Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B

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• Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B
• NY jury awards over $950 million to Liberty Media
• Orbitz steers Mac users toward more pricey hotel rooms than Windows users
• Manhattan apartment features staircase lined with 20,000 Lego bricks
• British Police Investigate Racist Euro 2012 Tweets
• Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board
• T-Mobile USA to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon
• RIM shares dive to 9-year low after downgrade
• Sony, Panasonic tying up in advanced TV displays
• A preview of what we might see at Google I/O 2012
• Facebook changes users’ email addresses to their own
• Facebook taps COO Sandberg to be first woman on board
• Mac users guided to pricier hotels on Orbitz: WSJ
• Wi-Fi on Subways: There Go Our Personal Lives
• Microsoft to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion
• Two LulzSec hackers plead guilty to hacking charges
• Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board
• News Summary: Facebook names 1st woman to board
• Microsoft Yammer acquisition gets official
• 20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week
• British Police Investigate Racist Euro 2012 Tweets
• Hawaii OKs Lanai sale to Ellison; deal closes Wed.
• Google TV to see a ‘big update’ at developer conference
• Platform Separates Personal Emails from Brand Messages
• NY jury awards over $950 million to Liberty Media
• AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update now finally live
• How consumer-electronics makers are faring
• A look at recent tech-industry earnings
• How chips, PCs, services companies are faring
• A look at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion
• America's Cup iOS Game Aims to Widen Yacht Racing's Appeal
• Biographical information on Facebook COO Sandberg
• DROID Incredible 4G LTE may launch July 5th
• How MTV Plans to Stream 24 Hours of the Flaming Lips
• Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B
• U.S. trade panel to revisit initial ruling vs. Apple
• News Summary: RIM shares dive to 9-year low
• Sheryl Sandberg joins Facebook board
• News Summary: ICANN pauses suffix system

Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT Microsoft is buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2 billion in an attempt to bring Facebook-like sharing features to its widely used suite of business software applications.

NY jury awards over $950 million to Liberty Media Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT A federal jury on Monday awarded $956 million to U.S. media group Liberty Media after concluding that the French entertainment group Vivendi deceived it in a decade-old deal involving the USA Networks.

Orbitz steers Mac users toward more pricey hotel rooms than Windows users Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:16 PM PDT It's no secret that Mac users aren't exactly cheapskates — after all, Apple equipment tends to be priced at something of a premium. But does that mean Mac users are willing to pay a premium on just about anything? That's what … Continue reading →

Manhattan apartment features staircase lined with 20,000 Lego bricks Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:07 PM PDT Usually when you're looking for a new home, you need to consider things like whether or not it has a built-in dishwasher or central air conditioning. But one apartment in Manhattan has a rather unique feature that helps it stand our … Continue reading →

British Police Investigate Racist Euro 2012 Tweets Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:21 PM PDT British police are investigating a racist tweets posted by a fan after two members of England's national team missed crucial penalty kicks in a Euro 2012 soccer tournament loss to Italy on Sunday.

Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:52 PM PDT Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, has become the first woman on the social-networking company's board of directors.

T-Mobile USA to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:25 PM PDT Verizon Wireless on Monday said that it has agreed to sell some wireless spectrum rights to T-Mobile USA and swap others, in a continuing quest to get regulators to approve a bigger spectrum deal it has worked out with a consortium of cable companies and another wireless carrier.

RIM shares dive to 9-year low after downgrade Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:42 PM PDT Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion dove to a nine-year low Monday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock, saying RIM's challenges are piling up.

Sony, Panasonic tying up in advanced TV displays Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:54 AM PDT Long-time Japanese rivals Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are working together to develop next-generation TV panels called OLEDs in a reversal of decades of rivalry as they try to catch up with South Korea's Samsung Electronics.

A preview of what we might see at Google I/O 2012 Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:45 PM PDT Expectations are high for Google I/O 2012, which kicks off Wednesday in San Francisco. The annual developers conference often sees Google announce new products and showcase Android software updates, and this year is likely to be no exception. Here are just a few potential things we could see at this year's Google I/O.

