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'Independent data suggests' that Facebook is hemorrhaging, the story says. But the source of that data disagrees.

Speculation swirling that Google is looking to buy WhatsApp. No surprise here

Microsoft pulled no punches criticizing Facebook Home and the Android operating system, calling Home old and dated, and saying that Android on top of which it sits is too complicated. Much better, the company says is using Facebook on a Windows Phone.

Facebook's new Android launcher might be appealing -- if, you know, it didn't force your phone to revolve completely around Facebook.

Rumors are running wild that Facebook will finally launch its own Android-based phone or OS, but a custom Android launcher might be the more sensible approach.

Glassdoor is out with its annual ranking of the top 50 CEOs in America, and once again Steve Ballmer didn't make the list. His favorability rating languishes at less than half of the top-rated CEO, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

If your goal in life is to be a billionaire, start making out your job application to Microsoft, Google, Facebook, or Wal-Mart. In the most recent list of billionaires compiled by Forbes, six are are associated with Google, five with Wal-Mart, four with Facebook, and three Microsoft. As for Apple, there's only a single billionaire, Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' widow.

Microsoft, Apple, Google, and other tech giants rarely agree on anything. But they all agree on this: The Supreme Court should rule that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which for federal purposes defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional.

You might think that the words Microsoft and "cool" rarely come in the same sentence, but a new survey finds that more young people think Microsoft is "cooler" today than in the last few years than think that Facebook or Twitter is "cooler" today than in the past few years. So finds a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The Apple critics are dancing their dance once again today following news of a Java-based malware attack on Macs. But, given Java is the bad boy in the room, shouldn't critics and Kool-Aid drinkers alike just do the right thing and switch Java off for good?