| Executives Of Swedish Start-Up Klarna Arrested For Kidnapping And Rape - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:36 +0000 |
 Details are sparse and we have calls in, but the two execs at Klarna, Jens Saltin and Niklas Adalberth, were charged with rape and attempted kidnapping at the W Hotel in New York. The victim was a 19-year-old tourist from Texas.Saltin and Adalberth are currently out on $10,000 bail. According to the NY Post, "Adalberth allegedly straddled her body while he and Saltin ripped off her clothes and fondled her." |
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| Tech Blog GigaOm Acquires Media-Focused Site PaidContent - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:58:12 +0000 |
 Hot off the press release presses: tech blog GigaOm has acquired PaidContent, as was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD. |
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| Sprint Lost A Lot Of Money Selling Lots Of iPhones - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:53:06 +0000 |
 Call it a sort of a bear hug: Sprint, the also-ranniest of the also-rans in the carrier world, lost money selling phones that, on the aggregate gained them subscribers. It's also Catch-22, a blindside, and a mess.According to Sprint, the company reported a net loss last quarter while still selling 1.8 million iPhones and increasing their subscriber base by 1.6 million. How? The costs associated with provisioning and supporting these new phones drove operating losses to $438 million, up from $139 million in Q4 last year. |
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