The Business of Tech

ATT

WSJ: FCC will approve AT&T's withdrawal of T-Mobile deal

AT&T issues fierce rebuttal to FCC's report on T-Mobile buy: 'the document lacks all credibility'

PATH

Path’s Second Iteration Is Less Photosharing And More Everything Sharing

NETFLIX

Netflix backs new season of 'Arrested Development' in exclusive, streaming-only deal

Browser Share

StatCounter: Chrome leapfrogs Firefox for the first time, still trails Internet Explorer

Carrier IQ

Leading Provider of Mobile Service Intelligence Solutions to the Wireless Industry

Carrier IQ provides telemetry to cellular carriers and manufacturers, and according to the company itself, its software is preinstalled on over 141 million phones. Now, a security researcher claims that the same software is monitoring every single key you press on your smartphone, reading your SMS, and logging much of the personal data you transmit, too — all with an app that you can't remove.

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/30/2601695/carrier-iq-controversy

Carrier IQ tracking on Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and more: the story so far

Spotify's App Platform

Spotify launched its app platform Wednesday, making it possible for third-party developers to run apps right within the music service.

http://gigaom.com/2011/11/30/spotify-app-platform-disappoints/

Spotify gets app-happy with new platform (video)

Spotify hits 2.5 million paying subscribers, Yacht Rock playlists reach an all-time high

STHoldings withdraws more than 200 record labels from Spotify, does so with gusto