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Amidst months of rumors, Facebook Inc. decided to hire former Oracle Corp. (ORCL) chief spokesman Joe Lockhart as VP of global communications. Lockhart is also well known in political circles after serving as Bill Clinton’s former secretary and most recently …

Allen, Texas-based Privus Mobile, a provider of caller ID services and mobile apps for smart phones, said today that the company is behind the world’s first national rollout of mobile caller ID for the nation of Vietnam. Privus said they …

Samsung Mobile reports that Fort Worth-based American Airlines is prepping to provide airline passengers who travel first class with a Galaxy 10.1 tablet for use on select flights. The tablet will replace other personal in-flight entertainment devices that are currently …

Round Rock-based Dell (DELL) was awarded a $252M contract to provide IT services and products through a six-year agreement with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Dell will handle operations, management and updates to the NRC’s Office of Information Systems …

Paul Mansky seems confident in his assessment of Dell (DELL). The Canaccord Genuity analyst wrote that with sales of personal computers waning due to the rise of tablets, the Round Rock-based company needs to make a move into networking, and …

Google Inc.’s Android OS (GOOG) showed national dominance in a new report released by Reston, Va.-based Comscore (SCOR) that shows Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone overtaking Research in Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) previous BlackBerry dominance in smartphone markets. The report highlighted trends …

The Austin metropolitan area added 14,100 jobs, or 1.8% in the past year, giving the region the fifth best performing among the 50 largest U.S. metros, according to information from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor …

New York-based ABI Research announced that it has acquired Austin-based teardown startup Market Eye 1. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The term “teardown startup” may sound confusing, but it refers to tearing down mobile devices at the …

Polycom Inc. (PLCM) announced it will acquire Hewlett Packard Co.’s (HPQ) Halo video conferencing company for $89 million in cash. The deal includes HP’s products, contracts and employees, but leaves speculation on what will happen to HP’s team that developed …

Austin-based Macheen Inc., announced that the company formed an advisory board and now has a VP of marketing in Kent Libby. While often quiet about the company’s business plans, CEO Richard Schwartz spoke with RCR Wireless at CTIA in Orlando …

OP-ED: The Greater Austin area, stretching from Round Rock to San Marcos, is a small market when it comes to big companies headquartered here. You can count the number of Fortune 500 members with two hands – and that’s using …

Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) said yesterday that the company wants to buy “everything around data centers” in attempts to keep its top spot in the computer server market. The world’s second-biggest maker of personal computers continues expansion and is …

E-commerce software firm Insterpire plans to expand its footprint in its Austin, Texas office from around 40 employees to 70 workers by the end of 2011. The Sydney-based company announced that healthy growth will likely lead to hiring VP positions …

According to an alliance of IBM Corp. (IBM) workers for the union organization Alliance@IBM, the technology kingpin is slashing jobs across the country, which includes the possibility that Austin will be affected. The alliance is affiliated with the Communication Workers …