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by Andrea Chalupa
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Oct 22 2008 8:22am EDT

First Bytes: Google's G1, AT&T, Yahoo, AdMob, Amazon.com

--Google's mobile phone, the G1, goes on sale today for $179 and with a two-year contract with T-Mobile.
[Yahoo]

--Thanks to the Apple iPhone, AT&T sees a rise in revenue and subscribers in the third quarter.
[Yahoo]

--The slump continues for Yahoo with 1,500 employees shown the pink slip.
[Yahoo]

--Popular mobile advertising platform AdMob closes for $15.7 million in third round funding led by Sequoia.
[TechCrunch]

--Gaming could come to a Kindle near you. Amazon.com acquires gaming developer Reflexive Entertainment, a latest in acquisitions for Amazon.
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--Andrea Chalupa
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