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Microsoft, Facebook, RIM, and others write to the FCC in support of AT&T-Mobile merger
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has mail. It's only a page and a paragraph long, but the letter he's received this week has much gravitas attached to it, coming as it does from a select group of the tech industry's biggest companies, all of whom are lending their support to AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. Of the eight new proponents of the deal, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo form a sub-group of software / web content distributors, whereas Qualcomm, RIM, Avaya, Brocade, and Oracle will have been motivated to speak up because they see the takeover as expanding opportunities to sell their mobile and networking hardware. The entire octet agrees that the melding of AT&T and T-Mobile's networks into one is a requisite move for broadening mobile broadband availability in the US and for keeping the country competitive with the rest of the world. In their words, "an increasingly robust and efficient wireless network is part of a virtuous innovation cycle." Virtuous for them, perhaps, but what about consumers faced with an increasingly binary choice of mobile carrier? Who shall protect their virtue?
Cases in point: DS Lite
Some cases for your DS Lite offer style. Others offer a boring boatload of function. If you aren't in the habit of mangling the coolness of your DS with some DIY disaster, then we have unearthed a few new ranges of professionally-made cases. They are mocking your arts and crafts abilities.First up -- the MIYA and Brocade series, which is pretty much just a new bunch of designs for the purse variety. They are as good as ever, but each one costs around $70. Seriously, what's up with that?On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Alumor range is nothing but pure metal goodness in a wide variety of colors. They will run you about $25 which makes much more sense from an accountant's point of view. Go mental, buy the purses! Your DS is worth it.[Via GoNintendo]
