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Julian Assange To Host TV Talk Show, Google Reverses Real Name Policy, Orange To Bring Free Wikipedia To Mobile Phones

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.READ»

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iFive: Microsoft Shuts Thinktank, Orange's NFC In U.K., Apple Signs Sony To Cloud, Google Translates Books, HP TouchPad $599

Did you know Friday's named for Norse God Odin's wife, the goddess Frigg--queen of Asgard with prophetic powers? Interesting stuff. As is our summary of the early news:READ»

Wave-and-Pay NFC Credit Cards Are Definitely In-Bound

A number of moves by different companies and organizations around the world seem to be confirming a long-held rumor is true: Wireless credit card payments using NFC are coming. And they're coming soon.READ»

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Apple May Face Lawsuit From European Phone Carriers Over Built-in SIM Card iPhone

What would be the consequences of Apple cutting out mobile carriers if it does incorporate the SIM card into its iPhone?READ»

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Orange Power Wellies Juice Up Your Cell Phone

You're at a weekend music festival. It's raining, mud is splattering all over the place, and to top it all off, your cell phone battery is dying. That's where the Orange Power Wellies, created as part of a collaboration between U.K. ...READ»

Juicy Leak: Orange France's Boss Basically Confirms the iSlate [Updated]

Oh boy, adding to the spiraling whirl of Apple Tablet rumors it looks like the number two exec at cell-phone network Orange France has basically confirmed the iSlate is real, it's coming soon, and it'll have a global ...READ»

Les Françaises Adorent L'iPhone, Because Their 3G Net Doesn't Suck?

Listen up U.S. iPhoners: The French may love l'iPhone even more than you, since over three quarters of phones sold over Christmas on one network were Apple ones. And that company's chief is merely shrugging off the extra data ...READ»

Psst! Wanna Cheap iPhone? Try France, Monsieur

The iPhone 3G S is only six months old, but in France the public and cell phone networks think time is ripe to stir things up a bit--by slashing prices to levels that'd make U.S. consumers swoon. France is one of the many countries ...READ»

Twitter Gets A Tune-Up, Turbo-Boost, and TV-Screen Polish

Twitter's dev team and its app community must be working overtime at the moment--there seems to be a flurry of news about improvements, whole new features and various spit-and-polish activity. We've rounded it up for you. U.K.'s ...READ»

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Is an iPhone revolution about to take place in the UK?

O2 have enjoyed a monopoly on the iPhone in the UK since its launch in 2007. This week though marks a new dawn for consumers, with Orange and Vodafone both committing to offer the iPhone alongside O2 in the near future. We look at the choice ahead for consumers.READ»

A Solar Tent for Glastonbury Campers Who Can't Live Without Creature Comforts

U.K. cell phone company Orange takes festival tent envy to new heights with its Solar Concept Tent, designed to celebrate the eleventh year of Orange's presence at the Glastonbury music festival. The concept tent, ...READ»

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Ericsson, Orange Sending Solar-Powered Cell Coverage to Africa

While many of us struggle to tear ourselves away from computers and cell phones, communities in rural Africa deal with a different problem: lack of communication. Orange Guinea Conakry and Ericcson announced last week a plan ...READ»