iTunes Radio to reach UK and Canada before Pandora, also expanding to Australia and NZ in early 2014  —  Apple Said to Expand ITunes Radio to U.K. Before Pandora  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to expand iTunes Radio to English-speaking countries outside the U.S. by early 2014 …

Steve Ballmer's final shareholder letter: “We are still in the early days of our transformation”  —  Shareholder Letter  —  TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES: This is a unique letter for me — the last shareholder letter I will write as the CEO of the company I love.

Microsoft Announces Azure For US Government, Satya Nadella Dodges The CEO Question  —  At the San Francisco offices of Yammer, Microsoft's Satya Nadella today announced a new instance of its Azure cloud product built for U.S. government customers.  The product, formally called …

Beats says its new Beats Music streaming service will launch ‘within the next few months’ in the US  —  Beats will launch its long-awaited music streaming service, Beats Music, “within the next few months” in the United States.  Luke Wood, president and COO of the company …

Those Giant Fox News Touchscreens Are Microsoft Perceptive Pixel Displays Running Windows 8  —  Huge iPads or tiny journalists?  That's the question that many are asking after Fox News released a video detailing a new set that includes a number of analysts sat before massive touch interfaces.

Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center  —  Investigators Stumped by What's Causing Power Surges That Destroy Equipment  —  Chronic electrical surges at the massive new data-storage facility central to the National Security Agency's spying operation have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth …

HTC teases One Max in October 16th event invitation (updated)  —  With all the recent leaks, it's no surprise that the launch for the HTC One Max is just around the corner.  According to an invitation we just received from HTC Taiwan, the company will be hosting a product launch event …

Sharp Bringing OS X-Compatibility to New 32" 4K Touchscreen Monitor  —  Sharp has announced that its 32" 4K touchscreen monitor will eventually have drivers for full OS X touchscreen support, reports Japanese site Mac Otakara [Google Translate] (via 9to5Mac).

Documents show Facebook's housing community will combine comforts of suburbia and college  —  Let's Take a Close Look at Facebook's Company Town  —  If Facebook staffers opt to move in to work, they'll be getting a very sweet deal out of it: the Anton Menlo project includes all the comforts of suburbia and college combined.

Early Apple designer and Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger on 4 areas ripe for innovation  —  The Godfather of Apple Design Spots 4 Looming Tech Trends  —  Before there was Jony Ive, there was Hartmut Esslinger.  The founder of the influential design consultancy Frog started working …

Samsung Seeks U.S. Veto of Import Ban Just Like Apple Got  —  Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) wants the same favor from President Barack Obama that he gave U.S.-based Apple Inc. (AAPL) — the right to keep importing smartphones and tablets found to infringe the other's patents.

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review: a great ebook reader, and the only one worth considering  —  Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review (2013)  —  The best ebook reader becomes both bookstore and library  —  Amazon won the ebook reader war.  Like the iPod, the Swiffer, or Jell-O …

Samsung eyes software acquisitions, has evaluated several gaming and mapping startups  —  A Weak Spot for Samsung?  —  South Korean Giant Weighs Software Deals to Better Compete With Apple, Google  —  Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up its hunt for acquisitions and building …

Microsoft updates YouTube app for Windows Phone, apparently surrenders to Google as web player returns  —  Windows Phone users have returned to square one with the ‘updated’ YouTube app today  —  A few months ago, Microsoft and Google had a brouhaha over YouTube and Windows Phone.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt's next book will tell you how to lead a tech company  —  Eric Schmidt will reveal stories and advice from how he led Google for a decade in an upcoming book.  The former Google CEO's first book, The New Digital Age, was just released this past April …

Judge rules for Amazon Web Services over IBM in CIA cloud case  —  Amazon Web Services scored a major victory against IBM in the battle to build the cloud computing infrastructure for the CIA, NSA and the rest of the intelligence community.  —  On Oct. 7, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge …

Adblock Plus whitelists only 10% of advertisers  —  Nov. 12 - 13, 2013  —  Adblock Plus, the adblocking service that blocks pop-ups, pop-unders, blinking, and other annoying ads, and recently suggested to Twitter that it apply for whitelisting, revealed today that it only accepts 10 percent of advertisers to its whitelisting program.

Inside Twitter's Vision For A TV-Powered, Profitable Future  —  Fred Graver, Chloe Sladden, and Ali Rowghani on Twitter's mission to woo stars, networks, and advertisers—and transform the company into an IPO-worthy role model for every startup that builds audience before revenue.