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Synchronoss Technologies Finds Growth In The Cloud

When Verizon Wireless last month raised its free storage to 25 gigabytes from 5 GB, that was good news for its customers — and for Synchronoss. Probably still best known for handling the handset activations on the first Apple (AAPL) iPhones, Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR) now provides mobile storage and other cloud services for its mostly telecom services customers, Verizon (VZ) prominent among them. That increase in free data storage means more

Amazon Hikes Prime Membership To $99 From $79

Amazon.com (AMZN), as expected, on Thursday raised the yearly price of its Amazon Prime membership for the first time since starting the program nine years ago. The cost of the popular service, which includes free two-day shipping, instant video streaming and e-book borrowing access, is being hiked to $99 per year from $79. The increase is on the low end of the $20 to $40 boost Amazon said it was mulling when it issued Q4 earnings in January.

Icahn, EBay Battle Stirs Unusual High-Level PR Duel

Carl Icahn’s succeeded in sparking lots of public debate between major technology and investment figures with his proposal to take PayPal out of eBay. Some analysts say the level of commentary is proof that Icahn is being taken seriously by friend and foe alike. “You’ve gotten some really well-known players commenting on what they think and what they would like to see happen” in the Icahn/eBay face-off, says S&P Capital IQ equity analyst Scott