Acer, Alibaba call off phone launch after pressure from Google

Acer Inc., a leading Taiwanese PC vendor, and China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group called off a joint press conference held to unveil a smartphone Thursday in Shanghai due to direct pressure from Google Inc.

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