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Featured Articles » Google Spends Over $500M in Third-Quarter Acquisitions Google's acquisition tally emerged in a quarterly report this week, revealing the Internet giant spent more than $500 million to acquire another 27 companies during the third quarter of 2011, according to media reports. » Nintendo Sees $925 Million Net Loss in First Half of Financial Year, Predicts Yearly Loss Nintendo is seeing a net loss of $925 million for the six months of the financial year and it is further predicting a loss for the entire year, according to media reports. The gloomy projection for the Japan-based company is being blamed on the "strong" yen and "a lack of hit game titles," according to the AFP News Service. » Huawei Technology Being Used to Track Dissidents in Iran: News Report Huawei Technologies "dominates" the mobile-phone sector in Iran and "plays a role in enabling Iran's state security network," according to news reports. The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that China-based Huawei will be installing technology that lets Iranian police "track" callers "based on the locations of their cell phones." » Google Adds What's Hot and Photo Editing to Google+ Google's social networking and identity service Google+ is getting some new hot features. As part of its ongoing improvements, the search engine giant has added four new exciting features to Google+. Whether it's breaking news or beautiful pictures, Google+ users do not want to miss anything. Keeping that in mind, the search engine giant is launching "What's Hot" on Google+, a new place to visit for interesting and unexpected content, according to Google. » The 'Battle of the Larrys' Oracle-Google Lawsuit Trial Delayed Until 2012 A U.S. District Court judge says the long-awaited and predicted-to-be-epic court fight between Oracle and Google won't start until next year at the earliest. In fact, Judge William Alsup has tried to avoid the Clash of the Titans by inducing Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to talk things out with Google CEO Larry Page...an event that took place, apparently, but failed to produce any results, according to San Jose's BizJournal. » Google Releases Redesigned Version of Chrome Web Browser Search engine giant Google has released version 15 of its Chrome web browser, as well as redesigned Chrome Web store and tab pages. It is designed to bring speed and easier access to web browsing. In a Google blog post, product manager Shannon Guymon stated, "Today, changes in Chrome make it even easier to access your favorite apps and discover new favorites." » A Quick Look at Telecom Earnings for the Quarter To see where the telecom industry was heading this year, the Associated Press reported a summary of earnings for selected telecommunications companies, such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. And also plans to bring on Wednesday, the earnings for Sprint Nextel Corp. This report was reprinted in Yahoo! News. » IBM Declares Quarterly Dividend, Approves $7 Billion for Stock Repurchase as New CEO is Named IBM's board has declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share and approved using $7 billion in a stock repurchase program. » U.N. Panel Issues Directive to Connect Half the World's Poor to Broadband by 2015 Governments around the world have less than four years to make sure that most of their poorest residents have Internet access. Aiming to close the "digital divide," a United Nations panel has issued a global mandate for governments to connect nearly half the world's poor citizens to broadband Internet by 2015. » Android Surpasses iOS as Mobile App Market Leader In the fiercely competitive mobile market, Android has surpassed Apple iOS as the market leader in mobile application downloads in the second quarter of 2011, according to a new industry report. » Apple Store to Open at Grand Central Station on Black Friday: Report An Apple insider has tipped the media that one of the company's biggest stores, under construction in New York City's Grand Central Station, will open on Black Friday. Featured Resources » High Performance Wireless Backhaul for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) » Thinking About Upgrading or Replacing Your Dialer? » What Do You Need to Know about Video Conferencing? Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360   FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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