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• Arm, Qualcomm Put Money Into Chip Startup Arteris Arm and Qualcomm led a neaary US$10 million a round of financing raised by chip interconnect startup Arteris
• Yahoo Launches Tool Allowing Users to Control Targeted Ads Yahoo offers users a new tool to control the targeted ads they receive.
• Google Promotes Place Pages in Shop Windows Google has distributed decals with QR codes to businesses so that mobile users can "scan" the codes for information about the business.
• Apple Confirms Lala Music Service Acquisition Apple has acquired online music streaming company Lala, adding to the ways it could offer music to users.
• 30 Years of Handheld Game Systems Three decades after the debut of Milton Bradley’s Microvision, here’s a look at how handheld video game systems evolved, from early flops like the Atari Lynx to the gaming innovations of the iPhone.
• Apple Tablet and CrunchPad: Do Consumers Want These Things? The tablet-makers face some clear challenges, both in technology and marketing.
• How Will Verizon Defend Higher Early Termination Fees? My bet is the $350 fee will be lowered before an FCC inquiry into why it was recently doubled proceeds very far.
• Apple Acquires LaLa: A Sour Note? A look at LaLa's history offers some clues as to Apple's motivation. It could be good. Or not.
• Macs Reclaim Top Reliability Rating Apple has retaken the top ranking for computer reliability, edging out Asus.
• Google Extends Personalized Results to All Users The search giant now delivers personalized search results to all users, unless they opt-out. Previously, only signed-in users received them. Privacy advocates are concerned.
• Home Automation Systems to Triple in 2 Years In North America more than one million systems are expected to be installed in 2012.
• Social Networks at Work an 'Untapped' Value Gartner says companies should embrace Facebook and other social networks for better business.
• Comcast's NBC Bid will Get Regulatory Grilling Any marriage wouldn't be easy -- the proposed vast takeover will face intense and lengthy scrutiny.
• Mobile WiMAX Gains Momentum A handful of WiMAX service providers account for most of the nearly 2 million mobile WiMAX subscribers expected by the end of 2009.
• Larrabee Project a Casualty of Intel's Legal Battles Intel announced the demise of its discrete graphics chip Larrabee Project. Legal battles with Nvidia probably set development back.