The Mobile Data Economy: How Much Data Do You Need To Buy?

The most memorable AT&T story from this week's CES technology conference might be when it kicked out T-Mobile's colorful CEO John Legere from its party. But an announcement from earlier in the week has the potential to be industry-changing.

Have you ever downloaded an app that didn’t seem like it was going to chew up a ton of data only to later find out that it was devouring megabytes without you knowing?

Facebook will acquire an Israeli start-up called Onavo, the Tel Aviv-based firm said Monday, in a deal reportedly worth up to $200 million. "Facebook has agreed to acquire our company," Onavo co-founders Guy Rosen and Roi Tiger wrote on their blog, without saying how much the social networking giant had agreed to pay. Local media reports priced the acquisition at $100-200 million (73 million to 147 million euros) and said it would see Facebook open its first research and development centre in Israel.

When wondering why AAPL disappoints once more on its next earnings release, please pull a Bill Gross and look in the mirror, dear broke consumer, because it is your fault. At least that is the spin by the CEO of France Telecom, who says that iPhone sales are now being threatened by, drumroll please, "frugal buyers." That's right: in France "frugal" is now a dirty word.

(Ron Dauphin)

Amazon.com Widgets Well done article on CNET looks at theAT&

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