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Mobile Minutes: QuizUp heads to NBC; Mobile ads’ data usage; Google, Microsoft make nice; Amazon Dash grows

The cost of mobile ads on 50 news Web sites
Ad blockers, which Apple first allowed on the iPhone in September, promise to conserve data and make websites load faster. But how much of your mobile data comes from advertising?
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Google, Microsoft resolve patent fight over phones, Xbox
Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to end their long-running patent feud over smartphones and video game systems, dropping about 20 lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany.
Read more on Bloomberg

Amazon Dash services seen growing in step with Prime membership
Amazon.com Inc.’s Dash buttons, which let shoppers instantly order household and grocery items, are catching on with shoppers a few months after their introduction, based on early estimates.
Read more on Bloomberg