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All rights reservedSat, 13 Jul 2013 05:31:59 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/tech/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-apple-controversy-lays-bare-complex-irish-tax-090728679.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I068mkXYGe5DXqwnGqc6lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-13T093159Z_1_CBRE96C0PD500_RTROPTP_2_IRELAND-TAX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past the Richview Office Park which houses Western Union offices in Dublin" align="left" title="A man walks past the Richview Office Park which houses Western Union offices in Dublin" border="0" /></a>By Padraic Halpin, Carmel Crimmins and Himanshu Ojha DUBLIN (Reuters) - Occupying a single floor of a three-storey building in a suburban Dublin office park, Western Union&#039;s offices are notably modest for the international headquarters of the world&#039;s largest money transfer firm. The set-up is typical of swathes of U.S. companies using Ireland to cut their tax bill. A Reuters analysis of Irish and U.S. filings shows that more than 40 percent of the S&amp;P 500 have registered subsidiaries in the country. That nexus, which has created over 100,000 jobs for Ireland, was laid bare when the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/insight-apple-controversy-lays-bare-complex-irish-tax-090728679.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 05:31:59 -0400Reutersinsight-apple-controversy-lays-bare-complex-irish-tax-090728679<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-apple-controversy-lays-bare-complex-irish-tax-090728679.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I068mkXYGe5DXqwnGqc6lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-13T093159Z_1_CBRE96C0PD500_RTROPTP_2_IRELAND-TAX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past the Richview Office Park which houses Western Union offices in Dublin" align="left" title="A man walks past the Richview Office Park which houses Western Union offices in Dublin" border="0" /></a>By Padraic Halpin, Carmel Crimmins and Himanshu Ojha DUBLIN (Reuters) - Occupying a single floor of a three-storey building in a suburban Dublin office park, Western Union&#039;s offices are notably modest for the international headquarters of the world&#039;s largest money transfer firm. The set-up is typical of swathes of U.S. companies using Ireland to cut their tax bill. A Reuters analysis of Irish and U.S. filings shows that more than 40 percent of the S&amp;P 500 have registered subsidiaries in the country. That nexus, which has created over 100,000 jobs for Ireland, was laid bare when the U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-pay-hefty-1-2-billion-leap-latest-012321566.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TE28M9yPAbd303SbgtPO6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-13T080825Z_2_CBRE96B1N8T00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" align="left" title="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" border="0" /></a>By Jennifer Saba and Nicola Leske NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc will buy Leap Wireless International Inc for $1.19 billion, paying almost double the current value of the prepaid mobile service provider as major U.S. carriers scramble to acquire valuable wireless spectrum. The No. 2 U.S. carrier is offering $15 a share in cash - an 88 percent premium to Leap&#039;s Friday close of $7.98 - to seal the latest of a wave of acquisitions to emerge from a telecoms sector struggling to expand network capacity, as use of bandwidth-hungry smartphones and tablets explodes. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/t-pay-hefty-1-2-billion-leap-latest-012321566.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 04:08:25 -0400Reuterst-pay-hefty-1-2-billion-leap-latest-012321566<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-pay-hefty-1-2-billion-leap-latest-012321566.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TE28M9yPAbd303SbgtPO6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-13T080825Z_2_CBRE96B1N8T00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" align="left" title="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" border="0" /></a>By Jennifer Saba and Nicola Leske NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc will buy Leap Wireless International Inc for $1.19 billion, paying almost double the current value of the prepaid mobile service provider as major U.S. carriers scramble to acquire valuable wireless spectrum. The No. 2 U.S. carrier is offering $15 a share in cash - an 88 percent premium to Leap&#039;s Friday close of $7.98 - to seal the latest of a wave of acquisitions to emerge from a telecoms sector struggling to expand network capacity, as use of bandwidth-hungry smartphones and tablets explodes. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's Lucasfilm Ltd and Pixar units have settled a lawsuit accusing them and other technology companies of conspiring not to poach each others' employees, resolving their part in a case that involves some of Silicon Valley's biggest names. The settlement was disclosed in a Friday court filing that did not elaborate on terms of the deal. Disney was not immediately available for comment. This year, a U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/disney-film-units-settle-silicon-valley-anti-poaching-015812300.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 21:58:12 -0400Reutersdisney-film-units-settle-silicon-valley-anti-poaching-015812300Sooner or later, it?s going to happen to you: You?ll drop your phone. You?ll hear that awful crack at impact. And yep ? the glass will be shattered. So after you?re done howling and cursing, what do you do? Try to fix it yourself? Use a mail-in service or a local shop? And which option [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upgrade-your-life/not-fix-cracked-phone-screen-152920755.htmlWed, 10 Jul 2013 11:29:20 -0400blogs/upgrade-your-life/not-fix-cracked-phone-screen-152920755<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/preview-nokias-buyout-chances-focus-ahead-results-160630002.