Facebook changes users’ email addresses to their own Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:50 PM PDT How many people out there use Facebook as their primary email service? Although the answer is "not many," Facebook is trying to change that by making its users' Facebook email addresses the primary ones displayed on their profile pages. Yes, that means people looking at users' accounts won't see their Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo accounts anymore and will only see the seldom-used Facebook account. Thankfully, as LifeHacker demonstrates, there is a way to change this: First, go to the "Update Info" button on you profile. From there, scroll down to contact information and click "edit." All you have to do at this point is change the Facebook email address to "Hidden from Timeline" and then change the primary email address to

Facebook taps COO Sandberg to be first woman on board Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:31 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc named Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg a director on Monday, elevating the first woman to a board that includes seven men. For years one of the most vocal critics of the gender imbalance in Silicon Valley's executive ranks, Sandberg, 42, joined Facebook in 2008 and played a central role in guiding the social networking company to its $16 billion IPO in May. ...

Mac users guided to pricier hotels on Orbitz: WSJ Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Orbitz Worldwide Inc has found that people who use Apple Inc's Mac computers spend as much as 30 percent more per night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Orbitz executives said the online travel agency is experimenting with showing different hotel offers to Mac and PC visitors, but said the company isn't showing the same room to different users at different prices, the Journal reported. ...

Wi-Fi on Subways: There Go Our Personal Lives Posted: 25 Jun 2012 07:04 PM PDT The subway used to be a place where New Yorkers could think, read, or openly gawk at strangers. Now we'll be checking our work email.

Microsoft to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:39 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp agreed to buy online social network firm Yammer Inc for $1.2 billion in cash, which will allow the software company to offer a service like Facebook Inc's to corporate customers. Talk of a deal had circulated earlier this month, but the two companies only confirmed an agreement on Monday. Four-year-old Yammer, which has 5 million users of its private, in-company social networks, helps companies' internal communications and collaboration by allowing employees to form groups and interact with each other freely. ...

Two LulzSec hackers plead guilty to hacking charges Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:12 PM PDT Two LulzSec hackers may soon learn that it's easier to break into government databases than it is to break out of jail. Ryan Cleary, 19, and Jake Davis, 18, on Monday both pleaded guilty in a London court to charges that they attacked both government websites and major commercial websites, the BBC reports. The two men, both citizens of the United Kingdom, admitted to hacking into the Pentagon, the CIA, the U.K.'s National Health Service, News International, PBS, Sony, Nintendo and the 20th Century Fox film studio. Both men, however, pleaded not guilty to more serious charges that they "unlawfully obtained confidential computer data" and posted it on popular hacker hubs such as LulzSec.com and Pirate Bay. A trial for those charges

Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:52 PM PDT Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, has become the first woman on the social-networking company's board of directors.

News Summary: Facebook names 1st woman to board Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:33 PM PDT A FIRST: Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, has become the first woman on the social-networking company's board of directors. She is also the first Facebook executive other than founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the board.

Microsoft Yammer acquisition gets official Posted: 25 Jun 2012 05:12 PM PDT The rumors were true: Microsoft is indeed buying business-centric social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion, or $200 million more than early rumors indicated. A presumably pleased Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in a prepared statement that "the acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love" and that "Yammer adds a best-in-class enterprise social networking service to Microsoft's growing portfolio of complementary cloud services." Buying Yammer gives Microsoft a strong social networking component to its ubiquitous Office suite since Microsoft now inherits more than 5 million Yammer users across more than 200,000 different companies. In fact, Microsoft is strongly touting Yammer's ability to mesh with its other services, noting that it "plans to accelerate

20 TV Shows With the Most Social Media Buzz This Week Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:45 PM PDT Even the first week of summer didn't distract sports fans from the week's hottest games, nor did it keep them off the social feeds.

British Police Investigate Racist Euro 2012 Tweets Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:21 PM PDT British police are investigating a racist tweets posted by a fan after two members of England's national team missed crucial penalty kicks in a Euro 2012 soccer tournament loss to Italy on Sunday.

Hawaii OKs Lanai sale to Ellison; deal closes Wed. Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:20 PM PDT A Hawaii public utilities agency on Monday approved the transfer of three Lanai utilities to Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, clearing the way for his purchase of most of the island to close this week.

