In This Update:
• Amazon Buying Audible For $300 Million
• Lenovo Sells Handset Unit for $100 Million
• Top Google Execs Pledged to Stay 20 Years
• Garmin Enters Mobile Handset Market with nuvifone Smartphone
• MySpace Names COO
• Nokia Faces $18 Billion Patent Lawsuit
• Cellphone App Developed that Could Allow For ‘Pocket Supercomputers’
• Verizon Exec: We Don’t Want to Police Content
• Hoover’s Acquires Professional Social Network Visible Path
• File Sharing Site Pirate Bay Hit with Legal Action
• GlobalScholar Raises $27 Million B Round To Tackle Online Education
• Bay Partners and Nokia Invest $3.3m in Visual Shopping Engine Like
• CBS Mobile Chief: Wireless Industry is Overwhelming Consumers
• Handmade Goods Commerce Site Etsy Raises $27 Million Round
• Study: User Generated Video Expects 34 Billion Views in 2008
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