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ALSG_NdyazmUehZuqS.c.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T160630Z_1_CBRE96B18RB00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-SMARTPHONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Guests at Nokia&#039;s unveiling of its new Lumia 1020 smartphone use the new phone&#039;s 41-megapixel camera with a grip in New York" align="left" title="Guests at Nokia&#039;s unveiling of its new Lumia 1020 smartphone use the new phone&#039;s 41-megapixel camera with a grip in New York" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Next week could be crunch time for Nokia Oyj and its Chief Executive Stephen Elop in their battle to prove the Finnish mobile phone company can survive on its own. Investors will be scrutinizing second-quarter results to see whether there&#039;s enough cash to stay with a turnaround plan which Elop said would take two years but is now into its third. Elop&#039;s bold bet in 2011 to adopt Microsoft Corp&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to pay off, with no sign of catching Samsung and Apple Inc in smartphones. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/preview-nokias-buyout-chances-focus-ahead-results-160630002.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 12:06:30 -0400Reuterspreview-nokias-buyout-chances-focus-ahead-results-160630002<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/preview-nokias-buyout-chances-focus-ahead-results-160630002.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ALSG_NdyazmUehZuqS.c.g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T160630Z_1_CBRE96B18RB00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-SMARTPHONE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Guests at Nokia&#039;s unveiling of its new Lumia 1020 smartphone use the new phone&#039;s 41-megapixel camera with a grip in New York" align="left" title="Guests at Nokia&#039;s unveiling of its new Lumia 1020 smartphone use the new phone&#039;s 41-megapixel camera with a grip in New York" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Next week could be crunch time for Nokia Oyj and its Chief Executive Stephen Elop in their battle to prove the Finnish mobile phone company can survive on its own. Investors will be scrutinizing second-quarter results to see whether there&#039;s enough cash to stay with a turnaround plan which Elop said would take two years but is now into its third. Elop&#039;s bold bet in 2011 to adopt Microsoft Corp&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to pay off, with no sign of catching Samsung and Apple Inc in smartphones. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-pushes-u-customs-enforce-phone-import-ban-211453595.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8zKHZhVzbvrjKiS5vntLog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T211453Z_1_CBRE96B1N1500_RTROPTP_2_MICROSOFT-JUSTICE-INVESTIGATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest" align="left" title="The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, which won a ban last year on importing some phones made by a Google Inc subsidiary, filed a motion in a U.S. court on Friday asking the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to enforce the measure. The U.S. International Trade Commission, which hears a long list of high-tech patent complaints, said in May 2012 that Google&#039;s Motorola Mobility infringed a Microsoft patent for generating and synchronizing calendar items. It barred any infringing Motorola Mobility device from being imported into the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-pushes-u-customs-enforce-phone-import-ban-211453595.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:16:51 -0400Reutersmicrosoft-pushes-u-customs-enforce-phone-import-ban-211453595<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-pushes-u-customs-enforce-phone-import-ban-211453595.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8zKHZhVzbvrjKiS5vntLog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T211453Z_1_CBRE96B1N1500_RTROPTP_2_MICROSOFT-JUSTICE-INVESTIGATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest" align="left" title="The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, which won a ban last year on importing some phones made by a Google Inc subsidiary, filed a motion in a U.S. court on Friday asking the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to enforce the measure. The U.S. International Trade Commission, which hears a long list of high-tech patent complaints, said in May 2012 that Google&#039;s Motorola Mobility infringed a Microsoft patent for generating and synchronizing calendar items. It barred any infringing Motorola Mobility device from being imported into the United States. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-criticized-over-low-german-tax-bill-140641166.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QBRgRfGYm1yvZ._u3kEC5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T140641Z_1_CBRE96B137U00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A worker packs boxes at Amazon&#039;s logistics centre in Graben near Augsburg" align="left" title="A worker packs boxes at Amazon&#039;s logistics centre in Graben near Augsburg" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc&#039;s main German unit paid income tax of just 3 million euros in 2012 after the group channeled sales to German clients of $8.7 billion via Luxembourg units, prompting one lawmaker to call for an investigation of the company. Accounts for Amazon.de GmbH filed with Germany&#039;s companies register show that the company reported profit of just 10 million euros for 2012, which was taxed at the headline German rate of 30 percent. Germany is Amazon&#039;s largest non-U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-criticized-over-low-german-tax-bill-140641166.