This week's mobile industry news headlines include m-payments, OS updates, SMS forecasts and BlackBerry meeting Bing. We also look back to 2009, when Iain spoke to former Olympic athlete Steve Backley about his mobile phone business.
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Telecoms regulator Ofcom is asking consumers who've received an unexpectedly high mobile, landline or broadband bill to fill in a questionnaire.
It's gathering the information to help it understand more about the issue of 'bill shock'.
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Microsoft has agreed to acquire online telecom company Skype for $8.5 billion.
The two companies hope to complete the deal by the end of the year, subject to regulatory clearance. Skype will become a new business division within Microsoft, led by current Skype CEO Tony Bates who'll become President of the Microsoft Skype Division.
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Google has updated its Google Goggles visual search application with a feature that allows users to suggest their own results if the subject of a photo can't be identified.
The app, which searches the web to identify pictures taken using the phone's camera, can provide results for a variety of queries - from artwork to business cards.
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