Days before Apple plans to reveal its music streaming service, Apple is still negotiating with record labels, who are pushing for close to 60% of proceeds  —  Apple's Pushing to Complete Streaming Music Deal Before Event  —  Just days before Apple Inc. plans to reveal a music streaming service …

Survey: Fewer than 25% of top 100 US retailers accept Apple Pay, 66% won't accept it this year  —  Exclusive: In ‘year of Apple Pay’, many top retailers remain skeptical  —  In a January earnings call with investors, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook made a confident prediction …

Skype for Web (Beta) is now available to everyone in the US and UK  —  Hot on the heels of our recent post announcing improvements to Skype for Outlook , today we're pleased to share more good news for people that use Skype on their browser - Skype for Web (Beta) is now available for all new and existing users in the US and UK.

Google's European chief admits company mishandled its messaging in Europe, says Google remains open to settlement in anti-trust case  —  Google's European mea culpa  —  Google's European chief executive acknowledges that the company has mishandled its messaging in Europe and is offering an olive branch to the European Commission.

Data obtained in U.S. government hack dates back to 1985: U.S. official  —  Data stolen in the recent hack of U.S. government computers includes security clearance information and background checks dating to 1985, a U.S. official said, underlining the far-reaching scale of one of the largest known thefts of federal government data.

Google to include accident data on a new website touting its driverless car program  —  Google to report driverless car accidents going forward  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Google will begin reporting incidents encountered by its driverless-car program on a dedicated website, the search company announced Friday.

Annotation Service Genius Rolls Out An API With Instapaper As Its Debut Partner  —  Online annotation platform Genius, which originally began as a way to mark up rap lyrics before expanding to support any page on the web, is now making its service - including its collection of annotations …

Tumblr Debuts Its Own GIF Search Engine  —  Tumblr this morning is rolling out a new feature designed to take advantage of the extensive collection of GIFs hosted on its service: a GIF search engine.  The news follows that of Facebook's decision to officially support the animated file format on users' Timelines, announced last week.

Source: Ellen Pao to seek $2.7M settlement in gender lawsuit, almost three times what KPCB offered before first trial, and $1M in court costs dropped  —  Pao to Seek $2.7 Million to Walk Away From Gender Lawsuit  —  Ellen Pao, former junior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Dropbox for Business adds new enterprise-class features including tiered administrator accounts and support for Microsoft's Active Directory  —  Dropbox adds new enterprise class features as it tries to attract big businesses  —  The last year hasn't seen many flashy product launches or updates for Dropbox.