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Mobile Minutes: Ad blocking showdown; Facebook and music; Rufus Cuff; Alibaba buys Youku

Shine, the Israeli ad-blocking company, took out a provocative print ad in the Financial Times on Thursday to denounce the US advertising trade body Interactive Advertising Bureau.

Facebook Inc. wants you to stay awhile and listen. The social media company unveiled a new post format Thursday that allows users to listen to and share 30-second previews of a song or album on the social network. 

We?ve seen a lot of wearable gadgets emerge over the last few years, but none have made as big of an impression as the soon-to-launch Rufus Cuff. 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. agreed to buy video service Youku Tudou Inc. in a deal said to be valued at $4.8 billion in total, as billionaire Jack Ma seeks to stream more content to Chinese Internet users through control of the YouTube-like site.