Google Raises, 'On Like Donkey Kong,' Smartphone Sales

The top tech news in two minutes -- and a sweet old ad from The Atlantic

Close of Business is a new video series that we're trying out. The idea is simple: at 5 p.m. (or thereabouts), we post a quick video summarizing the top three news stories of the day. Some of them we'll have written about; others will just be what people were talking about on the Internet.

Links to stories mentioned in this video:

Nintendo Attempting to Trademark "It's On Like Donkey Kong" [CrunchGear]

Google Gives All Employees Surprise $1,000 Cash and 10% Raise [Silicon Alley Insider]

Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Grew 35% in Third Quarter; Smartphone Sales Increased 96% [Gartner]

Oh and I show off an amazing ad from a 1960s Atlantic at the end. This is it:

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