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Thursday, May 2, 2013
It's official: T-Mobile closes deal to acquire MetroPCS
T-Mobile has been slowly inching closer to closing its acquisition deal with MetroPCS, and the day for inking that contract is finally here. Less than a week after MetroPCS shareholders approved the merger, which would give them a total cash payment of $1.5 billion, the deal is done, and T-Mo is a publicly traded company. In addition to giving Deutsche Telekom a 74 percent stake in the new company, the deal will bring nine million new prepaid customers to T-Mobile. According to the Uncarrier's President and CEO, the network would "continue our legacy of marketplace innovation by tearing up the old playbook and rewriting the rules of wireless to benefit consumers." T-Mobile plans to keep the MetroPCS brand, holding on to its retail outlets too, pitching to different demographics with the two carriers, according to AllThingsD. MetroPCS broke the news to its customers first through Facebook, although Big Magenta followed swiftly with the official press release -- you'll find that right after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, T-Mobile
Source: MetroPCS (Facebook), T-Mobile
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
AOL's Video Hat Trick: A Slate Of Original Content, Be On Creative Studio, And A Deal With FreeWheel + Mediaocean For Multiscreen Ad Buys
Online video is booming, and today AOL (owner of TechCrunch) unveiled three new initiatives that spell out how it plans to tackle it: 15 original, unscripted shows; a new creative studio, Be On, to create branded videos; and a deal with FreeWheel and Mediaocean to add in AOL’s video inventory to its platform, so that media buyers looking for multiscreen investments across TV and online video can include AOL in the mix. The news was unveiled at the company’s 2013 Digital Content NewFront event, the upfront event where AOL presents its strategy for the year ahead to key advertisers and agencies. The slate of content is not AOL’s move into Netflix-style dramas (for now, at least). Instead, it plays on the network of sites that AOL already owns in the news and information space, which also includes other tech sites like Engadget as well as the Huffington Post. Up to now the AOL On network, the video network that AOL launched last year to span all of those sites and more (the videos go to YouTube and elsewhere) has been going pretty strong, with some 8 billion views in 2012. “We think we’ve reached the point at which it makes sense to produce more, to give us a more distinct voice,” Tal Simantov, GM of AOL On said. The list of shows includes “Fatherhood,” centered around Hank Azaria and his experiences as a first-time father; and “City.Ballet”, produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, covering the cut-throat world of the New York City Ballet. Simantov wouldn’t say how much AOL is investing in this but says that it will be in the “double-digits, an interesting number.” One reason that AOL is spinning out more content is because of a growing audience for the material, but it is also looking to sell significantly more ads against it. Part of that will be coming from the new Be On studio — this is the company’s branded content business, a creative studio that will partner with advertisers and agencies to produce branded content that combines its goViral acquisition with video distribution across AOL’s own network of sites plus third-party sites like YouTube, and AOL Studios production. The offering includes production, distribution, and analytics to measure how they perform. The move for content companies to move further into video ad production, leveraging their reputation with other content, is part of a wider trend — just yesterday,Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rPQk0CEaWW8/
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Gun control, Arizona style: Guns given to the state will be re-sold
In Arizona, guns turned in at 'buyback' events will not be destroyed but instead be sold to gun dealers, under provisions of a law signed last night by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Police officers catalog a gun buyback program in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona has essentially done away with the programs, as lawmakers stopped cities from destroying the weapons and required them to sell the guns ? part of a broader movement among gun-rights lawmakers to limit gun buybacks.
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EnlargeArizona cities and counties that hold community gun buyback events will have to sell the surrendered weapons instead of destroying them under a bill Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Monday.
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The bill was championed by Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature who argued that municipalities were skirting a 2010 law that was tightened last year and requires police to sell seized weapons to federally licensed dealers. They argued that destroying property turned over to the government is a waste of taxpayer resources.
Democrats who argued against the bill said it usurps local control and goes against the wishes of people who turn over their unwanted weapons to keep them out of the hands of children or thieves.
Buybacks are popular among some police and elected officials who either pay cash or hand out gift cards in exchange for weapons. Tucson and other Arizona communities destroyed weapons from the events, arguing that because the guns were voluntarily surrendered, the laws concerning weapons seized by authorities didn't apply.
House Bill 2455 prompted a furious debate in the state Senate, where Democrats accused Republicans of complaining about an overbearing federal government but then turning around and dictating policies to local governments.
Brewer's office did not release any signing letter accompanying the announcement of more than 30 bill she signed Monday evening, but the Republican governor is a strong gun-rights supporter and had signed the 2010 and 2012 laws.
The governor's office said it received nearly 2,000 letters, emails or phone calls about the bill, with only 25 opposed.
One of the letters in support was from the National Rifle Association, which argued that selling seized or forfeited guns "would maintain their value, and their sale to the public would help recover public funds." The NRA letter said the bill doesn't prevent a private group from holding an event and destroying the weapons.
"However, this measure would ensure that taxpayer resources are not utilized to pursue a political agenda of destroying firearms," according to the letter, sent April 22 and signed by Brent Gardner with the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.
Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, a Democrat who champions the buyback events and survived being shot in the buttocks at the end of a 1997 Board of Supervisors meeting, sent a letter to Brewer urging a veto.
The bill "would force the resale of guns that would otherwise never have been used for violence," she wrote. "How many lives would be lost through the use of weapons our citizens hoped to be removed from the hands of criminals?"
