Loyalty cards go mobile

Never fumble for that punch card again: Link to article.

Discounts offered in exchange for personal data

Web start-ups monetize private information: Link to article.

US, Europe, last holdouts for mobile TV

Conflicting technical standards restrict use: Link to article.

Apple passes Microsoft in stock valuation

Consumer influence overtaking business needs as key technology driver. Link to article.

Mobile ads drive Yahoo-Nokia partnership

Synergy will leverage device ubiquity, search, email, mapping and location-based services: Link to article.

Congress to revisit communications law governing the Internet

FCC's recent issues around 'Net Neutrality to be addressed: Link to article.

FTC approves Google's acquisition of AdMob

Apple acquisition of Quattro Wireless and creation of its own ad network, iAd for iPhone, apparently convinced regulators that there is still room in the nascent field for more players: Link to article.

Apple/HTC patent war heats up

HTC counter-suit seeks to bar import of Apple devices into US: Link to article.

Microsoft matches online office upstarts

Office 2010 offers free online version for cloud sharing: Link to article.

As mobile waxes, sound quality wanes

Compressed files and download times marginalize subtleties: Link to article.

Google Chrome geeks "jump the life to come"

Pre-alpha open source OS fleshed out and ready to boot up: Link to article.

FCC to push back on US Appeals Court decision re broadband

Commission seeks to widen narrow basis of legal ruling: Link to article.

Citisearch gives away content to monetize

Viewings not hits raise revenues: Link to article.

Skype to add video conferencing to menu

Service to cellphones to be beefed up as well: Link to article.

India curtails Chinese mobile manufacturers in wake of hacking episodes

Spying and security concerns cited: Link to article.