Samsung Said To Plan Windows RT Tablet For October Introduction  —  Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), the largest phone maker, will release a tablet that features Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows RT software when the operating system debuts, people with knowledge of the matter said.

PSA: Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ up for sale again at Google Play store (update: now shipping in '1-2 weeks')  —  And just like that it's back.  Following a yesterday's temporary stay of the ban on Google's HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus by Judge Koh, the soon-to-be Jelly Bean-loaded device is again up for sale …

Ex-Nokia staff to build MeeGo-based smartphones  —  A group of ex-Nokia staff and MeeGo enthusiasts has formed Jolla (Finnish for “dinghy"), a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new MeeGo devices to the market.  According to its LinkedIn page, Jolla consists of “directors and core professionals …

RIM's BlackBerry App World Tops Three Billion Downloads  —  Some good news for Research In Motion amid the unceasing torrent of bad.  BlackBerry App World, the company's answer to Apple's iTunes App Store and Google Play, has reached a milestone worth celebrating: It has served …

Microsoft to launch Bing Fund angel investment incubator  —  Summary: Microsoft is poised to launch a new startup/accelerator incubation effort designed to bring innovation to the company's Online Services Division.  —  Follow @maryjofoley  —  For the past few weeks …

Netflix on last week's AWS outage: “We're still bullish on the cloud”  —  As you probably already know, some of your favorite Internet services were unavailable for the better part of a day due to a massive Amazon cloud outage caused by a single point of failure due to a storm in Virginia.

Google to launch global bid to ‘Legalize Love’ for gays  —  Global giant Google searches for a way to make the world a better place for lesbians, gays and bisexuals with new campaign  —  Google is launching a new campaign calling on countries to ‘Legalize Love’ - making it legal to be lesbian, gay or bisexual around the world.

That was quick.  Facebook shuts down Face.com APIs, kills Klik app, enrages developers  —  Fresh from its acquisition by Facebook last month, Face.com is closing down its facial recognition APIs over the next 30 days.  While such a move isn't that surprising, third-party developers …

NBC, Google, Stage ‘War Games’ To Prepare for Olympic Disruptions  —  NBC and Google are conducting “war games” in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online streaming of the Summer Olympics Games in London, which start this month.

late bloomer, not a loser.  (I hope)  —  most of the time I think of myself as a failure.  —  when I'm optimistic, I think maybe I'm just a late bloomer.  —  I know a lot of folks won't understand this perspective, but when I was growing up I was always the smartest kid around. it was expected …

Groupon Crashes To A New Low...  Remember when Groupon went public at $20 a share?  —  That was a long, long time ago.  —  (Well, actually, it was about 8 months ago).  —  In any event, now you can pick some up for less than $8.50 a share.  —  The company is valued at about $5 billion now, which seems pretty fair.