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Apps become key to mobile advertising: report

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Ads within smartphone applications such as the popular puzzle game Angry Birds are turning into a key driver for mobile advertising, as apps become the main distribution method for media on mobile phones, according to a report.

'Diablo 3' Release Date Nears: Beta Giveaway Launches, Will This Mean More Bugs?

'Diablo 3' Release Date Nears: Beta Giveaway Launches, Will This Mean More Bugs?
Fans itching to play the upcoming “Diablo 3” will be getting a sneak preview this weekend. Any player with a valid Battle.net account will be able to download the “Diablo 3” client. Blizzard announced that it will be conducting a three-day “stress test” of the game, building up to its official launch on May 15th. The weekend beta event launched on April 20th at 12 p.m. and will continue through April 23rd at 10 a.m.
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Microsoft rises as better PC sales boost profit

Shares of Microsoft Corp rose more than 5 percent on Friday after the world's largest software maker reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street forecasts on better-than-expected sales of personal computers.
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Apple announces 500 new jobs in Ireland

Apple is to hire 500 people in Ireland in the latest boost to the indebted euro zone country's multinational sector, one of the few bright spots in a struggling economy.
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Olympus eyes fresh start, ex-CEO mulls legal threat

Shareholders of Olympus Corp <7733.T> approved a new board on Friday, hoping for a fresh start at the camera and medical device maker that hid $1.7 billion of investment losses in Japan's biggest corporate scandal in decades.
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Olympus gets new board, ex-CEO warns of legal threat

Shareholders of Olympus Corp <7733.T> voted in a new board on Friday but the firm's British ex-CEO, whose dismissal six months ago unveiled the biggest scandal in corporate Japan for decades, threatened to have the result annulled.
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With new board, Olympus looks to draw a line under scandal

Peering from a hotel window 50 floors above Japan's bustling capital, Michael Woodford eyes the Olympus Corp building where he was fired six months ago. To the right, he sees the flat he had to quit that day before he was told to take a bus to the airport.
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Verizon eyes Microsoft push, Windows phones for holidays

Verizon Wireless plans to put its marketing weight behind Microsoft Corp's next mobile phone software to help develop a strong competitor to Apple Inc and Google Inc, according to the chief financial officer of Verizon Communications.
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RIM's hiring of banker wouldn't signal sale: source

If Research In Motion Ltd were to hire an investment bank it would be to help it license its BlackBerry software or to negotiate a strategic investment, not to help it sell the company, a source close to RIM said on Thursday.
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Verizon Wireless data revenue growth impresses

Verizon Communications Inc posted first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations as customers increased their spending on services such as wireless data, sending its shares 1.6 percent higher.
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Nokia promises more cost cuts after Q1 loss

Struggling Finnish cellphone maker Nokia promised more, substantial cost cuts and said its sales chief was leaving after reporting a slightly bigger than expected first-quarter loss.
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Top U.S. colleges to offer free classes online

Five prestigious U.S. universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced Wednesday.
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Nokia under pressure to show turnaround plan

Nokia's Chief Executive Stephen Elop will be under pressure on Thursday to convince investors the Finnish mobile phone company is still capable of a turnaround, after last week warning markets it expects to post losses for the first six months of 2012.
Impulse Solar Airplane

Solar Impulse Airplane Test Flight [PHOTOS]

The Solar Impulse prototype solar aiplane has been developed by Swiss engineers. It is has the 193-foot wingspan, about the width of a standard jetliner, but weighs no more than an average car. Placed on top of its wings are about 12,000 solar panels, which provides the aircraft with a renewable energy source.
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Tycoon Slim taps online gaming market in Mexico

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim plans to enter the online gaming market in his home country, offering more than 600 free titles to some 8 million users of his high-speed broadband for a month, with the aim of charging for the service afterward.

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