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Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5bn in its biggest purchase and gamble yet

The once-dominant software company has agreed to pay more than three times Skype’s valuation just 18 months ago

Avrage user adds 2.5 apps to smartphone per month

Mobile apps are responsible for 667 minutes of use per user each month, almost as much as messaging (671 minutes), and far more than voice (531 minutes) and web browsing (422 minutes).

AT&T goes live with Encrypted Mobile Voice, kills your dreams of breaking into Pelosi’s social circle

The day it goes live, we mean. At any rate, the company’s Encrypted Mobile Voice service is reportedly active, and it’s already providing “high-level security features for calls on the AT&T wireless network.”

Verizon Wireless refunds 15 million customers

Verizon Wireless in a statement Sunday said it will pay millions of dollars in refunds to 15 million cell phone customers who were erroneously charged for data sessions or Internet use.