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Last Bytes Is Texting Passe Not Yet

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Apr 21 2009 5:52pm EDT

Last Bytes: Is Texting Passé? Not Yet.

Think texting is getting kinda lame? Well, the never-boring Mark Cuban, along with Smash Technologies, wants to spice it up a little with new tracking devices, sort of like cookies for your cell phone. [NYT]

Sun Microsystem's chief executive, Jonathan Schwartz attempted to quell the fears of employees via an internal email, writing that the Oracle acquisition isn't "the end of the world." [WSJ]

On April 23, Mac will celebrate the download of the billionth App download! Apple App store contest with its fascinating flipping numbers counting to the 1 billionth app download. One lucky Apple user will go home with a boatload of Mac stuff and a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Stay tuned. [CNET]

MUZU.TV, an Irish video Web site well-liked by music industry execs for the way it pays artists for online plays, signed a deal with the world's largest label Universal. [Reuters]

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