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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Technology Report: Yahoo director who led CEO search won't seek re-election: source

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Yahoo director who led CEO search won't seek re-election: source
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc director Patti Hart will not seek re-election to Yahoo's board, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the Internet company's board moved forward with an investigation of its new chief executive's educational background.
Alternatives to Youtube catch on with mobile crowd
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Like many musicians looking for that big break, 24-year-old Angeleno Felice Lazae turned to YouTube for years to promote her songs -- with modest success, at one point getting more than 100,000 views on her cover of an Alicia Keys hit.
SingTel buys Silicon Valley advertising startup
(Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd , Southeast Asia's largest telecoms company, has acquired a Silicon Valley startup in the mobile advertising sector, its second such purchase in two months.
Facebook changes IPO pitch in Boston, scraps video
BOSTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's initial public offering pitch played to some bad reviews in New York, so for its Boston audience on Tuesday, the 30-minute video was scrapped and the company took more questions from analysts and potential investors.
RIM fills long-vacant chief marketing job
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd named a pair of wireless industry veterans to senior management roles on Tuesday as it prepares for the make-or-break launch of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones later this year.
Qualcomm gets 4G spectrum in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India offered to grant 4G broadband spectrum to Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday, nearly two years after the U.S. chipmaker paid $1 billion in an auction, but cut its spectrum usage period due to a delay in getting an internet service license.
IBM's 'building whisperer' sees retrofit boom
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's skyscrapers, many built before World War Two, are showing their age. IBM's "building whisperer," Dave Bartlett, believes many of these buildings could use a diet.
Telenor shuns India after troubles hit profits
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor distanced itself further from the Indian market on Tuesday, excluding the country from its 2012 forecasts for the first time after licensing problems there led to massive writedowns that weighed on its quarterly results.
Groupon's merchant payments eyed ahead of results
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's accounting has been scrutinized since the daily deal company went public in November, but the percentage it pays merchants is under the spotlight ahead of first-quarter results from the company next week.
Lenovo launches smart TV in China
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - What a difference nearly 50 years makes. Although the exact origins are lost to time, it was around 1965 that the phrases "boob tube" and "idiot box" were coined to describe the small cathode-ray tube television and the content broadcast on it that many thought foolish.
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