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	ADVERTISEMENT Monday, February 7, 2011 Mass. company draws fire for immigration game app A Boston-based tech company is drawing fire from immigrant advocates for developing a game that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out. ATM applications rise after Division of Banks survey The Mass. Division of Banks said 1,500 applications for non-bank ATM registrations have been filed in the six weeks since an agency survey found that more than 300 ATMs that were not properly registered with the state. WiFi usage rockets at Logan The Massachusetts Port Authority said this morning WiFi use at Logan International Airport rose 412 percent last year over 2009. The reason? It was free. Oberstein will head Nixon Peabody Boston office Law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has appointed Gary J. Oberstein as managing partner of its Boston office. Local gas prices rise a penny a gallon The average price for gas in Massachusetts in $3.119 a gallon in the latest weekly survey from AAA, up a penny a gallon from the previous week's survey, AAA Southern New England said today. Hostel building on Hemenway has new owner Hostelling International Boston has sold the building a 12 Hemenway St. in Boston to Hemenway Realty Ventures LLC for $4.75 million, said a broker involved in the transaction. A123 gets order from Chile A123 Systems, a Watertown company focused on lithium ion batteries, said its energy storage technology will be used by a power grid facility in Northern Chile. iRobot announces international orders iRobot Corp., a Bedford-based robot company, said it has received international orders totaling $4.4 million in the first quarter of 2011 for the delivery of 27 iRobot 510 PackBot tactical mobile robots and spare parts. Circor buy strengthens its position in Brazil Circor buys Brazilian company to strengthen its presence in Brazil. Mullen: Chrysler ad is Super Bowl’s best According to a Twitter analysis by Boston ad agency Mullen, Chrysler had the best Super Bowl ad.