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After months of hostility, cooler heads finally prevailed between Amazon and Hachette

As revealed by Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch in a letter to the publisher's authors, Amazon and Hachette have reached a new, multi-year agreement.
Web News
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Cricket Wireless to sell Android smartphones on the cheap

Starting tomorrow, Cricket Wireless will offer several of its Android smartphones at a discount, including the HTC Desire 510 and Moto G LTE.
Mobile News
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Verizon to give away free stuff on a holiday it just made up: Connection Day

Verizon announced Connection Day, which nets anyone interested everything from free music to free airport Wi-Fi. It takes place on November 26.
Mobile News
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Spotify takes a Swift stand, says it’s doled out more than $2 billion in royalties

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is fed up with the belief that services like Spotify are giving the cold shoulder to musicians and songwriters, so he responded.
Music News
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Forget the masses: BlackBerry CEO’s biggest task is converting his wife from Android

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has the unenviable tasks of not only righting the company's ship, but also converting his wife to BlackBerry. Yikes.
Mobile News
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Just forget it! AT&T gives up plans to get into the airline Wi-Fi business

AT&T announced it will no longer pursue plans to create an in-flight connectivity service. The service would have utilized AT&T's spectrum.
Mobile News
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BBM will soon become a tool to find missing children in Canada

The Missing Children Society of Canada announced it partnered with BlackBerry to create a BBM Channel that would push missing children info to followers.
Mobile News
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HTC knocks it out of the park, brings on 2nd baseman Robinson Cano as ambassador

Thanks to a multi-year agreement, Seattle Mariners 2nd baseman Robinson Cano is now HTC's North American ambassador.
Mobile News
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Porn stars want Google to help them combat piracy

Much like Google has done with the music industry, the porn industry wants the search giant to help display legitimate links more prominently.
Mobile News
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Marvel forces Google to identify who leaked the ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer

Marvel will find out the identity of the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer leaker soon. Google must identify the person on November 18.
Entertainment News
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Carrier IQ finally settles class-action lawsuit over consumer privacy

A few years after a class-action lawsuit was filed against Carrier IQ, whose software was found to have logged keystrokes, the company settled.
Mobile News
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Online drug marketplace Silk Road 2.0 goes down, along with its alleged operator

Silk Road 2.0, the successor to Silk Road, has been taken down by the FBI, Homeland Security, and European authorities, alongside its alleged operator.
Computing Reviews
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Ohio man is the first person to go to jail for pirating Android apps

28-year-old Scott Walton admitted to his role in SnappzMarket, an online marketplace that distributed pirated Android apps.
Mobile News
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This tablet, by TrekStor, promises to deliver new Android updates within 2 weeks

The TrekStor xintron i 7.0 represents the first tablet developed under the Intel Reference Design for Android, a program dedicated to speedy updates.
Mobile News
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Woman plunges to her death while trying to take a selfie

23-year-old Polish med student Sylwia Rajchel fell to her death after attempting to take a selfie on a bridge in Spain.
Mobile News
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‘Alex from Target’ turned out to be an elaborate social media stunt … or was it?

Startup Breakr is claiming responsibility for the #AlexFromTarget viral meme, but the company's story has come under fire for its alleged inaccuracy.
Mobile News
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Samsung assures people that ‘Find My Mobile’ is perfectly safe

Even though recent reports tried to show that Samsung's Find My Mobile service was vulnerable to attack, Samsung assured users that it is perfectly safe.
Mobile Guides
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Sprint might become the second Uncarrier, ditch phone subsidies in 2015

During an investor conference call on Monday, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure hinted that Sprint could drop phone subsidies in 2015.
Mobile News
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The iPhone is no longer welcome in Russia, iCloud to blame

Russia will ban sales of the iPhone and iPad, beginning on January 1, 2015, due to servers being in the U.S. instead of Russia.
Mobile News
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Stolen nude pictures from woman’s iPhone could land California cop in jail

A California Highway Patrol officer was charged with two felonies on Halloween after he was caught allegedly stealing nude images of one DUI suspect.
Mobile News
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Samsung no longer wants to pay Microsoft royalties, blames Nokia deal

According to a court filing, since Microsoft purchased Nokia, making it a direct hardware competitor, Samsung no longer wishes to pay royalties.
Mobile News
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Amazon pushes forward, says more Fire Phones are on the way

In an interview with Fortune, Amazon SVP of Devices David Limp confirmed that there will be future iterations of the company's failed Fire Phone.
Mobile
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Don’t fancy the iPhone 6? You can lease the Galaxy S5 on Sprint, instead

If you're not a fan of the iPhone, Sprint has added the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 Sport as part of its smartphone leasing program.
Mobile News
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Does Verizon owe you cash? It’s about to fork over $64 million to over-billed consumers

Verizon quietly agreed to a settlement stemming from Big Red over-charging its Family SharePlan subscribers between 2002 and 2006.
Mobile News
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Google coughs up $2,250 for showing a woman’s cleavage in Street View

Earlier this month, Google was ordered to pay a Canadian woman $2,250 for showing her cleavage in Street View.
Mobile News
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The sky is falling — Samsung to revamp its smartphone strategy after poor earnings

Following a poor earnings report, Samsung vowed to revamp its smartphone strategy, which involves focusing at more price points.
Mobile News
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Reddit dips its toe into crowdfunding with Redditmade

Reddit has entered the crowdfunding space with Redditmade, which allows anyone with a Reddit account to launch a campaign. It is currently in open beta.
Web News
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Second time could be the charm for OnePlus One pre-orders on November 17

After a somewhat-botched first attempt, OnePlus will launch its pre-order system for a second time on November 17.
Mobile Best-ofs
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You can now order a Crunchy Taco from the comfort of your phone with the Taco Bell app

Taco Bell launched a new app for iOS and Android that lets you place an order and pick it up later. The order is made when you arrive at a restaurant.
Mobile Best-ofs
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If you’re buying an iPad Air 2, don’t buy it from a wireless carrier

In a set of tweets, T-Mobile CEO John Legere attempted to clear the confusion around Apple SIM, Apple's new initiative to bypass carrier lock-in.
Mobile News
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A 15-minute charge fuels up Motorola’s roided-out Droid Turbo for 8 hours

Based on leaked internal Verizon documents, the Motorola Droid Turbo looks to pack a tremendous amount of heat when it launches later this month.
Mobile News
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A stupid Wi-Fi prank delayed a Los Angeles flight by 4 hours

A stupid Wi-Fi prank led to a flight being delayed for four hours at Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities are presumably looking for the culprit.
Mobile News
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FCC slaps carriers with $10 million fee for customer privacy violations

The FCC slapped phone carriers TerraCom and YourTel with a combined $10 million in fines for a breach in consumer privacy.
Mobile News
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Sprint ups the ante, ‘iPhone for Life’ plan now allows for annual upgrades

Sprint has updated its "iPhone for Life" plan to include yearly upgrades. This new lease plan does not replace the original.
Mobile News
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