Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected  —  The Yahoo board has approved a massive $1.1 billion all-cash deal to buy Tumblr.  —  Sources close to the board said the deal was a foregone conclusion and was an unanimous vote by the Silicon Valley Internet giant.

One issue holding up Apple iRadio: The economics of skipping songs  —  Apple wants to roll out its streaming music service this summer, but it's still hammering out details with Sony Music over some very specific terms.  —  Apple, which has been aiming for a summer rollout of a streaming music service …

Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK  —  Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails …

How two Valve engineers walked away with the company's augmented reality glasses  —  Three months ago, celebrated video game publisher Valve did something completely out of character: it fired up to 25 workers, in what one employee dubbed the “great cleansing.”

Welcome to Google Island  —  I awoke aboard a boat, just before daybreak, which was weird.  The last thing I remembered was being in San Francisco's Moscone Center, wrapping up a four-hour Google I/O keynote liveblogging session.  My last recollection was of Google CEO Larry Page taking questions …

Google TV: silent but not forgotten at I/O 2013  —  Android is coming to our TVs, but has Google already lost the battle for the living room?  —  It's easy to miss the Google TV booth here at I/O 2013, hidden in the corner of the third floor.  That may not be an accident …

At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom  —  The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.  —  I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google's Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass.

Behind The Scenes Of The Big Google Maps Redesign And Its Technical Challenges  —  Google unveiled its completely redesigned Google Maps product on the web at I/O 2013, and at a panel dedicated to the new Maps experience, Maps User Experience Design Lead Jonah Jones and Engineering Director …

YouTube Turns Eight As Platform Surpasses More Than 100 Hours Of Video Uploaded Per Minute  —  YouTube turns eight years old today, reminding each of us in some odd way how young or old we really are.  Remember, the company launched back in 2005, the same year that Michael Jackson was found …