Expand your experience: New Twitter for iPad  —  Today you can download the new Twitter for iPad.  We've rebuilt the app from the ground up to make it fast, beautiful and easy to use.  Twitter for iPad brings you closer to what's happening all over the world, and makes it easy to keep …

Facebook Beta Launches New Mobile Ad Network Using Your Data To Target You With Banner Ads In Other Apps  —  Facebook today begins testing its own mobile ad network.  Advertisers can pay to target you with ads for app stores or websites based on your Facebook data that appears while you're on other apps and mobile sites.

Apple EarPods Teardown  —  After three years of research and development, Apple has released the newest version of their popular headphones, now dubbed “EarPods.”  Join us as we crack these pods open and take a look at what three years of R & D can accomplish.  Love all of these gadget teardowns?

Microsoft Signs Licensing Agreement With Research In Motion  —  exFAT file technology helps mobile industry leader provide cutting-edge capabilities to customers.  —  Microsoft Corp. announced today that Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have signed a patent licensing agreement …

German government urges public to stop using Internet Explorer  —  (Reuters) - The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer following discovery of yet-to-be repaired bug in the web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.

Apple's Jonathan Ive to Design a Single Uber-Limited Edition Leica M  —  Do you love the design of Apple products?  Do you have infinitely deep pockets?  If you said yes to both questions, then I have some good news for you.  —  At Leica's special event last night, after the new Leica M was announced …

Yahoo To Give Shareholders $3.65 Billion, Mayer Explains Why In Leaked Memo  —  Yahoo has closed a deal to sell a portion of its stake in Chinese Internet company Alibaba, netting $4.3 billion for the company.  —  In a memo to employees, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she will return $3.65 billion of that money to shareholders.

Developers seeing lightning fast app review times as Apple readies the App Store for iPhone 5  —  Apple is getting its ducks in a row for the release of the iPhone 5.  One of the ways it's doing that is ensuring that as many apps as possible are ready for the new taller screen of the new device.

AT&T will be slapped with net neutrality complaint over FaceTime blocking  —  Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute have informed AT&T that they intend to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against the wireless carrier for violating network neutrality rules.

With Hollywood Hire, Microsoft Bolsters Entertainment Efforts  —  Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem, a former top CBS television executive, to oversee the production of original video content to be delivered to the company's Xbox video game console, according to people with knowledge of the move …

New departure from Zynga: Omgpop's chief revenue officer (exclusive)  —  Joining the exodus of executives who have left Zynga recently, Wilson Kriegel, the former chief revenue officer of Omgpop, has left the company, GamesBeat has learned.  —  Kriegel was part of the company that Zynga bought earlier …

Success of Crowdfunding Puts Pressure on Entrepreneurs  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — An effort to build a sleek aluminum charging dock for the iPhone generated fervor online when it was announced last December.  The project's creators raised close to $1.5 million through Kickstarter, a crowdfunding Web site …

Gogo increases in-flight Wi-Fi prices, removes single pass on some flights  —  Updated at 3:53 p.m. PT with confirmation from Gogo PR.  —  In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo has increased its pricing on several flights throughout the United States, including the popular San Francisco to New York flight on Virgin America.

Feds Charge Activist with 13 Felonies for Rogue Downloading of Academic Articles  —  Federal prosectors added nine new felony counts against well-known coder and activist Aaron Swartz, who was charged last year for allegedly breaching hacking laws by downloading millions of academic articles …

New Netflix Experience on iPhone  —  More and more of you are using Netflix on mobile devices every day.  Already millions of Netflix members use their smartphones to instantly watch movies and TV shows anywhere, anytime.  —  We are always working to improve the experience so Netflix members discover more great titles and watch more.

Google Puts Interior Business Photos On The Map  —  Starting today, thousands of local businesses have a little more exposure on Google Maps.  —  That's because Google is now showing small, orange dots to indicate businesses that have participated in the Google Business Photos service.

Apple's next huge data center will be in Hong Kong, groundbreaking Q1 2013  —  We've received word that Apple is building another enormous data center—this time in Hong Kong SAR, China.  —  Apple recently finalized a location in the New Territories region of Hong Kong near the Shenzhen China border for the data center.

Samsung begins producing next-gen mobile memory with industry's first 30nm 2GB LPDDR3 chips  —  Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced that it has begun production of 2GB LPDDR3 (low power double-data-rate 3) mobile memory using a 30 nanometer production scale, an industry …