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 10:06:41 -0400Reutersamazon-criticized-over-low-german-tax-bill-140641166<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-criticized-over-low-german-tax-bill-140641166.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QBRgRfGYm1yvZ._u3kEC5A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T140641Z_1_CBRE96B137U00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A worker packs boxes at Amazon&#039;s logistics centre in Graben near Augsburg" align="left" title="A worker packs boxes at Amazon&#039;s logistics centre in Graben near Augsburg" border="0" /></a>By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc&#039;s main German unit paid income tax of just 3 million euros in 2012 after the group channeled sales to German clients of $8.7 billion via Luxembourg units, prompting one lawmaker to call for an investigation of the company. Accounts for Amazon.de GmbH filed with Germany&#039;s companies register show that the company reported profit of just 10 million euros for 2012, which was taxed at the headline German rate of 30 percent. Germany is Amazon&#039;s largest non-U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Like Falling Fred and even more so Running Fred before it, Skiing Fred is fast paced, inventive, and fun. There is more of a focus on collectibles and power-ups. 'Skullies' make a return as the main coin currency for buying upgrades and costume pieces. There is more of a focus than ever on cool upgrades though. From a snowmobile to a jetpack, to warp gates, and even turning into a giant snowball or being carried by a pterodactyl. You'll also smack around penguins and indigenous folk while collecting fruit for score bonuses.http://www.androidapps.com/games/articles/13586-android-app-video-review-skiing-fredFri, 12 Jul 2013 10:15:00 -0400Appoliciousgames/articles/13586-android-app-video-review-skiing-fredPARIS (AP) ? Twitter has given French authorities information that can help identify the authors of a series of racist and anti-Semitic tweets that carried French hashtags, and the social media site also has agreed to work with a Jewish student group that sued for the data on other ways to fight hate speech.http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-gives-france-data-anti-semitic-posts-190337183.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 15:05:35 -0400Associated Presstwitter-gives-france-data-anti-semitic-posts-190337183GIRARD, Ohio (AP) ? A spate of five-figure water bills in an Ohio city is being blamed on new software, but a pastor jokes his church's $93,000 bill was from using too much holy water.http://news.yahoo.com/5-figure-ohio-water-bills-blamed-software-170054320.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 13:04:12 -0400Associated Press5-figure-ohio-water-bills-blamed-software-170054320PARIS (AP) ? A French Jewish group says Twitter has turned over information that can help identify the authors of racist and anti-Semitic tweets that carried French hashtags.http://news.yahoo.com/french-jewish-group-twitter-gives-data-case-143444642.htmlSat, 13 Jul 2013 10:34:44 -0400Associated Pressfrench-jewish-group-twitter-gives-data-case-143444642<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-killed-suspect-arrested-sf-shopping-center-235136287.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NW2pu6wdjdpra_V0wZOlNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/95b1a0276ab16917370f6a706700d658.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this frame grab from video, emergency personnel tend to an injured man after a shooting outside a shopping center in San Francisco, Friday July 12, 2013. Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the shooting was connected to a botched robbery. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)" align="left" title="In this frame grab from video, emergency personnel tend to an injured man after a shooting outside a shopping center in San Francisco, Friday July 12, 2013. Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the shooting was connected to a botched robbery. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded San Francisco neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2-killed-suspect-arrested-sf-shopping-center-235136287.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 23:26:57 -0400Associated Press2-killed-suspect-arrested-sf-shopping-center-235136287<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-killed-suspect-arrested-sf-shopping-center-235136287.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NW2pu6wdjdpra_V0wZOlNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/95b1a0276ab16917370f6a706700d658.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this frame grab from video, emergency personnel tend to an injured man after a shooting outside a shopping center in San Francisco, Friday July 12, 2013. Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the shooting was connected to a botched robbery. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)" align="left" title="In this frame grab from video, emergency personnel tend to an injured man after a shooting outside a shopping center in San Francisco, Friday July 12, 2013. Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine if the shooting was connected to a botched robbery. