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...“These companies have the financial firepower to completely change business models and landscapes,” says Jochen Thewes, chief executive of DB Schenker, a global logistics company run by Germany’s public...
...Today, Australia’s consumer watchdog said it was suing Google for allegedly tracking mobile phone users’ location without their knowledge....
...The new service could offer a better interface — particularly for mobile phones — and features such as free mobile listening, according to people briefed on the plans....
...“Facebook is playing a massive role on mobile, and YouTube is a real asset [for Google] out here....
...China Mobile, if it gets 64m Brazilian mobile subscribers, that’s probably the biggest step that’s been taken by China Mobile anywhere,” he says....
...However, in an interview with the FT last week, Mr Dell denied that his new Class V stockholders would be second-class citizens....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...Talent, which is Stockholm’s key commodity due to its world-class education system and history of high-tech engineering, is also problematically mobile....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...It takes up to a minute to download a song from the V-Cast service offered by Verizon Wireless, an AT&T competitor, even on its 3G network....
...Mr Mittal, who controls Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone operator, said he understood the concerns of small-scale retailers....
...From next month, subscribers to Verizon’s V Cast service will be able to view pre-selected video clips on their mobile phones....
...The European Commission cleared Logista, its logistics unit, to form two joint ventures for book and publications distribution....
...Shares of NEC Electronics fell 10.1 per cent to Y4,450, after the company lowered its first quarter and full year net profit forecasts due to lacklustre demand for multi-purpose microcontrollers and mobile...
...China Mobile offered support to the market as it climbed 2.5 per cent to HK$28.45....
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