Today’s News is brought to you by Business Insider Here’s what happened at the Apple protest in San Francisco yesterday. Craig Silverstein, Google’s number three employee, left for Khan Academy today. Hackers have been robbing iTunes customers since 2010. Here’s why Google’s foray into hardware will be a disaster. This Kickstarter project raised nearly $1 million in a single day. Groupon has found a new executive to handle Andrew Mason. LinkedIn’s stock takes off after crushing earnings expectations. Facebook has signed a mysterious deal with a mobile payment company. Apple is now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined....

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Today’s News is brought to you by Business Insider Demand to short Groupon is rumored to be high. Apple says it’s time to rewrite European patent laws. Amazon just made a deal with Viacom that could crush Netflix. Unbelievably cheap Amazon cloud service just got cheaper. Pinterest is the fastest growing site ever. HP accidentally leaked details about a new product launch. Here’s the strangest thing about Yahoo’s board member departure. Google invited some big thinkers to a resort to talk about the future. Path just made a huge privacy blunder. Is health tracking the next big thing? Bits...

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A new breed of ‘Xtreme shoppers’ has been identified, amongst whom the European ones are outpacing their American counterparts when it comes to use of technology for shopping. Over nine out of ten European Xtreme shoppers (95%) like to research products online, compared to just over six out of ten of the American Xtreme shoppers (66%). This is despite a higher percentage of the US shoppers agreeing that shopping online is more efficient (90% and 80% respectively).  These are the findings of a recent study by GfK into the Future of Shopper Marketing, which was carried out across the...

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Today’s News is brought to you by Business Insider: The FBI and Justice Department have seized filesharing site Megaupload. Apple has announced a three-pronged plan to shake up education. Watch the full video ofyesterday’s Apple event here. Google’s earnings numbers are out and it’s a surprising miss. Google has doubled its display ad business to $5 billion per year, but search is still the prime moneymaker. Google isn’t giving straight answers on Google+ engagement. Microsoft has posted record sales and earnings. Here’s who is selling all that Facebook and Twitter stock on the secondary markets. Path is raising big funding to go with its...

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