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4G could more than double the value of UK mobile shopping this year, according to eBay research

Introducing 4G mobile phone services to the UK could help boost the retail economy by around £1.8 billion this year, according to figures compiled by retail analysts Conlumino and published by eBay.

That’s a 113% year-on-year increase in mobile shopping when compared to 2012.

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Apple reported to have acquired indoor location company WifiSLAM

The Wall Street Journal says Apple has acquired WifiSLAM, a Californian company that uses WiFi signals to calculate a user’s location indoors as an alternative to GPS.

The deal to buy the two-year-old business is reported to be worth around $20 million.

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I’m moving on up, you’re moving on out

Mark Bridge writes:

Farewell, ST-Ericsson. It didn’t bode well when CEO Didier Lamouche announced his planned departure a couple of weeks ago – and now both STMicroelectronics and Ericsson have confirmed they’ll be splitting the company between them before closing it down.

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