Google TV to see a ‘big update’ at developer conference Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:07 PM PDT Despite Google TV's shortcomings, the Internet giant is still fully dedicated to the platform and will announce an update at its annual developer conference this week, Fox News reports. The publication's sources claim the company's latest update will combine live TV listings with Netflix and DVR content, in an effort to put content first and the source second. Other hardware manufacturers will reportedly announce an Apple-like AirPlay feature that can stream content from Android 4.0 powered smartphones. Google's Developer support pages also indicates that the Mountain View-based company will make it easier for third party developers to get their apps on television sets through various learning sessions. Google continues to add partners to its TV platform, Sony on Monday announced

Platform Separates Personal Emails from Brand Messages Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT The Spark of Genius Series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Each post highlights a unique feature of a startup. If you'd like your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

NY jury awards over $950 million to Liberty Media Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:41 PM PDT A federal jury on Monday awarded $956 million to U.S. media group Liberty Media after concluding that the French entertainment group Vivendi deceived it in a decade-old deal involving the USA Networks.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update now finally live Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:32 PM PDT The Samsung Galaxy S II, the still-popular older brother of the Samsung Galaxy S III, has finally graduated to Android 4.0. Although some AT&T customers reported having access to the Ice Cream Sandwich updates on their S2 devices last week, Samsung said that the upgrades were still being tested and thus pulled them off the Samsung Kies app. Users are now reporting that the update is back up again and is running smoothly. T-Mobile Galaxy S II users, of course, got their ICS update on June 12, so AT&T has been a wee bit behind in getting things up to speed. And for what it's worth, XDA Developers forum members have posted some sweet pics of what Ice Cream Sandwich

How consumer-electronics makers are faring Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

A look at recent tech-industry earnings Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

How chips, PCs, services companies are faring Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:25 PM PDT A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:

A look at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:18 PM PDT Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. dove to a nine-year low Monday. It comes as Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock, saying RIM's challenges are piling up.

America's Cup iOS Game Aims to Widen Yacht Racing's Appeal Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT The America's Cup yacht race comes to Rhode Island Tuesday for the first time in decades with a World Cup Series of competitions that run through Sunday. But for a very niche sport, one question is whether anyone outside racing diehards will care.

Biographical information on Facebook COO Sandberg Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT Facebook has named its No. 2 executive, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, to its board of directors. She is the first woman on Facebook's board and the first executive other than founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

DROID Incredible 4G LTE may launch July 5th Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:50 PM PDT Verizon and HTC announced the DROID Incredible 4G LTE smartphone in early May, although a release date was never revealed. According to an image obtained by Droid-Life, however, the handset is slated to launch on July 5th, nearly two months after being announced. The device will be one of the first smartphones to be available to customers who are interested in Verizon's new Share Everything Plan. The DROID Incredible 4G LTE features a 4-inch qHD Super LCD display, a dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, an 8-megapixel camera, Beats Audio and Sense 4 atop Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Earlier reports have indicated the handset will be available for $299.99. The leaked image follows below. Read

How MTV Plans to Stream 24 Hours of the Flaming Lips Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT Imagine you're on a bus hurtling through the American south, trying to get a band to 8 different performances in a 24-hour period. Now imagine you have to stream the whole thing, live over the Internet, as if it's some big reality show.

Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT Microsoft is buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2 billion in an attempt to bring Facebook-like sharing features to its widely used suite of business software applications.

U.S. trade panel to revisit initial ruling vs. Apple Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:41 PM PDT (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel said on Monday it would revisit an initial ruling that Apple Inc infringed one of four patents asserted by Motorola Mobility, now a Google Inc unit. The smartphone industry has seen dozens of lawsuits on several continents. The legal challenges are a proxy for the larger fight for market share between Apple and companies that make smartphones that use Google Inc's Android software. ITC Judge Thomas Pender had said in a preliminary ruling that Apple infringed on a patent for eliminating noise and other interference during voice and data transmissions. ...

News Summary: RIM shares dive to 9-year low Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:28 PM PDT ANOTHER LOW: Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. dove to a nine-year low. RIM shares have lost 94 percent of their value since their 2008 peak.

Sheryl Sandberg joins Facebook board Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:28 PM PDT The woman known for her powerful place at the side of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Monday took a seat on the leading social network's board of directors.

News Summary: ICANN pauses suffix system Posted: 25 Jun 2012 02:23 PM PDT SUSPENSION: The organization in charge of creating new Internet address suffixes to rival ".com" has suspended the Web-based system it set up to help decide the order in which it will review proposals.

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