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Two women were killed and a man was wounded on Friday before a suspect covered in blood was arrested at a shopping center in a crowded San Francisco neighborhood that is home to police headquarters and several tech companies, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>If there?s one industry that needs less competition, it?s clearly the cable industry. The Wall Street Journal reports that Liberty Media CEO John Malone and Charter Communications CEO Tom?Rutledge are now preaching ?the gospel of consolidation? to their fellow cable executives as they push for the cable industry to become an outright duopoly.?Rutledge tells the Journal that he sees the cable industry eventually boiling down to ?two major players? that will most likely be Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The Journal reports that?Rutledge sees further consolidation as important to the cable industry because it ?would help cable companies control costs, giving them more leverage over media companies that supply TV programming, and would put them on stronger footing to investhttp://news.yahoo.com/cable-tv-execs-start-pushing-nationwide-duopoly-021520141.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 22:15:20 -0400BGR Newscable-tv-execs-start-pushing-nationwide-duopoly-021520141Cue up ?The Final Countdown? and start to celebrate: Netflix is looking to bring back Arrested Development for another season. Bloomberg reports that Netflix and Arrested Development production company?Imagine Entertainment are currently negotiating to renew the cult TV show back for a fifth season. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said earlier this year that viewership for the revamped Arrested Development exceeded his expectations so it?s not surprising that the company wants to bring the show back for another round. Netflix has made waves in the entertainment industry by developing a new model for television distribution that makes entire seasons of shows?available all at once so that users can stream them as quickly or slowly as they?d like. Netflix?s most popular orignalhttp://news.yahoo.com/netflix-talks-fifth-season-arrested-development-010029766.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 21:00:29 -0400BGR Newsnetflix-talks-fifth-season-arrested-development-010029766<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-2-billion-211627709.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l8ZYpc88jpG9HF1iJruqcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8c906e816a766817370f6a7067002300.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this July 22, 2009 file photo, a customer walks out of an AT&amp;T store in San Jose, Calif. AT&amp;T Inc. on Friday July 12, 2013 said that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash or $15 a share. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this July 22, 2009 file photo, a customer walks out of an AT&amp;T store in San Jose, Calif. AT&amp;T Inc. on Friday July 12, 2013 said that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash or $15 a share. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? AT&amp;T Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash, or $15 a share.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-2-billion-211627709.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 20:51:54 -0400Associated Presst-buy-leap-wireless-1-2-billion-211627709<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-2-billion-211627709.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/l8ZYpc88jpG9HF1iJruqcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8c906e816a766817370f6a7067002300.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this July 22, 2009 file photo, a customer walks out of an AT&amp;T store in San Jose, Calif. AT&amp;T Inc. on Friday July 12, 2013 said that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash or $15 a share. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this July 22, 2009 file photo, a customer walks out of an AT&amp;T store in San Jose, Calif. AT&amp;T Inc. on Friday July 12, 2013 said that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash or $15 a share. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? AT&amp;T Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash, or $15 a share.</p><br clear="all"/>If you just picked up a high-end Lumia model and are already jealous of the killer camera features that Nokia is adding with the Lumia 1020, don?t worry: The company plans to bring some of them to your phone as well. Nokia said this week that its Nokia Pro Camera software will soon be available on the Nokia Lumia?920, 925 and 928 models, all of which feature Nokia?s PureView camera technology. Among other things, the Pro Camera software has manual focus, controls for shutter speed and a ?dual capture? feature that takes both a 41-megapixel photo and a 5-megapixel photo that can be more quickly shared on social networking sites. Nokia says that earlier PureView Lumia models will need thehttp://news.yahoo.com/nokia-bring-lumia-1020-killer-camera-software-earlier-235526673.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 19:55:26 -0400BGR Newsnokia-bring-lumia-1020-killer-camera-software-earlier-235526673<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/icahn-sweetens-bid-dell-adding-warrant-131449854.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tsKbOtMHUAIYalnZqmnb_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T131449Z_2_CBRE96A1M9700_RTROPTP_2_DEAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals &amp; Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals &amp; Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>By Nicola Leske and Poornima Gupta (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc sweetened their takeover bid for Dell Inc on Friday, adding warrants they said would increase the offer to a range of $15.50 to $18.00 per share from $14.00. The move is Icahn&#039;s latest effort to block a $24.4 billion buyout offer, of $13.65 per share, from company founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake. Under the new offer from Icahn, Dell shareholders would get $14.00 per share and a warrant for every four shares held. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/icahn-sweetens-bid-dell-adding-warrant-131449854.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 19:19:49 -0400Reutersicahn-sweetens-bid-dell-adding-warrant-131449854<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/icahn-sweetens-bid-dell-adding-warrant-131449854.