I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram  —  I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.  For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family.

AOL Sells 800 Patents For $1 Billion To Microsoft [Memo To Staff]  —  This just in: one chapter of AOL's patent journey is coming to an end.  The company is selling 800 patents to Microsoft for just north of $1 billion.  —  Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, says that the company will continue …

Computer Legend and Gaming Pioneer Jack Tramiel Dies at Age 83  —  Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and crucial figure in the early history of video games, died passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, his family confirms.  He was 83 years old.

Microsoft gives away ‘free time’ to promote Windows Phone  —  Nokia Lumia 900, a Windows Phone — and a creator of time?  —  (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)  —  Microsoft wants consumers to really get its pitch that Windows Phones are more efficient than rival smartphones and can thus create more free time for consumers.

A Faster Emulator with Better Hardware Support  —  [This post is by Xavier Ducrohet and Reto Meier of the Android engineering team.  — Tim Bray.]  —  The Android emulator is a key tool for Android developers in building and testing their apps.  As the power and diversity of Android devices …

Before OMGPOP Sold For $210 Million, The CEO Hired Back Everyone He Laid Off And Made Sure They Cashed In  —  A few months ago, OMGPOP was about to go bust.  —  Its Facebook games weren't performing and prospects were so bleak, CEO Dan Porter was forced to lay off several of the startup's flash developers.

Analyst Cuts Apple Rating on Prospect of iPhone Subsidy Revolt  —  Now here are two words you don't often see in the same sentence: Apple and downgrade.  Yet here they are in a note from BTIG Research's Walter Piecyk, who this morning cut his rating on the company's shares to “neutral” from “buy.”

Exclusive: PayPal's VP of Product Sam Shrauger Resigns — Is He Headed for Yahoo?  (Memo)  —  A PayPal spokesperson has confirmed to All Things D that Sam Shrauger, the VP of global product and experience, is leaving the company.  —  “After eight years at PayPal, Sam has decided to leave the company.

Faster iPhone with 1GB of RAM seeded internally, iPod touch 5,1 in the works?  —  With one iOS device update out of the way for 2012, Apple is working on updates to the iPhone and iPod touch.  While these updates are expected, we've learned some details about this new iPhone and iPod touch.

Marriott Says It Stopped Ad Service Hidden in Wi-Fi  —  Last week, the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Midtown Manhattan was discovered to come with some hidden extras: The free Wi-Fi connection inserted lines of code for serving special ads into every Web page a guest visited.

The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything  —  Computing isn't just getting cheaper.  It's becoming more energy efficient.  That means a world populated by ubiquitous sensors and streams of nanodata.

Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management  —  Unlikely that faulty hardware causing poor wireless connections  —  The Wi-Fi reliability problems reported by iPad owners can probably be solved with a software update, a hardware expert said Friday.

Woof!  Rover.com Fetches $3.4 Million to Be Airbnb for Dogs.  —  Rover.com has raised $3.4 million to be the Airbnb of the dog-boarding market.  —  Rover is an alternative to dog kennels, much like how Airbnb offers an alternative to staying in hotels.  —  In addition to announcing …

Court revives Rosetta Stone suit vs Google  —  (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived the bulk of language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc's trademark infringement suit against Google Inc.  —  In the suit filed in 2009, Rosetta Stone accused Google of committing trademark infringement …

‘Smart screens’ to replace pay phones in NYC  —  New York City is looking to replace its public pay phones with Internet-connected touch-screen tablets.  —  The city will start a pilot program next month where it will install 32-inch “smart screens” with broadband Internet connections in 250 old phone booths throughout the city.