Amazon Said to Plan TV Set-Top Box for Streaming Video  —  Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, plans to release a television set-top box that would stream video over the Internet into customers' homes, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Live from Yahoo! It's Saturday Night!  —  Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker, or Tina Fey as Sarah Palin?  As a lifelong Saturday Night Live fan, it is nearly impossible for me to pick my favorite skit.  And, as a fan, I couldn't be more excited to announce that we have reached an agreement …

Exclusive: Verizon eyes roughly $100 billion bid for Verizon Wireless stake  —  (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from joint venture partner Vodafone Group Plc, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives  —  A federal judge refused to compel a Wisconsin suspect to decrypt the contents of several hard drives because doing so would violate the man's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Amid A Challenging Mobile Transition, Zynga's Revenues Decline 18% To $264M  —  Zynga's revenues for the first quarter of 2013 declined 18% year-over-year to $264 million as the company is in the midst of doing a big pivot onto mobile platforms.  The company swung to a profit from a year ago though, with net income of $4 million.

Data Science of the Facebook World  —  More than a million people have now used our Wolfram|Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook.  And as part of our latest update, in addition to collecting some anonymized statistics, we launched a Data Donor program that allows people to contribute detailed data to us for research purposes.

MightyText, “The iMessage for Android,” Targets iCloud With New Cross-Device Photo And Video Sync  —  Today, our lives are spread across a growing array of digital devices, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and connected TVs.  While each device tends to perform certain tasks better than others …

Samsung Delays Release of Security Software for Galaxy Phones  —  In February, Samsung Electronics introduced Knox, a version of Android with security features to make the company's phones more suitable for businesses, expected for release this spring.  But the company has delayed the release …

iPhone Super-Hacker Comex, Let Go From Apple, Goes To Work For Google  —  If Apple couldn't appreciate one of the most talented hackers to ever touch its products, perhaps its biggest competitor can.  —  Nicholas Allegra, a.k.a. Comex, who rose to fame as the 19-year-old creator …

Qualcomm posts record 2Q rev but earnings view disappoints  —  The chipmaker's shares dropped 5 percent in after-hours trading amid a weak forecast for current-quarter earnings, yet Qualcomm still reports healthy projections for full-year results.  —  Qualcomm today reported record fiscal …

IBM's Chief to Employees: Think Fast, Move Faster  —  International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Virginia Rometty delivered a rare companywide reprimand in the wake of a poor earnings report last week, saying the sprawling technology company needed to move faster and respond more quickly to customers.

Microsoft to unveil next Xbox at event on May 21st at its Redmond campus  —  We've just received an invite from Microsoft to an event on May 21st where it will show off the next version of its Xbox console and media box.  The next version of the company's media play has been expected for a while …

Unity drops Flash support, says Adobe is not firmly committed  —  The popular game development platform Unity will no longer invest in Adobe's Flash, as the company says that it does not believe that the future is certain for Flash.  —  Although Unity Technologies has been working …

IHS: Expect 9.4 million ‘smart’ glasses units shipped by 2016  —  Summary: Are “smart” glasses the new wave of mobile?  Based on the fervor around Google Glass, IHS analysts seem to think so.  —  The pending launch of “smart” glasses as a new mobile category might not just be reserved for Google Glass.

U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance  —  Justice Department agreed to issue “2511 letters” immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies  —  In December, AngelList, a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000.

Apple Readies Its First Bond Offering  —  Demand Likely to be Strong from Investors Eager to Get Cash Off the Sidelines  —  Call it the iBond.  —  Apple's announcement Tuesday that it plans to borrow for the first time could be as well received as its smartphone launches.

A first?  Zillow to conduct quarterly earnings Q&A via Facebook and Twitter  —  Coming soon to Facebook and Twitter: In-depth discussions of Zillow's operating margins.  —  Blazing a trail for social media channels and earnings reports, the Seattle company said today that it plans …

Heroku Launches Europe Region In Public Beta, Expects To Be Safe Harbor Certified Soon  —  Heroku, the popular cloud platform as a service company, today announced the public launch of its Europe region.  Developers will now be able to deploy their services closer to their European customers …