U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program  —  The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs …

Apple Signs Sony Up for iRadio, Now Has All Three Major Music Labels On Board  —  Sony Music has signed on to Apple's forthcoming iRadio service, according to a person familiar with negotiations between the two companies.  —  The deal means Apple now has agreements with all three major music labels.

Samsung Electronics loses $12 billion market value on smartphone worries  —  (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co lost $12 billion in market value on Friday, hit by brokerage downgrades that have underscored concerns about slowing sales of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Google Wallet Is Leaking Money  —  Google Wallet (GOOG), the mobile software that allows Android users to pay for purchases online and in stores with their phones, has become a money pit.  The company has dedicated hundreds of developers to Wallet and spent about $300 million to acquire digital payment startups to help develop the app.

Windows 8.1 Start button demonstrated fully in new video  —  Microsoft demonstrated a number of new features in Windows 8.1 earlier this week, but the company briefly showed the return of the Start button and avoided any details on how it visually works.  During Computex this week the company took …

Android game console GamePop does the unthinkable, brings iOS games to TV with ‘Looking Glass’  —  In case you hadn't heard: BlueStacks, the company with around 10M+ using its technology that brings Android games to PC and Mac, has recently been working on a new dedicated Android gaming console …

YouTube Founders Hurley And Chen Have Released An Asian Clone Of Vine  —  AVOS Systems, the company founded by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, has just launched a new app that appears to be a Chinese version of Twitter's popular six-second video-sharing app, Vine.

Google allows ads for illegal drugs, state AG says  —  Google still is allowing ads for illegal online pharmacies that sell dangerous or counterfeit drugs without a prescription, Mississippi state Attorney General Jim Hood charged Thursday.  —  The Internet giant paid $500 million in 2011 …

Amazon, Google execs clash with Apple lawyers in ebook pricing trial  —  On the fourth day of the federal government's ebook pricing trial against Apple, Amazon and Google executives offered testimony in hearings that were often fraught and occasionally funny — but still introduced little evidence …

Amazon's devices finally on sale in China; Kindle Paperwhite for $138 and Kindle Fire HD from $244  —  After plenty of rumors and repeated delays, Amazon's devices have finally landed on China's shores.  —  We earlier reported that Sina Tech said the Kindle e-reader and Fire HD would be launched …

The iOS and Android Two-Horse Race: A Deeper Look into Market Share  —  Over the past four years, Apple's iOS and Google's Android have been locked into a two horse race for mobile OS ownership.  In the past year, there has been a lot of focus on the rise of Android and its lead in device market share.

Chinese hacked Obama, McCain campaigns, took internal documents, officials say  —  Cyberattacks linked to the Chinese government will be at the top of the U.S. agenda when President Obama meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping Friday in California.  Chinese officials deny any role in the cyberattacks …

Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles  —  Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning.