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.

Exclusive: Verizon eyes $100 billion bid for Vodafone's Wireless stake  —  (Reuters) - Verizon Communications has hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from its partner Vodafone, two people familiar with the matter said.

Strategy Analytics: 3 million Windows tablets shipped in Q1 2013  —  Microsoft may not be talking about how many of its Surface tablets it has shipped or sold since the Surface RT launched in late October.  However, a report claims that three million Windows-based tablets shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2013.

Google offers to advertise rival services to avoid EU antitrust concerns  —  The European Commission has asked for Google's search rivals to comment on proposals over how it displays its own specialised search services alongside those of its competitors.  Working to address European antitrust concerns …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

iPhone Super-Hacker Comex, Let Go From Apple, Goes To Work For Google  —  A Brief History of Apple Hacking  —  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.

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 …

Apple Submits Revised Campus 2 Plans, Delays Tantau Development to Cut Costs  —  Earlier this month, a report revealed that Apple's upcoming “spaceship” campus in Cupertino is both behind schedule and $2 billion over budget.  Apple was said to be looking to cut costs on the project …

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 …

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 …

McAfee Patents Technology to Detect and Block Pirated Content  —  For years copyright holders have urged search engines and Internet providers to make it harder for users to access infringing content online.  —  Thus far these efforts have been in vain, but anti-virus vendor McAfee …

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 …