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<title>Skype fires several managers after Microsoft deal clears</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/19/skype.drops.execs.just.after.microsoft.deal/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/samsungdroidcharge-skype.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Skype in the immediate aftermath of FTC approval of its deal with Microsoft has fired several executives.  Don Albert, Doug Bewsher, Chris Dean, Anne Gillespie, David Gurlé, and Russ Shaw have all either left or had clear intentions to leave.  Much of the focus has been on marketing and human resources executives like Albert, Bewsher, and Gillespie, but Shaw was the general manager of Skype's carr...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/19/skype.drops.execs.just.after.microsoft.deal/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft gets FTC approval to buy Skype</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/17/ftc.approves.microsofts.skype.takeover/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/microsoftskype.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The FTC on Friday said it had given approval to Microsoft's buyout of Skype.  The clearance determined that the deal wouldn't create any significant anti-competitive issues.  The filing didn't say whether other agencies had to close the deal, which Microsoft had only said would be approved by the end of 2011....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google forms Android Hardware team from Danger exiles</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/11/google.makes.android.hardware.team/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/google-hershenson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google in a low-key move has set up a hardware group dedicated solely to building hardware devices and using some of VP Andy Rubin's former Danger teammates.  An...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>T-Mobile to ship G2X, Sidekick 4G to stores April 20</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/07/t.mobile.dates.g2x.and.sidekick.4g.for.april.20/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/t-mobileg2x-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[T-Mobile on Thursday set out ship dates and pricing for two of its halo phones for the spring.  The G2X flagship is now known to cost $200 after a contract and a $50 rebate and will ship to stores on April 20, with online orders heading out on April 15.  The Sidekick 4G was already priced at $100 on a contract but should head out at the same April 20 date as its fellow Android counterpart....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Insiders blame Microsoft mobile failure on Windows 'cartel'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/03/microsoft.mobile.failure.pinned.on.windows.pride/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/windowsphone7-ballmerchou.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An investigation into Microsoft's high-profile mobile failures has blamed much of the company's poor market share on an endemic culture that resists anything not part of Windows.  CEO Steve Ballmer is said to be over-proud and overprotective of the Windows legacy he inherited from Bill Gates.  The company's Windows and Office teams often get first say over anything, Forbes was told, and were liken...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>T-Mobile Sidekick 4G hands-on</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/22/we.test.the.t.mobile.sidekick.4g.at.ctia/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/t-mobilesidekick4g-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[When T-Mobile unveiled the Sidekick 4G, fears immediately surfaced that the switch to Android killed what the now defunct Danger had done to make the Sidekick special, such as jump keys.  Those concerns are certainly valid, but the carrier is counting on a custom interface and surprisingly high-end specs to make up the difference.  Read on for an early take on whether they've reached that goal....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/22/we.test.the.t.mobile.sidekick.4g.at.ctia/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Danger Sidekick users on T-Mobile get death notice</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/01/samsung.sidekick.4g.likely.replacement/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/t-mobilesidekicklx2009-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[T-Mobile has issued a statement that has sounded the death knell for Danger Sidekick users. Danger was purchased by Microsoft, which ultimately resulted in the failed Microsoft Kin devices. Following the shuttering of Kinís cloud-based services, T-Mobile has announced that Sidekick users will see their cloud-based services discontinued after May 31....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/01/samsung.sidekick.4g.likely.replacement/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft resurrecting Kin as feature phone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/11/kin.one.and.two.reappear.on.verizon.roadmap/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/microsoftkinone-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's ill-fated Kin One and Kin Two are returning to Verizon, a leaked fall roadmap revealed tonight.  Despite having sold just 8,810 phones, the phone designer is bringing the two devices back as the OneM and TwoM.  PPCGeeks' copy of the roadmap would have both sold as basic feature phones and consequently dodging the $30 smartphone plan requirement widely credited for killing the popularit...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/11/kin.one.and.two.reappear.on.verizon.roadmap/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>T-Mobile dropping existing Sidekicks Friday, plans more</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/01/t.mo.promises.sidekick.series.reboot.in.months/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/t-mobilesidekicklx2009-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[T-Mobile today said it would drop all existing Sidekick devices tomorrow, July 2.  It still plans to support the Sidekick LX 2009 and 2008 but won't sell either of the devices anymore.  In a statement, however, it insisted the messaging phone line wasn't going away and promised a "new and fresh experience" sometime in the "months ahead."...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/01/t.mo.promises.sidekick.series.reboot.in.months/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Palm's UI designer jumps to Google for Android</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/05/27/hp.buyout.of.palm.costs.it.webos.ui.designer/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1005/matiasduarte.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Palm may have been dealt a significant wound this morning as its key user interface designer Matias Duarte said this morning that he was leaving the company.  The Senior Director of Human Interface and User Experience didn't say where he would go next, but sources for AllThingsD said he was leaving to join Google and develop the Android interface.  Google hasn't confirmed the new hire....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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