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tsKbOtMHUAIYalnZqmnb_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T131449Z_2_CBRE96A1M9700_RTROPTP_2_DEAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals &amp; Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals &amp; Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>By Nicola Leske and Poornima Gupta (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc sweetened their takeover bid for Dell Inc on Friday, adding warrants they said would increase the offer to a range of $15.50 to $18.00 per share from $14.00. The move is Icahn&#039;s latest effort to block a $24.4 billion buyout offer, of $13.65 per share, from company founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake. Under the new offer from Icahn, Dell shareholders would get $14.00 per share and a warrant for every four shares held. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEW YORK (AP) ? Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is proposing that Dell shareholders get a chance to own a bigger stake in the struggling computer maker in hopes of thwarting an attempt by the company's founder to buy it for $24.4 billion and take it private.http://news.yahoo.com/icahn-backs-sweeter-dell-counterproposal-192048986.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 19:09:24 -0400Associated Pressicahn-backs-sweeter-dell-counterproposal-192048986Now that Microsoft has unveiled its plan to overhaul Windows 8 later this year, you might think that it?s only a matter of time before it does the same thing to its Windows Phone 8?mobile operating system. But The Verge reports that a Windows 8.1-style overhaul for Windows Phone isn?t likely to debut until 2014 since the company is now in ?shut up and ship? mode for current Windows Phone 8 devices. When the update does arrive next year it will reportedly include ?a notification center, improved multitasking, and changes to built-in apps? as well as ?a rotation lock option.? The Verge?s sources say that Microsoft had originally planned to issue several smaller updates to Windows Phone but that problemshttp://news.yahoo.com/windows-phone-reportedly-getting-windows-8-1-style-225016216.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:50:16 -0400BGR Newswindows-phone-reportedly-getting-windows-8-1-style-225016216<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-19-billion-cash-211932479.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xwxo5_B.h0HTRpeeST9npg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T214705Z_1_CBRE96B1N8T00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" align="left" title="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc said on Friday it will acquire prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless International Inc in a deal valued at about $4 billion, including debt as large carriers scramble to accumulate valuable spectrum. Under the agreement, AT&amp;T will acquire all of Leap&#039;s stock and approximately 5 million subscribers for $15 per share in cash or about $1.2 billion. The offer represents a premium of 88 percent to Leap&#039;s Friday closing price of $7.98. As of April 15, Leap had $2.8 billion in debt, the companies said in a statement. Leap&#039;s shares more than doubled to $16. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-19-billion-cash-211932479.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 18:37:43 -0400Reuterst-buy-leap-wireless-1-19-billion-cash-211932479<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/t-buy-leap-wireless-1-19-billion-cash-211932479.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xwxo5_B.h0HTRpeeST9npg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-12T214705Z_1_CBRE96B1N8T00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" align="left" title="The AT&amp;T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - AT&amp;T Inc said on Friday it will acquire prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless International Inc in a deal valued at about $4 billion, including debt as large carriers scramble to accumulate valuable spectrum. Under the agreement, AT&amp;T will acquire all of Leap&#039;s stock and approximately 5 million subscribers for $15 per share in cash or about $1.2 billion. The offer represents a premium of 88 percent to Leap&#039;s Friday closing price of $7.98. As of April 15, Leap had $2.8 billion in debt, the companies said in a statement. Leap&#039;s shares more than doubled to $16. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Hulu announced on Friday that 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company will maintain ownership of the company. The video streaming service was considering a sale?and had?received bids from DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Yahoo, among others. The firm?s three owners now plan to double down on Hulu and collectively invest an additional $750 million in an effort to ?propel future growth.? Hulu provides content from more than 400 partners to over 30 million monthly visitors. The company also offers a premium subscription service, known as Hulu Plus, that currently counts more than four million subscribers, but it continues to struggle against competing services offered by?Netflix and Amazon. Hulu?s press release follows below. 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal andhttp://news.yahoo.com/hulu-owners-no-longer-looking-sell-plan-additional-214523539.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:45:23 -0400BGR Newshulu-owners-no-longer-looking-sell-plan-additional-214523539AT&T on Friday announced plans to acquire Leap Wireless, owner of U.S. cellular network operator Cricket Communications. The proposed deal is a big spectrum and prepaid service play by AT&T, which will pay $15 per share in cash for the company, or $1.19 billion. Leap shareholders will also be guaranteed some proceeds from related spectrum sales in the future. Leap Wireless shares had closed at $7.98 on Friday. The deal is subject to FCC and Justice Department approval, and AT&T expects it to close in six to nine months. The carrier?s press release follows below. AT&T to Acquire Leap Wireless DALLAS & SAN DIEGO?