Twitter has patented the ubiquitous pull-to-fresh touch interface gesture as part of a new "Innovator's Patent Agreement" designed to discourage patent trolls from offensive lawsuits.
Google is closing its Checkout service, which allowed merchants to process payments, and instead is moving some of the functions into its Wallet service--which is also Google's vehicle for mobile consumer payments.
Ireland, where Apple has a local office as part of a complex international tax system, says it's not to blame for U.S. government failures to clawback Apple's tax.
Marissa Mayer says she wants to "let Tumblr be Tumblr" after acquiring David Karp's microblogging service for $1.1 billion. But the bigger problem for Yahoo might be porn pages that don't reveal enough.
The companies are said to be in the early stages of discussions according to unnamed sources. Read the latest then scroll back to read about how Hulu got here.