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Hit streaming service Spotify eyes U.S. music fansDENVER (Billboard) - MTV Urge ... Yahoo Music Unlimited ... Virgin Digital ... Since 2003 -- when iTunes launched in the United States -- all of these digital music services have come and gone, without challenging Apple's market dominance, despite the backing of resource-rich parent companies.
Reuters Monday, November 02, 2009Spanos Corp. rents out first 72 units at Patroon CreekIt's easy to spot the new, 300-unit Alexander at Patroon Creek apartment complex near the Harriman state office campus in Albany-once you figure out how to get there.
Market Watch Monday, November 02, 2009Cubans say access to online market site is blockedHAVANA (Reuters) - A popular website of classified ads that has given Cubans a taste of the free market has been blocked on the communist-run island, Internet users said.
Reuters Monday, November 02, 2009RunMyErrand attracts West Coast first-round fundsRunMyErrand Inc. has secured a $1 million Series A round of equity financing from two West Coast firms, the company reports. It's the first institutional investment for the Cambridge-based startup, which publishes a website allowing users to offer cash compensation for errands and other odd jobs.
Mass High Tech Monday, November 02, 2009Harvard students win mobile app contestFive Harvard University students will split a $10,000 scholarship they won as part of an AT&T-sponsored mobile application development contest. The students won for their "Rover" platform, which is designed to connect students with each other, their school and their community.
Mass High Tech Monday, November 02, 2009Online holiday sales seen up 8 percentNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. online sales are expected to rise 8 percent this holiday season, with mass market retailers who can offer discounts performing best, according to Forrester Research Inc.
Reuters Monday, November 02, 2009NetEase gets China non-approval noticeSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - China's No.2 Internet games operator NetEase.com Inc said it has been notified by a Chinese government agency that its operation of the World of Warcraft game does not have proper approval.
Reuters Monday, November 02, 2009Piracy threatens China Internet development: CEOBEIJING (Reuters) - Piracy, long a problem for foreign media companies in China, also stands to stifle innovation by the country's own dynamic Internet industry, the chief executive of one of China's oldest Web companies said on Monday.
Reuters Monday, November 02, 2009CashStar snags $5M, Home Depot retailing; plans new engineering hiresCashStar Inc. has landed $5 million from existing investors and added another major retailer, Home Depot Inc. as the latest buyer of the startup's online gift card technology.
Mass High Tech Monday, November 02, 2009Cisco to buy set-top box unit of DVNCisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy the set-top box business of China's DVN (Holdings) Ltd. for $44.5 million. (CSCO)
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