Introducing Video on Instagram  —  Over the past two and a half years, Instagram has become a community where you can capture and share the world's moments simply and beautifully.  Some moments, however, need more than a static image to come to life.  Until now these stories have been missing from Instagram.

Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant  —  Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA's surveillance of Americans' communication  —  • Document one: procedures used by NSA to target non-US persons

Best Buy relaunching trade-in offer for ‘free’ iPhone 5  —  Best Buy says it had the biggest day ever for its four-year old trade-in program on June 1.  That's when the electronics retailer gave customers the opportunity to trade in iPhone 4 and 4S models and get a “free” iPhone 5 in return.

Here's Apple's Closing Slide Deck in E-Book Case, and the DOJ's, Too  —  After three weeks of arguments in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the U.S. Department of Justice's e-books price-fixing case against Apple concluded today with final summations.  As part of its presentation …

Microsoft Explored Plans to Build Amazon Rival  —  Microsoft Corp. recently explored rolling out an e-commerce marketplace aimed at taking on heavyweights Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc., according to people briefed on the company's plans.  —  The software giant held discussions with retailers …

Samsung goes big with Windows 8-powered Ativ line  —  The Ativ laptops, PCs, and tablet were prominent amid a smorgasbord of product announcements.  —  NEW YORK — The Ativ name may be silly, but Samsung Electronics is betting heavily on it as the namesake for anything related to Windows.

Oracle Shares Fall on Weaker Than Expected Q4 Sales  —  Oracle's earnings results for its fourth fiscal quarter just crossed the wires.  While the bottom line was even with what analysts had expected, sales fell a little short of the consensus again by about $100 million.

The reason it took so long for HBO to get on Apple TV: cable companies  —  HBO built the Apple TV app in-house for the first time ever  —  To some, Apple TV seems like a laggard.  —  The web TV box that Apple has referred to for years as a “hobby” is only now offering access to shows …

Introducing Aaron's Law, a Desperately Needed Reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act  —  The Internet is up for grabs.  —  Foreign countries want to control it.  Military regimes use it to spy, to oppress, and to attack public and private institutions.  ‘Big Content’ sought to censor it and dismantle its architecture.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom hands-on: 10x telephoto, 100x intrigue (video)  —  It's easy enough to describe the Galaxy S4 Zoom, since it's essentially a Galaxy S4 Mini with a 10x zoom lens stuck on the back.  But that sort of summary doesn't do it justice.  When you hold the phone-slash-camera …

WhatsApp Surpasses 250 Million Active Users  —  WhatsApp tells The Wall Street Journal it has more than 250 million monthly active users, the first time it has revealed the scope of its popular smartphone messaging app.  —  The figure is impressive for a company that launched its app …

How HTC Lost Its Way With Smartphones  —  After product fumbles and two years of share price declines, HTC Corp. Chief Executive Peter Chou knows the inevitable question is coming.  —  “I know you guys want to ask will I quit,” says Mr. Chou, in an interview at the Taiwanese smartphone maker's headquarters on the outskirts of Taipei.

Mt. Gox suspends US dollar withdrawls “for the next two weeks”  —  Mt. Gox, the world's largest Bitcoin-based exchange, announced early Thursday morning that it has suspended US dollar withdrawals “for the next two weeks.”  —  The Japan-based firm is currently under investigation …

Twitter's Nicole Wong joins White House as deputy chief technology officer  —  Twitter executive Nicole Wong is joining the Obama administration as deputy U.S. chief technology officer, the White House said in a statement Thursday.  —  Wong, who has been Twitter's legal director of products since November …