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Sales take flight for Angry Birds maker
Finland-based Rovio has nine games, including the original Angry Birds, of which five are in the top 100 paid apps on Apple’s iTunes store
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KFC eyes more orders with ‘mobile wallet’
KFC implemented its technology in 10 locations in London on Wednesday, with the goal to extend it across the UK, then the US and rest of the world
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Bitcoin bubble grows and grows
Buying frenzy has sent the value of the total stock of virtual currency past $1.5bn and the price of a single unit has doubled in less than two weeks
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Facebook falters over shift to mobile
Number of people using social media on PCs is falling – a worrying reversal for a company that has shaped so much of the world’s online interaction, Richard Waters says
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Australia eyes corporate tax transparency
Government wants to make public the ‘tax payable’ of large groups as it seeks to clamp down on profit shifting and the use of low-tax jurisdictions
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Yammer advances with Microsoft backing
Software company that runs a Twitter-like service for office workers is thriving through the acquisition of smart rivals
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Apple ‘bounce back’ patent ruled invalid
The company’s designs were found to have been predated by a patent granted to AOL in 2003, which covered ways to interact with a web page on a touchscreen
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Apple bends to the will of Beijing
The iPhone maker has found out the hard way that it must toe the line with Chinese authorities after weeks of attacks by state-controlled media
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Carl Icahn invests in voice recognition
The investor’s position in Nuance is a passive stake, meaning that he does not intend to agitate for a change in strategy
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EU data watchdogs take aim at Google
Authorities from UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Netherlands will for first time take co-ordinated and formal procedures against single company
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Dell: computing the price
The computer company’s investment bankers do not refer to precedent transaction multiples that might offer shareholders a realistic price
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Tea with the FT: Ali Faramawy
Markets vary, but Microsoft’s president in the Middle East and Africa sees education and government as the real drivers for business
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Amazon hires smartphone expert
Microsoft veteran joins two other senior Windows Phone managers poached by Amazon last year amid rumours online retailer is working on a smartphone
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TripAdvisor: pack for rain
If reason prevails, the travel advisory website will have to fight Google without regulatory help, though the pressure will hit its fat margins
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Manufacturers respond to car-hacking risk
Hacking a car, once the stuff of science fiction, is fast becoming a serious threat, forcing sector to protect vehicles against cyber attacks
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Bang & Olufsen: above the sound waves
The Danish audio and visual electronics group is finding it difficult pursuading customers its TVs and sound systems are much better for the price
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‘Moshi Monsters’ maker in big US push
As children shift away from PCs to their parents’ tablet computers, the UK company places the development of a tablet app on its list of priorities
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EU monitors Apple sales practices
Competition commissioner is not formally investigating Apple for possible antitrust abuse, but the department is watching the handset market
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FCC head to step down after years of change
Genachowski detailed the steps the FCC had taken to expand broadband access, free up new spectrum for mobile operators and preserve internet freedom
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Bang & Olufsen shares tumble
Shares in the Danish producer of expensive stereos fell 15% on Friday to DKr52, bringing their total fall since their recent peak in October to 37%
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The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more