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Multi-million pound share sale for Carphone Warehouse co-founder

David Ross, who helped Charles Dunstone co-found The Carphone Warehouse, has just sold 4.4 million of his shares.

That represented around 7% of his total shareholding, netting him in the region of £17 million and leaving him with over 58 million shares (just under 13% of the company).

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Make the most of social networks, research company tells mobile operators

Mobile operators must make the most of mobile social networking by offering innovative devices, tariffs and services. That's the message from Pyramid Research, which has just published a report called The Peril and Promise of Mobile Social Networks for Operators.

It says communications patterns and mobile devices are both being influenced by social networking.

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Yougetitback.com mobile recovery solution chosen by Best Buy USA

Irish company Yougetitback.com has been chosen by Best Buy to provide a mobile device recovery solution.

Its 'Locked & Found' service will be available as a part of Best Buy's Geek Squad Black Tie Protection Program in stores across the USA.

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Samsung lets you share what you're watching from TV to mobile

Samsung Electronics has revealed a 'Smart View' mobile app that lets users watch content from their Samsung Smart TV on their Samsung mobile phone.

It works by using a home WiFi network to display content from the Samsung Smart TV on the mobile device's screen. The app will display regular TV shows, DVDs and video from any other device connected to the TV.

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New funding for Foursquare

Location-based social network Foursquare has just raised raised $50 million in new funding, with much of the money coming from its current investors.

It says the money will help it hire more engineers, develop its services for merchants, expand into new countries and "try a ton of new things".

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