Monday 12:34 pm Google (GOOG +1.7%) says it will buy privately held mobile-ad technology firm AdMob for $750M in stock, a week after rumors that Apple (AAPL) was floating a $400M offer.
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Monday 08:54 am Sources say Sprint Nextel (S) and a number of its Clearwire JV (CLWR +6.9%) partners are preparing to pump another $1.5B or more into the wireless broadband provider. $1B of a new infusion would come from Sprint, with Comcast (CMCSA), Intel (INTC), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and Bright House Networks kicking in another $500M. Google (GOOG), a key JV partner, isn't thought to be involved in this round.
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LongShortTech: CSCO's advantage vs. IBM & GOOG: its new web email has same user interface as MSFT Outlook, is integrated with WebEx.
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LongShortTech: CSCO announced new software tools for IMing, email, social networking, videoconferencing, doc & video sharing. Competes with GOOGMSFTIBM.