New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World's Most Popular Mobile OS  —  For the past few years, Sundar Pichai has been part of a tag-team routine staged at Google's annual I/O developer conference.  Pichai, a Googler since 2004, would present on behalf of Google's Chrome division …

ABC to Let App Users Live Stream Local Programming  —  This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.”  Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live stream all the programming from ABC's local stations there …

Bill Gates on Steve Jobs: We grew up together  —  We've seen plenty of Bill Gates on television, but we'd never seen him get emotional before.  It was a striking, yet subtle moment in Gates' 60 Minutes interview this week when Charlie Rose asked him about his longtime business rival, the late Steve Jobs.

Nokia's next Lumia teased on TV with a metal body and big camera lens  —  Nokia announced its latest Lumia 928 handset on Friday, but the company has more planned for an event in London next week.  On Sunday, Nokia teased part of this announcement during a commercial break on British TV.

With Windows Blue, Microsoft may (finally) do the right thing  —  Summary: Call it capitulation.  Call it listening to customers.  But whatever you call it, making Windows 8 more usable with expected coming Blue tweaks is a positive, not a negative.  —  Mary Jo Foley

Zact tries to out-uncarrier T-Mobile with customizable mobile plans  —  Plans and parental controls could cut total costs by more than $1,000, but you'll have to settle for last year's phones  —  A new wireless carrier is launching today, it's called “Zact” and though it's piggybacking …

iTunes users spending at the rate of $40/yr.  —  In the latest quarter the iTunes top line grew by 32%.  Additional newly reported items:  — Quarterly revenues topped $4 billion (a new high) and the company suggests that this rate is maintainable by stating it has a “$16 billion annual run rate”.

The Evolution of the Web, in a Blink  —  The Web browser you're probably using to read this article is a small marvel of engineering.  It can be broken down into many discrete parts—a URL bar, a set of bookmarks, perhaps a built-in video player.  But the most important component is hidden …

Google shuts down SMS Search  —  Google SMS Search allowed users to search Google via text message.  This worked by sending an SMS to a Google phone number that contained the search query.  Google then responded to the query with information, again via SMS and free of charge to the user.

Tail wagging  —  Last year, Jony Ive was interviewed in the London Evening Standard.  It makes for interesting reading (despite the awful title).  —  Our industry is in the throes of an aesthetic shift.  At one end of the spectrum, there's the stitched leather and wood of iOS; at the other …

Facebook's iPhone Culture Builds An Overzealous Home On Android  —  Facebook didn't realize just how important widgets, docks, and app folders were to Android users, and that leaving them out of Home was a huge mistake.  That's because some of the Facebookers who built and tested Home normally carry iPhones, I've confirmed.

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping  —  Reporters at Bloomberg News were trained to use a function on the company's financial data terminals that allowed them to view subscribers' contact information and, in some cases, monitor login activity in order to advance news coverage, more than half a dozen former employees said.