A new modern SkyDrive.com, updated apps, and Outlook.com at 10 million users … Over the past months, we've shared our approach to building versatile personal cloud storage that can scale to a billion people.  Today, we're excited to announce the next step towards that vision …

Welcome to Medium  —  We're rethinking publishing and building a new platform from scratch.  This is a preview.  Compared to 1999, the Internet has a come a long way.  It has gone from theoretically to actually central to how many of us live and work (even outside the Internet industry).

Microsoft Surface RT to cost $199.99?  Doubts ensue  —  Get out a pinch of salt as a new rumor from Engadget is stating that the Microsoft Surface for Windows RT will cost a budget friendly $199.00.  The source, of course, is anonymous but the price point, which we hope is true …

Yelp: Extreme Home(page) Makeover  —  Ladies and gents, today it's with great pride that we are unveiling a complete redesign of our homepage.  That's right, our new and improved formula shines a bright light on the real star of Yelp, YOU!  —  As Andy Grove once said, complacency breeds failure.

Flash for Android dies tomorrow, long live the ‘full web experience’  —  In November of last year, Adobe made a surprising about-face on its popular Flash plugin, announcing that it would stop development of Flash for mobile devices.  Tomorrow, Adobe will disable new installs of Flash on Android …

Thinking This iPad Mini Thing Even Througher  —  Last month I tried to think this smaller iPad thing all the way through.  Didn't quite make it all the way through, though, so let's dig deeper.  —  We've got the display.  7.85 inches diagonally, 1024 × 768 pixels at 163 PPI …

Pinterest Goes Big On Mobile: Rolls Out First-Ever Native iPad App, Makes Its Android Debut  —  In a big push to go mobile, Pinterest today rolled out an all-new update to its iOS app, Version 2.0.  This includes an all-new version of Pinterest customized for the iPad.

Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education  —  As educators struggle to motivate more students to take up technology-related majors, breakout online education startup, Khan Academy, has a novel approach.  “Computer Science is an intensely creative field,” says Shantanu Sinha …

Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home robbed by clueless thief  —  The late Apple co-founder's home was burglarized by an alleged thief who didn't even seem to know whose home he was robbing.  —  The late Steve Jobs  —  The Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs was robbed on July 17 of more than $60,000 …

Surfthechannel owner sentenced to four years over piracy  —  Anton Vickerman, whose surfthechannel.com had 400,000 users a day, sentenced on two counts of conspiracy to defraud  —  A 38-year-old Briton who made £35,000 a month through a website that linked to pirated copies of films …

Verizon Deal Nears Regulatory Approval  —  WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are preparing to clear Verizon Wireless's $3.9 billion deal to acquire airwaves from several cable companies including Comcast Corp., according to people close to the negotiations, after the companies reached broad agreement to settle antitrust concerns.

Microsoft temporarily suspends new Windows Phone apps amidst download bugs  —  Microsoft is in the midst of what it says is a major backend overhaul to the infrastructure for the Windows Phone Store (neé Windows Phone Marketplace).  Apparently there have been some bumps in the road …

Facebook is countersuing Mitel.  Using old AOL patents.  Which it just bought from Microsoft.  —  Last March, NASDAQ-listed communication and collaboration software maker Mitel Networks (Mitel) hit Facebook with a patent lawsuit.  Now, the social networking giant is retaliating …

Facebook Tries Letting Pages Show News Feed Ads To Non-Fans  —  Facebook seems determined to impress investors, as today it begins testing an aggressive web and mobile news feed ad unit that lets Pages pay to show their posts to people who didn't subscribe to them.

Sprint drops iPhone price further offering a $100 gift card with purchase of $149 iPhone 4S  —  From 9to5Toys.com: Sprint today dropped the price of the iPhone 4S yet again.  The nation's third-largest carrier now offers a free $100 American Express Reward Card (ships in 8-10 weeks) …

Pebble team posts UI preview, provides an early look at how you'll interact with the E-Paper Watch  —  Sadly, Pebble won't be making its way to backers by its original September estimate, but the design team wants you to know that it's hard at work, traveling the world to source components …

Uber Hit With Cease And Desist In Boston, Promises To Continue “Full Speed Ahead”  —  Uber is facing heat from yet another city it operates in, this time receiving a cease and desist letter in Boston.  On its blog today, Uber revealed that the letter came from the Division of Standards …

Nielsen: More Teens Now Listen To Music Through YouTube Than Any Other Source  —  According to Nielsen's latest “Music 360” report, 48% of consumers in the U.S. still see radio as the dominant way to discover new music.  For almost two-thirds of U.S. teenagers, however …