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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York Attorney General subpoenas Airbnb for data on thousands of local hosts  —  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hits AirBnB with subpoena for user data  —  State is concerned about hotel occupancy taxes and possible evictions by greedy building owners.

LG Display unveils curved handset display for November launch  —  (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc's (066570.KS) display unit said on Monday it will start mass production of curved smartphone displays as the South Korean phone maker plans to launch a smartphone with the new screens next month …

FiLIP is an electronic leash for your kids' wrists and it's coming to AT&T  —  Electronic leashes for the 21st century kid?  You knew this sort of thing was inevitable.  FiLIP, a smartwatch and ‘locator’ for kids that takes helicopter parenting to an excessive level, is heading to AT&T's lineup as an exclusive.

Square Expands To Larger San Francisco Headquarters, New Offices In NYC And Waterloo, Canada  —  Mobile payments company Square is announcing today the opening of a larger, expanded San Francisco-based headquarters.  In addition, the company announced plans for new offices in both New York …

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.

SEC Clears Apple's Tax Disclosures  —  Four months after opening its review of Apple's finances, the Securities and Exchange Commission has closed it, having found nothing untoward about the company's handling of its overseas cash and related tax policies.  —  In a September letter to Apple …

Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs: reports  —  (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent plans to reduce its staff by 10,000 as part of a cost-cutting drive to save 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) by 2015, Les Echos and Le Figaro newspapers reported on their websites on Monday.

AT&T U-verse subscribers can now stream live TV on iPhone, iPad  —  AT&T updated its U-verse applications for iPad and iPhone on Monday to enable live television streaming to iOS devices, both inside and outside the user's home.  —  Subscribers to AT&T's U-verse internet television service …

Twitter Tweaks Its Welcome Screen to Better Explain Itself  —  Twitter's IPO is just around the corner — and it's already showing signs of change.  —  The company quietly updated the Twitter.com homepage over the weekend, changing the visual design and welcome text that people see when first encountering the service.

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 …

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 …