How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service  —  Sources say iRadio is still mired in licensing talks and may not be ready for WWDC  —  Google's long-rumored Play Music All Access service is already out the door, while Apple's iRadio is still bogged down in licensing talks.

Microsoft planning Xbox dashboard UI and tile changes in preparation for next-gen console  —  Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox 360 with another dashboard update.  Sources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans have revealed to The Verge that the dashboard update will enter into a public beta …

Galaxy S4 sales to top 10 million  —  Mobile chief hints that sales may hit 100 million mark  —  Samsung Electronics said Thursday it expects its latest flagship handset, the Galaxy S4, to surpass the 10 million mark in sales next week.  —  “We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week.

Apple Mobile Devices Cleared for Use on U.S. Military Networks  —  The Pentagon cleared Apple Inc. (AAPL) devices for use on its networks, setting the stage for the maker of iPhones and iPads to compete with Samsung Electronics Co. and BlackBerry for military sales.

Big Data Analytics Specialist Tableau Software Raises $254M In IPO, Shares Close 64% Up; Marketo's First Day Up 78%  —  One year to the day of the troubled Facebook IPO, the climate for tech IPOs in the public markets is significantly less stormy, especially for companies in the enterprise space.

Yahoo to hold Monday press event as Tumblr buyout rumors swirl  —  CNBC is reporting that Yahoo will hold a “product-related” news event this Monday in New York City.  None other than CEO Marissa Mayer will be speaking at the event.  Exactly what Yahoo plans to announce hasn't yet been disclosed …

Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr.  Will Facebook swoop in at the last minute?  —  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer thinks that what Blogger did for Google, Tumblr could do for her aging Internet company — make it relevant and a major player on the modern web.  And for that she is willing …

EA Has No Games in Development For Nintendo's Wii U  —  Less than two years after vowing to deliver on an “unprecedented partnership” with Nintendo, gaming giant EA is quiet on the Wii U front.  “We have no games in development for the Wii U currently,” company spokesperson Jeff Brown told Kotaku yesterday.

Production capacity for HTC One to double in May: executive  —  Taipei, May 16 (CNA) Taiwan's HTC Corp. said Thursday that its production capacity for its new HTC One flagship phone is rising sharply month by month as its component supply issues continue to improve.

Apple's lax iTunes streaming security gives out a free copy of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories  —  Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Justin Timberlake are just a few of the artists over the past year to offer full-length, high quality streams of their newest albums on iTunes in the days before release.

How Google updated Android without releasing version 4.3  —  Google I/O didn't give us the Android update we were expecting—or did it??  —  Google covered a lot of ground in its three-and-a-half-hour opening keynote at Google I/O yesterday, but one thing it didn't announce was the oft-rumored next version of Android.

US Air Force expects to save $50M with use of 18K Apple iPads  —  The purchase of 18,000 iPads for use as electronic flight bags has set the stage for the U.S. Air Force to save more than $50 million over the next 10 years.  —  Using lightweight iPads instead of heavy paper flight manuals …

Apple removes Bang With Friends from App Store  —  The eyebrow-raising app won't be initiating Facebook-friend hookups for iPhone owners for the time being.  —  No more knocking boots with your Facebook friends, iPhone users.  Apple has removed the salaciously titled Bang With Friends iPhone application from its App Store.

Twitter Teams With NBA to Stream Basketball Replay Videos  —  Twitter Inc. has teamed with the National Basketball Association to stream video clips of game highlights as the blogging service expands beyond 140-character status updates ahead of a possible initial public offering.

Gizmodo Pivots From Gadgets to Design  —  Because Kinja.  —  Gizmodo, Gawker media's tech blog, is getting a new editor and a new focus.  Geoff Manaugh, a former senior editor at Dwell Magazine and contributing editor at Wired UK, will take over at Gizmodo.

A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers  —  (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.

Bloomberg Names Former IBM CEO Palmisano to Advise on Data Privacy  —  Here's an interesting development in the ongoing data-privacy imbroglio over at Bloomberg LP.  The company just named former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano as an independent adviser with the task of reviewing and recommending changes on privacy and data policies.

Developer-signed Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer  —  Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.  —  Security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum found …

Indoor Mapping Startup Meridian Adds Notification Zones To Their Strategy  —  Indoor mapping software startup Meridian, continues to evolve their product strategy with a recent update to their offering.  —  Called Zones, the company's newest update to their indoor mapping platform …