A second bill signed by Brewer on Monday bars cities, towns and counties from collecting or maintaining any identifying information about a person who owns or sells a firearm.
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Official: SD tribe can't pay for Wounded Knee site
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? The president of a South Dakota tribe facing a deadline on whether to buy a piece of land where 300 of their ancestors were massacred more than a century ago says his tribe does not have the money for the purchase.
The Oglala Sioux faced a Wednesday deadline to buy a 40-acre piece of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Owner James Czywczynski (see-ZIHN'-skee) had said if the tribe did not agree to the $4.9 million asking price for that parcel and another parcel, he would open up bidding to outside investors.
Tribal president Bryan Brewer tells The Associated Press the tribe will not purchase the land, which has been appraised at less than $7,000 apiece.
Czywczynski has not responded to calls for comment.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/official-sd-tribe-cant-pay-wounded-knee-183843920.html
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Celtics players happy for former teammate Collins
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) ? Celtics coach Doc Rivers wishes Jason Collins had gotten more rebounds. Jeff Green liked the screens his former teammate set. Jason Terry would love to have Collins' toughness in the playoffs.
And they're all happy for Collins after he came out as gay.
None of the Celtics expressed concern Tuesday about having been on the same team as a gay player. They did care about what he did to help Boston win games and about how he might help other gay athletes.
"There are so many professional athletes, there are so many human beings that live a dark life, that are scared to expose it because of the exposure of sports and what people may think about them," Paul Pierce said. "I think what he did was a great thing just to open the door for a number of athletes who probably now are going to have the courage to come out."
Rivers said Collins told him he was gay "a couple of days" before his announcement Monday on Sports Illustrated's website.
"I don't know if (I was) surprised, or really didn't care one way or the other," Rivers said. "It's a nonfactor to me. And I know it is a factor to a lot of people. I just have never understood why anyone cares about what someone else does.
"He told me he was coming out and I told him, 'great, you know, good. Let's move forward.' And I jokingly said, 'I wish you could have gotten me more rebounds,' because that's all I care about."
The 7-foot Collins played 32 games for the Celtics in his only season with them. He averaged 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game. They traded him on Feb. 21 to Washington, his sixth team in 12 seasons. He played just six games with the Wizards with four points and eight rebounds.
Now he's a free agent. Some Celtics said they'd like to have him back next season.
"Most definitely," Green said before practice for Wednesday night's fifth game against the New York Knicks. "He was an awesome teammate. He played the game hard. He set good screens to get me open. That's all you can ask for."
The Knicks lead the first-round series 3-1 and can wrap it up at home. The Celtics avoided a sweep with a 97-90 overtime win on Sunday in which Terry scored their last nine points. But they're still at a big disadvantage.
Would Terry like Collins back?
"Definitely needed his toughness," he said. "Would love to have it in this series. He's one of the toughest guys in the NBA."
Several Celtics praised Collins as intelligent, very professional and a good teammate who was a positive influence in the locker room despite his minor role. They were happy for him that he made his announcement.
"He's had a huge, tremendous weight lifted off of him and that's all you can ask for any man or woman is to be at peace with themselves," Terry said. "Then you can go find that ultimate happiness.
"I know how dedicated he is to his craft and he was a great teammate, regardless of his sexual preference. It didn't matter to me."
Kevin Garnett was "just happy for him obviously being able to be himself. ... Personal preference is just that. We're here to support everything he's doing."
Green called Collins "a good friend" and said "I'm truly, truly happy for him."
And, he said, he never considered the possibility of having a gay teammate.
"It never crossed my mind, but I'm not against it," he said. "We all are here for the same reason and that's to win, no matter if you're gay, if you're straight. It doesn't matter to me."
But Rivers knows not everyone will have a favorable reaction to Collins' announcement if he plays next season.
"There may be some guy in the crowd that may want to voice his opinion," he said, "but they voice their opinions pretty well when we're on the road anyway. It's just white noise at the end of the day, and I'm sure when Jackie Robinson went on the road, some of the things he heard, and they all went away, eventually, and this will go away as well."
Rivers said Collins' announcement will "spur debate and opinions" even if it doesn't spur other gay athletes to come out.
"Everybody should have a right to an opinion," he said. "We have to have tolerance with everyone."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/celtics-players-happy-former-teammate-collins-172021314.html
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Jawbone Syncs Up With 10 New Partners, Acquires BodyMedia
Jawbone is acquiring BodyMedia, makers of health monitoring armbands, for over $100 million. No further details have been made public about the deal.
In other news, Jawbone is also opening up its API to third party developers for cross-app pollination. Version 2.5 of the iOS UP app, now includes 10 integrated services from IFTTT, LoseIt!, Maxwell Health, MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, Notch, RunKeeper, Sleepio, Wello and Withings for now. Once you connect the UP app with another, anything you do on one will be synced with the other. Others in the space, like Fitbit, have had this interoperability for some time.
Most intriguing is the IFTTT partnership, which allows you to set up a simple "if this then that" scenario for extra motivation. Skies the limit on what you can come up with, really. Take, for example, this:
Jawbone says that version 2.5 of the app will be coming soon to Android but is limited to iOS for now.
Source: http://gizmodo.com/jawbone-syncs-up-with-10-new-partners-acquires-bodymed-485791286
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