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LGPradaWatch: final thoughts on a most unusual press conference — We got to spend some time with LG and Prada, on the arrival of their new handset the LG Prada. The press conference was an unusual one for us which threw us a bit, as there were no presentations, no speeches, no agenda, all very very unusual. It came off much like a round table debate than anything else, as for one we were all just sitting around on chairs in a hotel suite. The two key people were introduced, Chang Ma the vice president of marketing strategy at LG’s mobile communications division and Matteo Sessa Vitali, the licensing director... [Tags: amp, closed session, communications division, exclusivity, face time]

Calif. Supremes to weigh gay marriage — The California Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling. Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for next March. The court also signaled its intention to decide the fate of existing same-sex marriages, asking litigants to argue that question....... [Tags: california supreme court, closed session, fate, gay marriage, gay weddings]

Calif. Supremes to weigh gay marriage — The California Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling. Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for next March. The court also signaled its intention to decide the fate of existing same-sex marriages, asking litigants to argue that question....... [Tags: california supreme court, closed session, fate, gay marriage, gay weddings]