Apple's Tim Cook: The Full D11 Interview (Video)  —  There was a lot to talk about as Apple CEO Tim Cook made his second appearance on the D: All Things Digital stage.  —  Cook declined many, many opportunities to talk about new products.  —  But he did give his view on taxes …

Facebook Acquisition Talks With Waze Fall Apart  —  After months of negotiations, Facebook is no longer in talks to acquire Waze, the Israel-based social mapping and navigation startup, according to sources familiar with the matter.  —  The two companies had been in discussion for a potential acquisition …

2013 Internet Trends  —  The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth.  There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the total continues to grow apace.  Mobile usage is expanding rapidly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped.

WWDC Expectations  —  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is only a couple of weeks away and everyone is wondering what the company will unveil during the keynote address.  As much as we all have long wish lists for what we would like to see, I think it's important to balance …

Gmail wages war on inbox clutter with new design for mobile and desktop  —  Three years after Priority Inbox, Google tries another approach at managing email overload  —  Google begins rolling out a redesigned Gmail today with an eye on removing inbox clutter, separating bulk emails …

Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook's mobile focus, Google Glass, and being ‘bossy’  —  RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Sheryl Sandberg thinks women still need to step up and take charge — even if people call them “bossy” or “aggressive.”  —  “I wrote ‘Lean In’ because, it turns out, men still run this world.

Americans spend 58 minutes a day on their smartphones  —  New data from Experian Marketing Services' Simmons® ConnectSM mobile and digital panel sheds light on the way smartphone users spend time using their phone, with the average adult clocking 58 minutes daily on their device.

Facebook Unveils Verified Pages And Profiles, Takes A Page From Twitter's Playbook  —  Facebook has just announced a new verified feature for pages and profiles, designed to give high-profile accounts an added level of authenticity.  This is clearly a straightforward copy of Twitter's own verified accounts …

256GB Surface Pro appears in Japan complete with Office 2013 and new Touch Covers  —  While Surface Pro is making its way to additional markets this month, a new variant has arrived in Japan.  Microsoft previously launched a region-specific Surface Pro in China, complete with a full copy of Office 2013 …

Roku Raises a $60 Million Round, Led by Fidelity, to Fight for the Living Room  —  Tim Cook said Apple TV is still a side project.  But bringing digital entertainment to your TV is all Roku does, and they're raising more money to do it.  —  Roku has raised a massive $60 million round …

Marco Arment Sells “The Magazine” to Its Editor, Glenn Fleishman  —  The Magazine, a popular electronic magazine, has been sold by founder Marco Arment to Aperiodical LLC, a company owned by Glenn Fleishman , the publication's current editor.  Fleishman plans to continue to operate …

Spotify launches Discover, a news feed of recommendations from people you follow  —  30 million monthly users strong, Spotify finally gets serious about social  —  Nearly six months ago, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the stage and admitted that the service's discovery features were lacking.

In Blue: Start Experience Changes  —  I can now confirm that most of the rumored coming changes to the Start experience in Windows 8.1 “Blue” are correct.  And I've got a few screenshots to help demonstrate how these changes are implemented.  —  First up, please be sure to Coming in Blue: Boot to Desktop, Start Button, and More.

Live From D11, It's Twitter CEO Dick Costolo  —  Dick Costolo is having a busy year.  —  Twitter, the seven-year-old microblogging company has scaled up to house nearly 2000 employees in its new San Francisco digs, and hosts more than 200 million monthly active users sending hundreds of millions of tweets per day.

Critical Ruby on Rails bug exploited in wild, hacked servers join botnet  —  Attackers are exploiting an extremely critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails framework to commandeer servers and make them part of a malicious network of hacked machines, a security researcher said.

Marissa Mayer Is Bringing Back the Internet Portal.  Here's Why  —  Since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo last year, there's been a lot of talk about how the famously detail-oriented ex-Googler will “refocus” the company.  But it's becoming increasingly clear that Mayer is broadening …

HTC One, BlackBerry Q10 Launching Nationwide On Wednesday, June 5th  —  A bit of good news this morning as word just arrived that T-Mobile is planning to release the HTC One nationwide on June 5th.  That's very welcome news considering the original retail/branded launch took place …

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini to rock a Snapdragon 400, 1080p front facing camera  —  My good friend Lars from the German website All About Samsung has quite a scoop on his hands.  One of his sources has somehow managed to score a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, and of course the first he did was install AnTuTu …