Square Cash lets anyone with a debit card send money instantly over email  —  What if sending money was as simple as sending an email?  —  That's the premise of Square Cash, launching today for all debit card users in the US, using any email service.  To use Square Cash …

Twitter headed to New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘TWTR’  —  Summary: The move to the NYSE is quite the contrast to Facebook's tumultuous public launch on the Nasdaq.  —  Twitter has filled in another blank as it goes through the legal process to become a publicly traded company.

Intel says hardware bargains to multiply this fall: $99 tablets, $299 Haswell laptops, $349 2-in-1 hybrids  —  Nov. 12 - 13, 2013  —  Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich said he expects bargains galore this holiday season as computermakers take advantage of the latest Intel Haswell and Bay Trail microprocessors.

Dave Morin Laid Off 20 Percent of Path Employees Today  —  Dave Morin's social networking app Path laid off 13 employees today, which represents 20 percent of the company's staff.  A spokesperson for the company confirmed the layoffs, saying, “We're working to realign the company to support continued innovation and Path 4.0.”

Tim Cook talks hiring of Angela Ahrendts as Retail chief, says she is ‘best person in the world for this role’  —  Last night, Apple announced that it had finally found a new Head of Retail: Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts.  Ahrendts has been CEO of the fashion retailer for several years …

HP Chromebook 11 Review  —  We're in the midst of a netbook renaissance.  Armed with lighter weight OSes, faster hardware and a better appreciation for what matters in a consumer device, OEMs are giving the concept another try.  —  Just like before, we'll see solutions based on Windows as well as open source OS alternatives.

Google Fiber now explicitly permits home servers  —  Google Fiber's terms of service caused some controversy in July when Google found itself defending the legality of a ban on servers.  After a complaint, Google told the Federal Communications Commission that its clause stating that …

Many of the most-pirated movies aren't available for legitimate online purchase  —  Why does movie piracy persist after years of efforts to stamp it out?  A new website called PiracyData.org suggests a simple explanation: people pirate movies because they don't have the option of paying for a legitimate copy online.

Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder  —  Inside the Internet juggernaut Amazon.com (AMZN), there's near constant pressure to perform.  In dozens of interviews ranging over two years for my book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon …

Apple seeks to broaden U.S. import ban against Samsung through Federal Circuit appeal  —  The import ban Apple won in August against Samsung's Android-based devices infringing certain patents has just entered into force, and meanwhile Apple is trying to broaden its victory.

Kindle Fire HDX 7" Teardown  —  Take a look, it's in a book—an eBook that is—the Teardown Rainbow!  We're moving on over to the next tablet in Amazon's new Kindle line-up; get ready for some mad knowledge.  Hankering for more tasty tidbits?  Find some bite-sized trivia on our Twitter …

Microsoft is not killing the Windows Phone back button  —  Recent rumors suggest that Microsoft may be planning to kill off the back button in Windows Phone 8.1.  While the requirement for a hardware back button will likely be dropped, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed …

Irish Budget Proposes End to Apple Tax Shelter  —  Stock quotes in this article: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT  —  NEW YORK TheStreet — The Irish government said on Tuesday that it will consider eliminating a treatment that allows firms such as Apple (AAPL) to be taxed as a “stateless” …

Exclusive: Greenwald exits Guardian for new Omidyar media venture  —  (Reuters) - Glenn Greenwald, who has made headlines around the world with his reporting on U.S. electronic surveillance programs, is leaving the Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar …

News Flash: Oracle Still Hates Open Source Software  —  It's no wonder that Google, Red Hat and others have been abandoning Oracle's most visible open-source project, MySQL.  After all, Oracle has a highly conflicted relationship with open source.  Nowhere is this conflict more apparent …

Earnings and Revenue Down — Yahoo Delivers on Expected Lackluster Third Quarter  —  Yahoo met weak financial expectations, turning in what can only be described as lackluster performance in its third-quarter earnings report today.  —  The Silicon Valley Internet giant said it earned 34 cents …

Aviate: an always-changing, intelligent home screen for Android  —  What if Google Now was made of the icons on your home screen?  —  “We want to connect people to personalized information at the moment it's useful,” reads the mission statement of Aviate, a replacement launcher for Android available today in private beta.

Watch out AT&T: Verizon's new LTE network monster stirs in NYC  —  AT&T's LTE service has been beating Verizon's 4G network soundly in performance tests — as any Ma Bell marketing exec will tell you if given half a chance — but the days are numbered in which AT&T can claim the title of country's fastest network.

Apple releases new Java update, uninstalls Apple-provided Java applet plug-ins  —  Apple has released Java for OS X 2013-005, which “delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6″.  The update is available in the Mac App Store.