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Yahoo's board approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher at All Things D reports. Previous reports said that Tumblr's board had OK'd Yahoo buying Tumblr, so it looks like it's a done deal. Marissa Mayer has made her first bi... Read the rest of this entry »
It's been one year since Facebook went public. We assume a lot of IPO investors aren't happy with how things turned out. But, from Facebook's perspective, it all worked out. It got a good price on its IPO, and now it has plenty of time to develop its b... Read the rest of this entry »
At first glance, things could not be going worse for Microsoft. Its long-dreaded nightmare scenario is playing out. The PC industry as we've known it is collapsing. PC sales fell 14% in the first quarter, according to IDC, the worst ever drop in histor... Read the rest of this entry »
New York Times writer Nick Bilton doesn't seem to be too keen on a world filled with Google Glass users. He writes that the "future came crashing down on me" when he was at Google's big developer conference this week. There were hundreds of people walk... Read the rest of this entry »
Apple is very slowly, and we do mean very slowly, turning Apple TV into a more complete gadget. The CW announced that it's going to offer its shows ad-supported on Apple TV as an app. The shows will be available the day after they air on TV, MacRumors ... Read the rest of this entry »
Samsung says it expects sales of its Galaxy S4 to surpass 10 million units next week, Kim Yoo-chul at the Korea Times reports. "We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week. It is selling much faster than the previo... Read the rest of this entry »
John McCain is trying to pass legislation that would unbundle cable packages, allowing consumers to only pay for the cable channels they want. One of his key reasons for wanting to go to an a-la-carte style is that the price of cable has risen through ... Read the rest of this entry »
Bill Gates is once again the world's richest man, according to Bloomberg News. It says Gates has taken the lead from Mexican magnate Carlos Slim thanks to Microsoft's rising stock price. It's at a 5-year high trading at ~$34 a share. Bloomberg's Billi... Read the rest of this entry »
Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to appear before Congress next week to talk about its overseas profits, cash, and taxation. Ahead of his appearance, Cook is doing a round of interviews with political reporters to lay the groundwork for what he'll be speaki... Read the rest of this entry »
Apple is planning a new flagship store for San Francisco, John Paczkowski of All Things D reports. It will be at Stockton and Post on Union Square, and it will be 45% bigger than its current store in San Francisco. It will also be pretty fancy looking.... Read the rest of this entry »