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.

The Internet firm professed itself "disappointed" with the verdict.

Will Apple reveal an iWatch at WWDC? No one knows, but the company's said to be looking at a 1.5-inch OLED screen in current hardware tests.

Pinterest has added the ability to categorize pinned content, beginning with product, recipe, and movie pins. It also added a share button.

Yahoo gets the cool, David Karp gets a substantial amount of cash, Tumblr gets Yahoo's ad network, and users get grumpy.

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.