Tumblr's Creative Director Quits  —  Jacob Bijani joined Tumblr as one of its original, most formative employees (and its first designer/product engineer) back in 2008—when a $1.1 billion Yahoo buyout was unfathomable.  Now he's leaving.  —  According to a farewell post on Bijani's site …

After Four Years, Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver to Depart  —  Ryan Sarver, Twitter's director of platform who worked closely with the company's partner ecosystem over the past four years, announced on Friday that he plans to leave the company.  —  “After four incredible …

Google says it won't approve any Glass apps with facial recognition until it has protections in place  —  Today, Google posted a notice to its Google Glass channel on G+ that lays out its plan to prevent abuse of facial recognition on the head-mounted computer.  It's solution?

‘Virtual’ Currencies Draw State Scrutiny  —  State banking regulators are scrutinizing companies that let people buy and sell virtual currencies such as bitcoin, and some are looking at requiring costly licenses, according to people familiar with the efforts.

Microsoft launches iPad comparison site for Windows 8 tablets  —  Microsoft is launching the second phase of its advertising against Apple's iPad this week.  Following an iPad mini commercial parody, a new site aims to convince consumers that Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets are worth buying over the iPad.

Mac Pro Retail Supplies Drying Up Ahead of WWDC  —  Apple's WWDC conference is almost upon us, and with the expectation that the company will unveil new Macs at the event, I decided to do a bit of checking around on retail stock levels.  What I found, somewhat to my surprise, was a remarkable shortage of Apple's entry-level Mac Pro.

DirecTV Said Among 3 Hulu Bidders at $1 Billion or More  —  DirecTV (DTV), the second-biggest U.S. pay-TV service, and two other bidders are each offering at least $1 billion for Hulu LLC, the online video website, said people with knowledge of the bid.  —  The other two couldn't be identified immediately.

Why Reddit Is Betting On Original Content  —  A Move to Reach Marketers in a Tech-Savvy Community  —  The “80s cliché is that video killed the radio star.  Now it's quickly killing other priorities as a growing number of media concerns put greater focus on original programming, all in a quest for higher CPMs.

Camino browser project discontinued after ten years  —  Pour one out for Camino.  The Mac-only browser, born a decade ago, is no longer under active development.  —  Camino was a free, open-source browser for the Mac, built on Mozilla's Gecko engine.  Unlike other Mozilla-based browsers of its era …

Judge orders Google to comply with FBI's secret NSL demands  —  San Francisco federal judge tells Mountain View company to comply with FBI's warrantless National Security Letter requests for user details, despite ongoing concerns about law's constitutionality.

Rumor: Apple Is Considering Launching An Ad Exchange  —  Is Apple planning to launch an ad exchange, the way Facebook and Twitter have done?  —  That's the rumor.  —  We heard it from an executive who is one of the biggest players in online advertising.  —  We can't confirm it.

Every '90s Tween's Favorite Angst Outlet Xanga Will Shut Down Unless You Pony Up $60K  —  Xanga, one of the original online diary hubs for tweens too cool for Livejournal but not so cool that they didn't know to eschew blogging altogether, may soon shut down.