(BUSINESS WIRE)?AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP) have entered into anhttp://news.yahoo.com/t-acquire-leap-wireless-210558879.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 17:05:58 -0400BGR Newst-acquire-leap-wireless-210558879NEW YORK (AP) ? What happens when a tornado whips up hundreds of sharks and hurls them at Los Angeles?http://news.yahoo.com/viewers-swim-tweet-sharknado-190534600.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:55:45 -0400Associated Pressviewers-swim-tweet-sharknado-190534600Microsoft is not messing around anymore when it comes to enforcing patent judgements against Google and Motorola. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft filed a lawsuit against United States Customs officials on Friday that accused them of ?refusing to follow a trade agency?s order to block imports of phones made by Google?s Motorola Mobility unit.? The International Trade Commission first issued the ban against 18 Motorola smartphones and tablets more than a year ago but Microsoft alleges that U.S. Customs officials kept letting the devices into the country after having ?secret discussions? with Google. Microsoft also claims Customs officials have ?repeatedly allowed Motorola to evade that order based on secret presentations? that the officials have ?refused to share with Microsoft.?http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-sues-government-not-banning-motorola-imports-204043445.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:40:43 -0400BGR Newsmicrosoft-sues-government-not-banning-motorola-imports-204043445<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/soon-google-glass-everyone-everything-202848837.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EeAAjjrl3sy736r8ZtKIWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Soon_There_Will_Be_Google-1b65da8d66232043a3891ee182ea0da6" width="130" height="86" alt="Soon There Will Be Google Glass for Everyone and Everything" align="left" title="Soon There Will Be Google Glass for Everyone and Everything" border="0" /></a>Now that Google Glass is a much-talked about, much-hyped tech thing, the pseudo-clones have already started to emerge, meaning it&#039;s only time before there&#039;s a Google Glass variation for everyone and everything. Dogs already have their very own wearable computers, and so do &quot;porn enthusiasts,&quot; who need a separate pair because Google has banned sex videos from its version. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/soon-google-glass-everyone-everything-202848837.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:28:48 -0400The Atlantic Wiresoon-google-glass-everyone-everything-202848837<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/soon-google-glass-everyone-everything-202848837.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EeAAjjrl3sy736r8ZtKIWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Soon_There_Will_Be_Google-1b65da8d66232043a3891ee182ea0da6" width="130" height="86" alt="Soon There Will Be Google Glass for Everyone and Everything" align="left" title="Soon There Will Be Google Glass for Everyone and Everything" border="0" /></a>Now that Google Glass is a much-talked about, much-hyped tech thing, the pseudo-clones have already started to emerge, meaning it&#039;s only time before there&#039;s a Google Glass variation for everyone and everything. Dogs already have their very own wearable computers, and so do &quot;porn enthusiasts,&quot; who need a separate pair because Google has banned sex videos from its version. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Sometimes an operating system just needs the right device to really get it going ? recall what the original Motorola Droid did for Android. ReadWrite?s Dan Rowinski thinks that Nokia?s Lumia 1020 has the potential to be the catalyst that finally drives consumers to Windows Phone because it?s at last providing users with a reason to buy smartphones that aren?t based on iOS or Android. The irony, Rowinski notes, is that the Lumia 1020?s most compelling features are those that Nokia designed itself and not the ones that Microsoft designed for Windows Phone 8. ?[Nokia is] starting to make the Windows Phone platform look cool,? he writes. ?How is Nokia doing this? By breaking away from the Microsoft-centric development ofhttp://news.yahoo.com/why-lumia-1020-may-windows-phone-breakthrough-device-200502990.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 16:05:02 -0400BGR Newswhy-lumia-1020-may-windows-phone-breakthrough-device-200502990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/owners-call-off-hulu-sale-inject-cash-instead-172806784.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rXQYSzr2QORlHmnFPht4gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41d00d464fac6317370f6a70670089ba.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Nov. 11, 2009 file screen grab shows the home page of Hulu.com. The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off again. The parent companies of ABC, NBC and Fox said Friday that they would stay owners of Hulu, while providing a cash infusion of about $750 million to ensure future growth. The owners had accepted formal bids for the online video service last week, the second time in three years they tried to sell the company. But the announcement Friday suggests the bids were too low. Reports pegged the high end of bidding around $1 billion, which is half of what the online video provider was valued at when the existing owners bought out Providence Equity Partners? 10 percent stake for $200 million in April 2012.