New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World's Most Popular Mobile OS  —  For the past few years, Sundar Pichai has been part of a tag-team routine staged at Google's annual I/O developer conference.  Pichai, a Googler since 2004, would present on behalf of Google's Chrome division …

Bill Gates on Steve Jobs: We grew up together  —  We've seen plenty of Bill Gates on television, but we'd never seen him get emotional before.  It was a striking, yet subtle moment in Gates' 60 Minutes interview this week when Charlie Rose asked him about his longtime business rival, the late Steve Jobs.

Google Launches Content Recommendation Engine For Mobile Sites, Powered By Google+  —  Google continues to increase the reach of its Google+ platform, and today the company is launching a new mobile content recommendation service powered by Google+.  These recommendations will appear …

ABC to Let App Users Live Stream Local Programming  —  This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.”  Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC's local stations there …

With Windows Blue, Microsoft may (finally) do the right thing  —  Summary: Call it capitulation.  Call it listening to customers.  But whatever you call it, making Windows 8 more usable with expected coming Blue tweaks is a positive, not a negative.  —  Mary Jo Foley

Apple, Google Pressed by N.Y. Over Handheld Device Thefts  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) are among technology companies being asked by the New York attorney general to take steps to deter thefts of iPhones and other handheld devices and eliminate a black market for the products.

Zact tries to out-uncarrier T-Mobile with customizable mobile plans  —  Plans and parental controls could cut total costs by more than $1,000, but you'll have to settle for last year's phones  —  A new wireless carrier is launching today, it's called “Zact” and though it's piggybacking …

iTunes users spending at the rate of $40/yr.  —  In the latest quarter the iTunes top line grew by 32%.  Additional newly reported items:  — Quarterly revenues topped $4 billion (a new high) and the company suggests that this rate is maintainable by stating it has a “$16 billion annual run rate”.

Nokia's next Lumia teased on TV with a metal body and big camera lens  —  Nokia announced its latest Lumia 928 handset on Friday, but the company has more planned for an event in London next week.  On Sunday, Nokia teased part of this announcement during a commercial break on British TV.

The Evolution of the Web, in a Blink  —  The Web browser you're probably using to read this article is a small marvel of engineering.  It can be broken down into many discrete parts—a URL bar, a set of bookmarks, perhaps a built-in video player.  But the most important component is hidden …

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping  —  Reporters at Bloomberg News were trained to use a function on the company's financial data terminals that allowed them to view subscribers' contact information and, in some cases, monitor login activity in order to advance news coverage, more than half a dozen former employees said.