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UndercoverTourist.com, an Austin-based provider of online discounts for travel to Orlando, Fla.-based destinations such as Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, SeaWorld, Richard Petty Driving Experience, and Medieval Times said that …

Macheen Inc., an Austin-based mobile broadband service provider for retailers and device makers, announced that the company raised $10 million to put into product innovation, sales and marketing. Founded in …

Amidst months of rumors, Facebook Inc. decided to hire former Oracle Corp. (ORCL) chief spokesman Joe Lockhart as VP of global communications. Lockhart is also well known in political circles …

A clear trend for improved audio appears to be emerging in the mobile space, with a plethora of companies from chip makers to speaker manufacturers trying to bring their own …

Samsung Electronics has chosen Cavium Networks’ (NASDAQ: CAVM) Octeon processors for its 3G/4G systems, according to the firm. Samsung has increasingly been dipping its toes into building out network solutions, …

The Australian | June 15, 2011 | Simon Canning CONTINUING pressure on margins has forced Telstra to merge its online advertising sales business, Sensis Digital Media, with BigPond Advertising and …

AIC | June 14, 2011 | Press Release Hong Kong, 14 June 2011 — The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a new industry association founded by eBay, Google, Nokia, Skype and Yahoo! …

TrueMove | June 14, 2011 | Press Release TRUEMOVE FILES A REPORT WITH THE CRIME SUPPRESSION DIVISION TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DTAC, WHICH HAS A FOREIGN STATE ENTERPRISE AS A …

Marbridge Consulting | June 12, 2011 Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers ZTE (0763.HK; 000063.SZ), Huawei, and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB) have won major IMS tenders in ten provinces from China Telecom …

Chinese firm Huawei offered the world a sneak peek at its upcoming MediaPad tablet, which the firm says is its “smartest, smallest and lightest tablet ever.” Releasing a video on …

The Mobile Entertainment Forum in Asia is hosting its annual board elections during Communicasia in Singapore next week, with hopes that some US based companies might be interested in running, …

Allen, Texas-based Privus Mobile, a provider of caller ID services and mobile apps for smart phones, said today that the company is behind the world’s first national rollout of mobile …

ComScore Inc. (SCOR), a company specializing in business analytics, released a study that claims that the number of mobile display advertisements have more than doubled in the past two years. …

Samsung Mobile reports that Fort Worth-based American Airlines is prepping to provide airline passengers who travel first class with a Galaxy 10.1 tablet for use on select flights. The tablet …

Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Dell will handle operations, …

Apple’s launch strategy for new products is an interesting phenomenon. While the details are always jealously guarded so Jobs’ “one more thing” can have the maximum impact on stage, this does leave the Cupertino-based gadget giant open for other legal ramifications down the road. Case in point – the iCloud trademark, which Jobs and Co. have just been sued over.