(AP Photo/Hulu, File)**NO SALES**" align="left" title="FILE - This Nov. 11, 2009 file screen grab shows the home page of Hulu.com. The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off again. The parent companies of ABC, NBC and Fox said Friday that they would stay owners of Hulu, while providing a cash infusion of about $750 million to ensure future growth. The owners had accepted formal bids for the online video service last week, the second time in three years they tried to sell the company. But the announcement Friday suggests the bids were too low. Reports pegged the high end of bidding around $1 billion, which is half of what the online video provider was valued at when the existing owners bought out Providence Equity Partners? 10 percent stake for $200 million in April 2012.(AP Photo/Hulu, File)**NO SALES**" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off ? again.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/owners-call-off-hulu-sale-inject-cash-instead-172806784.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 15:52:31 -0400Associated Pressowners-call-off-hulu-sale-inject-cash-instead-172806784<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/owners-call-off-hulu-sale-inject-cash-instead-172806784.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rXQYSzr2QORlHmnFPht4gQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41d00d464fac6317370f6a70670089ba.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Nov. 11, 2009 file screen grab shows the home page of Hulu.com. The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off again. The parent companies of ABC, NBC and Fox said Friday that they would stay owners of Hulu, while providing a cash infusion of about $750 million to ensure future growth. The owners had accepted formal bids for the online video service last week, the second time in three years they tried to sell the company. But the announcement Friday suggests the bids were too low. Reports pegged the high end of bidding around $1 billion, which is half of what the online video provider was valued at when the existing owners bought out Providence Equity Partners? 10 percent stake for $200 million in April 2012.(AP Photo/Hulu, File)**NO SALES**" align="left" title="FILE - This Nov. 11, 2009 file screen grab shows the home page of Hulu.com. The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off again. The parent companies of ABC, NBC and Fox said Friday that they would stay owners of Hulu, while providing a cash infusion of about $750 million to ensure future growth. The owners had accepted formal bids for the online video service last week, the second time in three years they tried to sell the company. But the announcement Friday suggests the bids were too low. Reports pegged the high end of bidding around $1 billion, which is half of what the online video provider was valued at when the existing owners bought out Providence Equity Partners? 10 percent stake for $200 million in April 2012.(AP Photo/Hulu, File)**NO SALES**" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The on-again, off-again sale of Hulu is off ? again.</p><br clear="all"/>Three key BlackBerry executives have left the company over the past couple of months and many more could soon be shuffling toward the exit as well. An unnamed source has told Bloomberg that more BlackBerry executives are expected to leave the company in the coming weeks as their retention bonuses expire and as CEO Thorsten Heins starts implementing ambitious sales goals intended to put members of his management team on the hot seat. Heins? goals reportedly cover ?phone sales, subscriber growth and product development,? as well as the addition of new apps for the BlackBerry 10 platform, Bloomberg?s source said. The tougher sales goals are a clear sign that Heins is not pleased with the progress that BlackBerry has madehttp://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-ceo-reportedly-bringing-hammer-down-management-team-193036624.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 15:30:36 -0400BGR Newsblackberry-ceo-reportedly-bringing-hammer-down-management-team-193036624Noted industry analyst and former consultant to major labels Bob Lefsetz is best known for his thoughts on the music industry, but he dabbles in other areas from time to time including social networking.?The analyst recently noted that Facebook appears to be losing its appeal among younger users, which could certainly be a big problem over time, and now?Lefsetz has set his sights on Twitter, which he says will soon be a thing of the past. ?It?s toast. Over. Done. History. Soon to be as behind the curve as Facebook, someday completely forgotten like Friendster,??Lefsetz wrote in a recent Lefsetz Letter. He continued, ?You see there are too many people on the service. As a result, very few are heard.http://news.yahoo.com/noted-critic-twitter-toast-over-done-history-185528074.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 14:55:28 -0400BGR Newsnoted-critic-twitter-toast-over-done-history-185528074<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheeto-cannons--wookies-smoking-cigarettes-and-more-183707986.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KKkawUGeKQZEkRweFU.f0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-06-28/da3d4a93-2add-4b12-bbe1-4c79cb503117_procrastinaut.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Procrastinaut logo" align="left" title="Procrastinaut logo" border="0" /></a>It&#039;s the Procrastinaut, baby! Get ready to slack!</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/cheeto-cannons--wookies-smoking-cigarettes-and-more-183707986.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 14:37:07 -0400cheeto-cannons--wookies-smoking-cigarettes-and-more-183707986<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cheeto-cannons--wookies-smoking-cigarettes-and-more-183707986.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KKkawUGeKQZEkRweFU.f0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-06-28/da3d4a93-2add-4b12-bbe1-4c79cb503117_procrastinaut.png" width="130" height="86" alt="Procrastinaut logo" align="left" title="Procrastinaut logo" border="0" /></a>It&#039;s the Procrastinaut, baby! Get ready to slack!</p><br clear="all"/>Apple has designed its own processors for the past few years, however it has contracted various manufacturers to produce them. Now, a new report suggests that the company may soon begin producing its own chips from start to finish. According to SemiAccurate, Apple has bought into an unnamed chip fabricator, possibly Taiwan-based chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation, to help the company produce its own processors and other chips. Apple had previously relied on chips produced by Samsung and more recently from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Its manufacturing partners have struggled with keeping up with the demand for the company?s popular products, however. It should be noted that SemiAccurate has a spotty track record when it comes to Apple and microchips. Thehttp://news.yahoo.com/apple-reportedly-moving-build-own-chips-183024632.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 14:30:24 -0400BGR Newsapple-reportedly-moving-build-own-chips-183024632<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-instagram-accounts-big-business-175652228.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ZSnSpV7eFbe0OLLgncj9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/In_Kuwait__Instagram_Accounts_Are-9c45d446840e762aad7744bce6f5ca84" width="130" height="86" alt="In Kuwait, Instagram Accounts Are Big Business" align="left" title="In Kuwait, Instagram Accounts Are Big Business" border="0" /></a>In Kuwait, even grandmas have Instagram businesses. In this case &quot;Instagram business&quot; does not mean a business using Instagram for free (but pretty!) advertising, like Coach posting hued advertisements for its bags and shoes. Rather, people use their Instagram accounts as online store fronts, selling anything and everything through the social network. &quot;If you have an Instagram account, you can slap a price tag on anything, take a picture of it, and sell it,&quot; explains artist?Fatima Al Qadiri, who grew up in Kuwait, in a Mousse Magazine interview. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-instagram-accounts-big-business-175652228.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 13:56:52 -0400The Atlantic Wirekuwait-instagram-accounts-big-business-175652228<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kuwait-instagram-accounts-big-business-175652228.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ZSnSpV7eFbe0OLLgncj9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/In_Kuwait__Instagram_Accounts_Are-9c45d446840e762aad7744bce6f5ca84" width="130" height="86" alt="In Kuwait, Instagram Accounts Are Big Business" align="left" title="In Kuwait, Instagram Accounts Are Big Business" border="0" /></a>In Kuwait, even grandmas have Instagram businesses. In this case &quot;Instagram business&quot; does not mean a business using Instagram for free (but pretty!) advertising, like Coach posting hued advertisements for its bags and shoes. Rather, people use their Instagram accounts as online store fronts, selling anything and everything through the social network. &quot;If you have an Instagram account, you can slap a price tag on anything, take a picture of it, and sell it,&quot; explains artist?Fatima Al Qadiri, who grew up in Kuwait, in a Mousse Magazine interview. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Nokia announced the 41-megapixel-equipped Lumia 1020 at a press conference in New York City on Thursday. Unlike the iPhone 5, Galaxy S4 and HTC One, which are available across all major carriers in the U.S., the company?s upcoming flagship smartphone will launch exclusively on AT&T later this month. In fact, Nokia in the past year has created unique devices for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. Along with the 1020, AT&T offer the Lumia 920, while Verizon and T-Mobile carry the Lumia 928 and 925 respectively. Jo Harlow, the head of Nokia?s smartphone business, explained that carriers are more inclined to promote Windows Phones?if they have an exclusive on the devices. ?Giving something exclusive or unique has been more of an incentivehttp://news.yahoo.com/nokia-exec-talks-advantage-carrier-exclusives-175545144.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 13:55:45 -0400BGR Newsnokia-exec-talks-advantage-carrier-exclusives-175545144Millions upon millions of gamers around the world are crawling out of their skin waiting for Microsoft and Sony?s next-generation video game consoles to launch, but according to some plugged-in tech industry executives, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are actually a ?downgrade.? Forbes recently spoke with executives from fabless chip makers AMD and Nvidia about the upcoming consoles set to launch ahead of the holidays this year, and both companies seem to share a common position: The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are great machines, but they?re nothing compared to PC gaming. AMD is responsible for the custom Jaguar chipsets that will power both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, and the?company?makes the Wii U?s graphics processor ashttp://news.yahoo.com/next-gen-xbox-one-playstation-4-downgrades-172050322.htmlFri, 12 Jul 2013 13:20:50 -0400BGR Newsnext-gen-xbox-one-playstation-4-downgrades-172050322A new report claims that Apple won?t release its second-generation iPad mini with a Retina display until next year. According to Taiwan-based news site Economic Daily News, shortages with Retina display panels have forced Apple to delay the next iPad mini?s launch. Apple was originally planning to release its second-generation iPad mini in the fourth quarter this year according to the site, but the smaller tablet is now reportedly on track for an early 2014 debut. Economic Daily News also suggests that Apple may release a non-Retina iPad mini alongside the high-resolution tablet at a lower price point. 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