GREE and DeNA to limit teenage monthly spending in Japan
Industry moves before it's pushed
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Claims up to 90% reduction in data
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Apple and Android rise, while RIM slides
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Not worried about the competition
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One provides cash, one provides experience
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Cash conservation a priority
Thumbstar signs up to TIGA trade association
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Flexible merchandising
Valve goes bluesky; veteran coder Michael Abrash heading up wearable computing research
Through the looking glass brightly
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Likes the consumer opt-out