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Should Regulators Block AT&T's Acquisition of T-Mobile?

Harvard Business Review

AT&T's recently announced acquisition of T-Mobile will invite hellfire from telecom regulators who fantasize over a different market structure, in which 17 mom-and-pop carriers serve the masses with tender love and care. I tend to care about prices: Will this merger affect my monthly wireless bill? percent in 2010.

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Rethinking Security for the Internet of Things

Harvard Business Review

stock market to decline almost 1% before the news was revealed as a hoax. In 2010 the computer worm Stuxnet was discovered and implicated in the attack that caused physical damage to centrifuges at Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Major markets were migrating to two segments — a high-end served by cable and a low-end served by DSL.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010.