Sweet irony: Warner Bros. faces lawsuit over illegal use of Nyan & Keyboard cats

Creators of Internet cat meme videos Nyan Cat (a kitty with a poptart body that flies through space on a rainbow) and Keyboard Cat (aka Charlie Schmidt's cat Fatso made famous in this 2007 video) are suing the media company for copyright infringement.

Apple saves $9.2 billion in taxes … by borrowing $17 billion

There's a reason the rich get richer, and wealthy corporations get wealthier. They're smarter than the rest of us, and they have more financial tools at their disposal.

Acer’s bizarre new Aspire R7 PC looks a whole lot like the Starship Enterprise

Acer is going off the rails and into the world of Star Trek with its Aspire R7 all-in-one computer.

Echo’s new DiscussIt app simplifies moderation for big media companies

It's a bit of an understatement to say that moderation duties are cumbersome for large media companies with fan feedback from hundreds of different communities on the web.

The DeanBeat: Neurogaming is a nascent market fueled by brain games and sensors

NeuroGaming makes for great science fiction and fascinating R&D, but is it a commercially viable category yet?

Bad news for Bitcoin: CoinLab sues Mt. Gox for $75M after partnership fails

Back in late February, top Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox struck a deal to let Seattle startup CoinLab handle its U.S. operations. But now what looked like it would be a beautiful friendship has turned into an ugly mess.

Google may tap LG for another Nexus phone (I sure hope not)

After a successful collaboration with the Nexus 4 Android smartphone, Google may also be working with LG for yet another Nexus devices. Here's why that's a bad idea.

Playstudios launches new social casino game with the Mirage brand

MyVegas has topped 3 million active gamers playing its earlier social casino games on Facebook.

Android tablets will hit 60% market share this quarter as iPad shipments dip, analyst says

Android may have wrestled massive smartphone market share away from Apple the past couple of years, but until now Apple's managed to hold onto its dominance in tablet sales. That's now changing, says IDC analyst Sameer Singh.

Google Play comes to Nook at long last, as B&N throws in the Lone Ranger towel

Barnes & Noble has thrown in the towel and abandoned its Amazon-style Android strategy, finally agreeing to add Google's app store, Google Play, to the Nook tablet.

Netchemia gets $6.5M for its teacher evaluation & recruitment software

Netchemia, a startup providing talent management tools, claims it's used by more than 1,100 K-12 school districts and institutions in 42 states.

DC police chief says carriers profit from phone theft, ‘are not innocent’

Mobile phone theft is a massive and growing problem, accounting for more than 40 percent of all thefts in San Francisco in 2012. But is that a good thing for mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon?

Funding Daily: Survival of the fittest

Surviving in the tech world and surviving in the wild are not as different as you may think. Here are 11 companies that added venture capital into their survival packs.

Apple announces countdown to 50 billion apps served, reveals top 50 apps of all time

Apple is giving away a $10,000 App Store gift card to the lucky iOS user who downloads the 50 billionth app, plus a $500 gift card to the next 50 people to download an app.

Disney launches new photo-based storytelling app, more short-film series

Disney Interactive launches new Story application to allow parents to put images and video into a di