Wall Street Journal:
Apple Tax Bill Overstated to Investors — Apple Inc.'s real tax bill isn't as big as the one it reports to its investors. — Among the findings of an investigation by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations are figures that show Apple's reported taxes substantially exceed the sum...
David Pierce / The Verge:
The all-seeing Kinect: tracking my face, arms, body, and heart on the Xbox One — “It's what's on the inside that counts” is something of an unofficial mantra of Microsoft's new Xbox One. The Kinect is perhaps the best example: externally, it's more or less unchanged from its predecesso...
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Latest Google+ redesign comes to the mobile Web: Cover photos, larger tap targets, and card-based posts — Google on Tuesday announced a redesign of its Google+ social network for the mobile Web. The revamp is meant to bring the mobile version of Google+ in line with the last redesign of the...
Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:
Pew: 94% Of Teenagers Use Facebook, Have 425 Facebook Friends, But Twitter & Instagram Adoption Way Up — Teenagers use Facebook by far more than any other social media site and have over 400 friends on it. But Twitter and Instagram have massively increased their usage in the past year &h...
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Domestic Mac Sales Flat in April (And That's Not Bad) — With the iPhone and iPad driving increasingly more of Apple's profits, the Mac is no longer the defining theme of the company's financial story that it once was. Which is why new data suggesting that domestic Mac sales for the month &hell...
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Boost Mobile launches mobile wallet app, offers prepaid Visa card for in-store purchases — In yet another sign of just how crowded the mobile payments market is becoming, Boost Mobile today launched its own mobile wallet app. Dubbed (predictably) Mobile Wallet, the new service allows customers &hell...
Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Poll: Teens Migrating to Twitter — WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing &helli...
Chandni Doulatramani / Reuters:
Sony to assess spin-off proposal for entertainment business: Nikkei — (Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei reported. — Sony's U.S. listed shares rose...
John Cook / GeekWire:
Images: Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees) — Amazon.com is charting a new course for one of its proposed downtown Seattle office buildings, unveiling new drawings this week which show a massive spherical greenhouse-like structure capable … ...
Xbox Wire:
Xbox One: Your Top Questions Answered — Today is an exciting day for Xbox. This morning we shared our vision for a new generation of games, TV and entertainment. We wanted to address some top questions we've seen from our fans, so here we go. Q: Does Xbox One require an “always on” Interne...
Elena Berton / Reuters:
France Tel to invest up to 50 million euro in Dailymotion: report — (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
VMware's Web Services Challenge Cloud Rivals Amazon to Microsoft — VMware Inc. (VMW) is debuting a service that lets customers use the Web to access information and programs stored in its data centers, an effort to challenge Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) in cloud computing.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Former Apple, Palm Executive Mike Bell to Head Intel's New Devices Unit — While it isn't going into detail about its plans for a new devices unit, Intel has tapped a leader whose expertise goes well beyond chips. — Mike Bell, who has been co-leading Intel's mobile chip business … ...
Michael McWhertor / Polygon:
Next-gen Xbox will not have always on requirements for single-player games — The newly announced Xbox One will not require a constant Internet connection for single-player gaming as was previously rumored, Microsoft announced today — While an “Always On” function isn't a ...
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Xbox One will not be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games — If you were hoping to play your vast collection of Xbox 360 games on Microsoft's latest creation, we've got a spot of bad news. Microsoft Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten confirmed to The Verge that the new Xbox One console will have no ba...