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With 200 million mobile users and counting, it really was about time for Facebook to try and cash in on the burgeoning mobile advertising bandwagon – something it appears ready to do after the acquisition of Seattle hyperlocal ad startup Rel8tion.

International Business Times | January 25, 2011 | Gabriel Perna International Business Machines’ ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range …

PapayaMobile | January 26, 2011 | Press Release PapayaMobile, a leading mobile social platform for Android, today announced that LG will preinstall Papaya applications into LG Android phones shipping in …

The Nikkei | January 26, 2011 TOKYO (Nikkei)–KDDI Corp. (9433) is teaming up with 52 FM radio broadcasters to stream programming via the Internet to its smartphone and cellular phone …

Taipei Times | January 25, 2011 | Lisa Wang Chunghwa Telecom Co (CHT, 中華電信), the nation’s biggest telecoms carrier, yesterday launched its first BlackBerry smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), …

Bangkok Post | January 24, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana TOT Plc may have to postpone its planned auction for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion in the wake of …

Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Juro Osawa TOKYO—Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday its net profit for the October-December quarter rose 19% from a year earlier amid solid …

Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Brisk sales of smart phones and proceeds from a stake sale helped SK Telecom Co. (017670.SE) Tuesday post …

This week we have a bevy of changes occurring in Silicon Valley to deal with.

Bad news for Kodak this morning as a judge ruled the company’s patent infringement claim against mobile giants RIM and Apple was ruled invalid and not infringed.

Taiwan Economic News | January 25, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 25, 2011 (CENS)–While actively expanding its capacity, the Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)., a globally leading vendor …

Sydney Morning Herald | January 24, 2011 | Asher Moses Vodafone has terminated its dealer agreement with Communications Direct after this website on Friday revealed allegations that staff at the …

International telecom giant Telefonica SA (TEF) and China’s second largest wireless operator China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said they plan to “enhance” their current Strategic Alliance by each investing approximately $500 …

Japan Today | January 25, 2011 NTT Docomo Inc said Monday it has decided to cut connection fees for calls to other cellphone service operators by up to the largest-ever …

Reuters | January 24, 2011 | Sinead Carew China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd HWT.UL has filed a lawsuit to block Motorola from selling one of its business units to Nokia …

Japanese operator KDDI Corp. reported a 2.5% drop in net income during its recently closed quarter as revenues from voice services fell 17%. The second largest carrier in Japan, which …

Reuters | January 24, 2011 | Khettiya Jittapong * Most of budget is to expand 2G network capacity * To expand 3G services on existing networks by Q3 * 2011 …

Trading Markets | January 24, 2011 BEIJING, Jan 24, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is eyeing the lucrative Japanese market through an …

SingTel | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Singapore, 21 January 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has raised S$2.48 million in 2010 through its philanthropy …

RIM | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – U Mobile Sdn Bhd (“U Mobile”) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the …

Bloomberg | January 21, 2011 | Jason Clenfield and Maki Shiraki  NEC Corp., Japan’s largest maker of phone-network equipment, won an order valued at about 30 billion yen ($362 million) …

Nvidia’s dual-core Tegra 2 chip is about to be followed up with a stunningly powerful 1.5 gigahertz Tegra 3 chip by the end of 2011.