Snapchat Spurned $3 Billion Acquisition Offer from Facebook  —  Snapchat, a rapidly growing messaging service, recently spurned an all-cash acquisition offer from Facebook for $3 billion or more, according to people briefed on the matter.  —  The offer, and rebuff, came as Snapchat …

Amazon WorkSpaces - Desktop Computing in the Cloud  —  Once upon a time, enterprises had a straightforward way to give each employee access to a desktop computer.  New employees would join the organization and receive a standard-issue desktop, preconfigured with a common set of tools and applications.

HP and Google order ‘pause’ in Chromebook 11 sales after reports of chargers overheating  —  The HP Chromebook 11 has been pulled from Best Buy store shelves, and sales halted on Amazon and HP and Google's online stores, following customer complaints of chargers overheating.

Redfin is now a $500 million company  —  Online real estate company Redfin raises $50 million in new VC funding.  —  FORTUNE — Online real estate company Redfin has raised $50 million in what it believes will be its last round of VC funding before going public.

Moto G gets wide international launch but skips China, the biggest low-end phone market  —  Motorola to Offer Moto G Smartphone Aimed at Emerging Markets  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Motorola Mobility, the handset maker owned by Google, is still trying to find its niche in the smartphone market.

Leaked Memo: Fab's Struggling CEO Names New Top Execs  —  With another round of layoffs coming, a co-founder departure, and top management hemorrhaging, haute-shopping startup Fab.com needs a corporate Hail Mary.  Here's CEO Jason Goldberg's plan to remake the company.

Dropbox Hits 200M Users, Unveils New “For Business” Client Combining Work And Personal Files  —  CEO Drew Houston today announced that Dropbox has hit 200 million users, up from 175 million in July.  He later revealed the new Dropbox For Business client securely houses both a user's personal …

Our Government Has Weaponized the Internet.  Here's How They Did It  —  The internet backbone — the infrastructure of networks upon which internet traffic travels — went from being a passive infrastructure for communication to an active weapon for attacks.

Apple's $10.5B on Robots to Lasers Shores Up Supply Chain  —  Apple Inc. is putting a record $10.5 billion to work in new technology — from assembly robots to milling machines — that consumers will never see.  —  To get a jump on rivals like Samsung Electronics Co. and lay the groundwork for new products …

Mozilla: No Firefox phones in US  —  Mozilla's Mitchell Baker stresses Firefox OS's appeal to developing countries — and (pay attention, Apple and Google) the importance of price.  SAN FRANCISCO — If you're a Firefox OS fan and you live in the United States, you're going to have to wait a bit longer to get your Firefox phone.

Apple demands $380M in patent trial, but Samsung wants to pay $52M  —  The amount requested by Apple during opening arguments in a damages retrial is less than the $450 million awarded by a jury last year.  And Samsung's proposal is much lower.  SAN JOSE, Calif. — An Apple attorney told …

Twitter more than doubles its office space in Sunnyvale, leasing another 10,000 square feet  —  Twitter more than doubles its footprint in Silicon Valley  —  Twitter Inc., fresh off its initial public offering, isn't just expanding its office space in San Francisco.  It's also growing its footprint in Silicon Valley.

NSA Transparency Hurts Americans' Privacy, Feds Say With Straight Face  —  Adding limited public accountability to the NSA's vast electronic spying programs would actually harm the privacy of Americans, Obama administration officials told a Senate hearing today.

Pocket update highlights the saves you're most likely to enjoy  —  Pocket is releasing an update to its app today that puts a new focus on helping you discover the best of the items you have saved, using algorithms to surface content likely to interest you the most.

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2013 Launches With New Online Tools, Previews Browser-Based Code Editor  —  Microsoft today launched the latest version of its Visual Studio tools for developers at an event in New York City.  The new version includes a number of user interface improvements …

iPad Mini Retina Display Teardown  —  Lots of new tech ensures the iPad Mini Retina Display is a worthy successor to both the iPad Air and last year's iPad Mini—but will it carry the familial low repairability?  Follow along as we reveal the inner workings of this compact new Retina device.

Apple under investigation in Italy for alleged tax fraud: source  —  (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant Apple is under investigation in Milan for allegedly hiding more than 1 billion euros ($1.34 billion) from the Italian taxman, a judicial source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, confirming a local media report.

The Dual-Screen YotaPhone Will Launch Internationally In December  —  Russia-based Yota Devices has been working on a curious beast called the YotaPhone for years now, and it's gained quite a reputation for itself because of its split personality.  While the front of the phone sports …

Verizon admits network faces traffic pressure in big cities  —  The wireless carrier is pouring money into the problem, and a top executive says the issues will dissipate by the end of the year.—Verizon Wireless is feeling the crush of all of those LTE-enabled devices on its network.