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Steve Jobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher to cover Apple from 1971 to 2000, filming starts next month | The Verge | |

Inside Foxconn: Exclusive look at how an iPad is made - YouTube | |

FCC Clears Google Over Wifi Eavesdropping But Fines It $25,000 For "Noncompliance" With Requests | |

Hands-on: getting work done with Google's new Aura interface for Chrome OS (Ryan Paul/Ars Technica) | |

Apple Falls for Fifth Day on Concern Carriers May Cut Subsidies - Bloomberg | |

Google CEO Larry Page retakes the stand: "I'm not sure whether we ever got a license" | |

"Lost" Jobs interviews add dimension, perspective to his life story | |

in the world of patents, the advantage goes to the Incumbents who can hoard patents and use them to their advantage. The insurgent, three engineers in a walk up in Bushwick, can't even afford the lawyer or the time to file a patent. So it is very encouraging to see an emerging incumbent, Twitter, do something like this. They are saying to the world that they do not intend to compete on the basis of patents and instead they will compete on the basis of product, feature set, user experience, etc, etc.

When Matt Kozlov walks through the halls of the super-powerful Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency each morning, he works alongside agents and managers for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. His job? Helping to create celebrity-based apps for the Apple and Android mobile platforms. Kozlov is CEO of Moonshark, a new start-up set to release its first titles in the summer. His firm is being incubated at CAA, best-known for its muscle in getting huge paydays for its A-list talent roster in movies, TV shows, music and sports

This just in: According to multiple sources close to the company, Facebook is eying IPO on May 17th — depending on whether the SEC agrees that all the reams of paperwork (including those concerning its recent acquisition of Instagram) are in order.

We should send a camera crew to cover this.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that the company’s Lumia launched to “encouraging awards and popular acclaim,” but “actual sales results have been mixed.” Elop made the comments in Nokia’s earnings statement. Nokia reported first quarter results in line with its profit warning.

n an article sent to MobileMe customers, Apple has recommended that potential customers get in touch with Apple to receive a free DVD of Snow Leopard so that users can upgrade to Lion, and move to iCloud. All you have to do is follow this link, log in to MobileMe with your Mobile Me account, and fill out your mailing information. Apple will then send you a Snow Leopard DVD for free.

Sprint hit with $300 million lawsuit for tax fraud in New York | |

Tuesday we heard rumors that Google will soon be launching Google Drive — its own cloud service — and now we have an exclusive screen shot of the Google Drive interface that seems to confirm that rumor. A Google employee giving a presentation at a university in Brazil Tuesday appears to have accessed that presentation via Google Drive. Pedro Henrique Moschetta was at the keynote, and sent Mashable a shot of what may be Google’s cloud service in action.

Man allegedly steals gas from cop car, posts photo on Facebook | Technically Incorrect - CNET News | |

iPhone 5 may launch in October due to Qualcomm supply issues | Mobile - CNET News | |

A German court ruled today that Google-owned YouTube is solely responsible for the content that users upload and post on the video-sharing website, a decision that could have massive implications for the company.

FCC begins tracking wireless carriers' implementation of bill shock notifications -- Engadget | |

Apple, Instagram, and corporate paranoia | Apple - CNET News | |

Android, Java, and the tech behind Oracle v. Google (FAQ) | Business Tech - CNET News | |

Hulu racks up four more original shows | Internet & Media - CNET News | |

Shatner takes his millionth Twitter follower to dinner | Technically Incorrect - CNET News | |

Netflix CEO Got Raise in 2011, Lost Money - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD | |

Verizon: Half of Our First-Quarter Smartphone Sales Were iPhones - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD | |

Anontune: The New Social Music Platform From Anonymous | Underwire | | |

Judge O’Grady informed the FBI that Megaupload was never served with criminal charges, which is a requirement to start the trial. The origin of this problem is not merely a matter of oversight. Megaupload’s lawyer Ira Rothken says that unlike people, companies can’t be served outside US jurisdiction. “My understanding as to why they haven’t done that is because they can’t. We don’t believe Megaupload can be served in a criminal matter because it is not located within the jurisdiction of the United States,” Rothken says. Megaupload’s lawyer adds that he doesn’t understand why the US authorities weren’t aware of this problem before. As a result Judge O’Grady noted that Megaupload is “kind of hanging out there.”

According to NVIDIA, somewhere in the 2013 - 2014 timeframe is when we'll get Xbox 360-class GPU performance out of mobile SoCs. The console line only has two points (Xbox 1 and Xbox 360), while the mobile line starts with the original iPhone, moves up to Tegra 2 and then follows Tegra 3.

Chumby no more: employees at Technicolor, technology waiting to be sold | The Verge | |