in 2016
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470321

Daily news round up

Technology

Nokia starts 'new dawn' in the US with two smartphones
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/10/nokia-new-dawn-us-smartph
ones

Samsung's 'future-proof' voice-controlled television
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16480712

RIM updates BlackBerry PlayBook
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9003662/CES-2012-RIM-updates-BlackBe
rry-PlayBook.html

Media

YouView spent almost £20m in first nine months
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/10/youview-spent-20m

MobiTV, Deutsche Telekom in multi-screen deal
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/09/mobitv-deutsche-teleko
m-in-multi-screen-deal/

News Corp to launch Xbox 360 apps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/10/news-corp-xbox-360-apps

Telecoms

VimpelCom to sell Djezzy stake
http://www.telecoms.com/38281/vimpelcom-to-sell-djezzy-stake/

Google shares slide after Motorola earnings warning
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-google-idUKTRE8081K920120109

Huawei drops plan to set up India plant
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470275

Daily news round up

Technology

Google Android TV announced by Lenovo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ces/9001563/CES-2012-Google-Android-
TV-announced-by-Lenovo.html

Toshiba to enter U.S. smart home energy market
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-toshiba-us-smarthome-idUKTRE80
807L20120109

CES 2012: what to expect from consumer electronics in Las Vegas
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/08/ces-consumer-electronics-
show-2012-preview

Media

BSkyB buys stake in app firm Zeebox
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/09/bskyb-buys-stake-zeebox-app?ne
wsfeed=true

Netflix launches in Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8998824/Netflix-launches-in-Bri
tain.html

Digital downloads overtake physical music sales in the US for first time
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/06/downloads-physical-sales-us

Telecoms

Deutsche Telekom is talking to bankers about bolstering T-Mobile
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-deutsche-telekom-talking-banker
s-about-bolstering-t-mobile/2012-01-08

Partner Communications chairman to step down
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/08/us-partner-chairman-idUKTRE80708H
20120108

'Europe's biggest' free wi-fi zone set for London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16440911

Daily news round up

Technology

Google to launch iPad and Kindle Fire rival tablet in spring
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8996325/Google-to-launch-iPad
-and-Kindle-Fire-rival-tablet-in-spring.html

Kodak teeters on the brink
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577140841495542810.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_INTL_LSMODULE

Logica wins £500m government HR and finance IT contract
http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3327926/logica-wins-500m
-government-hr-and-finance-it-contract/

Media

Google reveals Google TV partners
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/06/google-reveals-google-
tv-partners/

Daily Mail publisher: cap media groups' share of news provision
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/05/daily-mail-publisher-media-gro
ups-news

BBC World Service to run ads on some websites and radio stations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/05/bbc-world-service-ads

Telecoms

RIM axes two new handsets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/06/rim-colt-london-cancel

Smartphones power Samsung to record Q4 profit
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/us-samsung-idUKTRE80429020120106

T-Mobile, 3 in Austrian network-sharing pact
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=470224

Daily news round up

Technology

Microsoft sues Comet over counterfeit Windows CDs
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/microsoft-sues-comet-over-
counterfeit-windows-cds-6284822.html?origin=internalSearch

Yahoo appoints PayPal president as Chief Executive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/04/yahoo-appoints-paypal-pre
sident

Android Market now hosts more than 400,000 apps
http://www.t3.com/news/android-market-now-hosts-more-than-400000-apps

Media

Disney, Comcast agree major multi-platform deal
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/05/disney-comcast-agree-m
ajor-multi-platform-deal/

MediaTek releases world's first 120Hz SoC for high-end smart TV
http://www.digitaltvnews.net/content/?p=20613

CES 2012: 5 trends to watch
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/12/21/ces-2012-5-trends-to-wat
ch/

Telecoms

China Telecom enters UK
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203513604577140523436659052.
html?KEYWORDS=china+telecom

Spain starts probe of Movistar, Vodafone, Orange
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/spain-starts-probe-of-movistar-vodafone-o
range

State department to probe Huawei business in Iran
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203513604577140700603637204.
html

Daily news round up

Technology

Kindle Fire may have singed iPad sales as iPhone sees best quarter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/04/apple-iphone-ipad-forecas
t

CES 2012: 'ultrabook' laptops to take centre stage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/ces/8990173/CES-2012-ultrabook-lapto
ps-to-take-centre-stage.html

IBM grants Google over 200 patents
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1190481/ibm_grants_google_over_200_pate
nts.html

Media

UK linear viewing still grows
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/03/uk-linear-viewing-stil
l-grows/

Growth in online TV viewing habits slows, according to Barb study
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/03/growth-online-tv-viewing-slows

China's first 3D channel goes live
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2012/01/03/chinas-first-3d-channe
l-goes-live/

Telecoms

TalkTalk to push mobile business
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/talktalk-to-push-mobile-bu
siness-6284564.html

AT&T to pay Tivo USD 215 million to settle patent dispute
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/atandt-to-pay-tivo-usd-215-mln-to-settle-
patent-dispute

Analysts see performance issues behind RIM's delays
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/technology/rims-delay-caused-by-poor-per
formance-analysts-say.html?_r=1&ref=technology

Daily news round up

Technology

Bright Ideas: Innovation in 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204552304577115143024715100.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_LeftTopNews

TV makers seek fatter profits in thinner sets
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203899504577130791184736290.
html?mod=WSJ_Tech_Europe_LeftTopNews

2012: Nine business tech predictions
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/2012-nine-business-tech-predictions/65981

Media

Research: 3DTV gains momentum in W Europe and China
http://advanced-television.com/index.php/2011/12/28/research-3dtv-gains-mo
mentum-in-w-europe-and-china/

An Ad Blocker opens the gate, ever so slightly
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/business/media/adblock-plus-allowing-som
e-online-advertisements.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=noam%20cohen&st=Search

Social networking most popular online activity of 2011
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/netimperative/news/2012/01/social
_networking_most_popular.php

Telecoms

T-Mobile Hungary launches first LTE package in Budapest
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/t-mobile-hungary-launches-first-lte-packa
ge-in-budapest

Apple launching two iPad models this month?
http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/News/Apple+launching+two+iPad+models+this+mo
nth%3F/6430

Will 'superphones' be the mobile trend of the year?
http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2012/01/will-superphones-be-the-mobile
-trend-of-the-year.html?