Webwire: Tudou prices US IPO; Vodafone India tax appeal starts

China's Tudou to raise $143.6m in US IPO

Chinese online video company Tudou has priced a Nasdaq IPO at $28 to $30 per American depository share (ADS), and aims to raise around $143.5 million from the process.

Reuters

Vodafone appeal in India tax case begins

India's highest court has started hearing Vodafone's appeal against the $2.5 billion in taxes it is being charged for its acquisition of Hutchison's Indian telecom business in 2007.

Agence France-Presse

Samsung could bid for InterDigital patents

Sources say Samsung has joined Apple, Google and others in considering a bid for InterDigital's patent portfolio, after it was approached to make an offer.

Bloomberg

Apple, MS teaming to “strangle” Android: Google

Google has ramped up its rhetoric over patent battles against Android, accusing Apple and Microsoft of teaming up to try to “strangle” the platform through claims about “bogus patents.”

Tuaw

Time Inc plans tablet versions of all mags

Time Inc plans to start publishing tablet version of all 21 of its magazines by the end of the year. The publisher already offers tablet editions of Time, Fortune, People and Sports Illustrated.

AFP

Vonage launches iPhone VoIP app

Skype rival Vonage has launched an international VoIP over Wi-Fi service for the iPhone. Time To Call will charge for calls through iTunes as an in-app purchase.

All Things Digital

Hungary may launch mobile license tender this week

The Hungarian government could launch a tender for a fourth mobile license this week, leasing spectrum in the 900MHz band, local news has reported.

Wall Street Journal

Facebook told to halt tagging feature in Germany

A German regulator has asked Facebook to disable its face recognition photo-tagging feature in the country, and warned that the function could violate EU laws on unauthorized data collection.

New York Times