- Microsoft is expected to show off Office 15 at an event today.
- Meanwhile, Comcast has acquired Microsoft’s 50% stake in MSNBC.com, officially ending the web partnership between Microsoft and NBC. MSNBC.com is now NBCNews.com.
- The New York Times reports that Amazon is working on a larger version of the Kindle Fire tablet to compete with the iPad. Meanwhile, Apple is said to be working on a smaller version of the iPad to compete with cheaper tablets like the Kindle Fire.
- Apparently teens really don’t care about Twitter. Nearly three quarters of teenagers with Twitter accounts say they never use the social network.
- Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet is off to an encouraging start, selling out at major retailers like Sam’s Club and Game Stop, according to Reuters.
- U.S. venture capital had its biggest quarter in more than a decade, AllThingsD reports.
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