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News Breaks October 10, 2012 06:42 EDT MSFT, GOOG Twitter buys video clip company Vine, AllThingsD reports Twitter has acquired video-sharing start-up Vine, AllThingsD reports. Terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, but it appears to be an "acqhire," though Vine, a three-man company that has yet to launch publicly, could still live as a standalone service. Reference Link News For MSFT;GOOG From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on MSFT;GOOG the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | all recent news | >> June 19, 2013 13:21 EDT GOOG, MSFT Firefox maker to eliminate most Internet tracking, Washington Post says Subscribe for More Information 11:57 EDT MSFT Sony video shows PlayStation 4 details, The Next Web says Subscribe for More Information 10:38 EDT GOOG Samsung likely to reject idea of Facebook phone, Korea Herald says Subscribe for More Information 09:38 EDT GOOG Active equity option families trading on open Active equity option families trading on open according to Track Data: AAPL AMAT FDX MA C GOOG DISH AMRN MRK BIDU 08:58 EDT GOOG InvenSense likely shut out of iPhone this year, says Maxim Subscribe for More Information 08:56 EDT GOOG Google price target raised to $1100 from $1000 at CLSA Subscribe for More Information 08:08 EDT MSFT, GOOG Merkel tells Obama: Internet monitoring must have proper limits, Reuters reports Subscribe for More Information 07:11 EDT GOOG Google considers private-equity alliances for deals, Bloomberg reports Subscribe for More Information 06:44 EDT GOOG Google relied on questionable exemption in Waze deal, NY Times says Google decided not to provide the U.S. government with notice of its acquisition of Israeli mapping company Waze, The New York Times reported yesterday. The notice would have triggered a waiting period during which the government could review any antitrust issues created by the deal. Google relied on an exemption that waives the notice if a foreign company being acquired has sales and assets in the United States of less than $60.9M, the newspaper added. However, Waze's assets in the U.S. probably exceed that level, the Times stated. Reference Link 06:08 EDT GOOG On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up Subscribe for More Information June 18, 2013 18:42 EDT GOOG Google files court petition related to NSA surveillance, CNNMoney says Google has filed a First Amendment court case demanding it be allowed to share information about government surveillance programs with the public, CNNMoney reports. Reference Link 17:12 EDT GOOG Nvidia to begin licensing GPU cores, visual computing portfolio Subscribe for More Information 16:12 EDT MSFT Microsoft adds Qualcomm as Surface RT supplier, Bloomberg says Microsoft (MSFT) will use Qualcomm (QCOM) chips in its updated Surface RT tablet, reports Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans. The report also cites a source that says Nvidia's (NVDA) Tegra chip will continue to be used for some versions of the Surface. Reference Link 15:49 EDT MSFT NVIDIA said to remain supplier for some Surface RT versions, Bloomberg says Subscribe for More Information 15:47 EDT MSFT Microsoft said to have added Qualcomm as supplier for Surface RT, Bloomberg says Subscribe for More Information 10:34 EDT MSFT Microsoft selling tablets to schools for huge discounts, ZDNet says Subscribe for More Information 09:38 EDT GOOG Active equity option families trading on open Active equity option families trading on open according to Track Data: AAPL NFLX GOOG PFE TSLA MGM 07:42 EDT MSFT May U.S. retail video game sales fall 25%, Bloomberg reports U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories tumbled 25% to $386.3M this past May, with overall hardware sales down 31% from last year to $96M, reported Bloomberg citing data from NPD Group. Reference Link 07:42 EDT MSFT, GOOG O'Reilly Media to hold a conference Subscribe for More Information 07:29 EDT GOOG, MSFT Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association to host a conference Subscribe for More Information 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | all recent news | >> Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing.