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11-27-2012, 02:43 PM
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ICOA at center of false Google acquisition story (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGZxTuLu3L76ocVIGLPgUaHs4_i1A&url=http://boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2012/11/26/based-provider-icoa-center-false-google-acquisition-story/eiezX9NYMV1zbZOckqKziL/blog.html)
Boston.com (blog)
News broke today that Rhode Island-based Wi-Fi access provider ICOA Wireless had been acquired by Google in a blockbuster $400 million deal. The only problem was the news appears to have been faked, possibly in the hopes of boosting ICOA's ...
Google's $400 million Wi-Fi buy a hoax (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEdMQryqhkJjwgH4O_pmOv_941-fQ&url=http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/26/technology/google-icoa-hoax/)CNN - Canada
Wi-Fi Provider ICOA Denies Google Acquisition (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEmmtyVMapvo4T30SmObDGEHoBv9Q&url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412461,00.asp)PC Magazine
Google buys Wi-Fi hotspot provider ICOA for $400 million (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHtvE4Wg7SSkC7MEvN-r_hR3CdIlw&url=http://www.zdnet.com/google-buys-wi-fi-hotspot-provider-icoa-for-400-million-7000007902/)ZDNet (blog)
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