|  Yesterday TechCrunch unveiled online learning destination CrunchU. Powered by Udemy, CrunchU offers students a set of world-class online courses curated by TechCrunch and taught by experts in subjects like web development, entrepreneurship and more. Sign up now and get 50% off!  | Ingrid Lunden Facebook appears to be close to making another billion-dollar acquisition to once again ramp up its mobile efforts: according to three reports in the Israeli... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington A lot can change in 28 years, and Google has put together a very graphic demonstration of just how much can happen geographically with a new effort that... read more | |  | Eric Eldon Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and... read more | | | |  | Josh Constine "Google And The World Brain" is a new documentary about Google's plan to scan all of the world's books, which triggered an ongoing lawsuit being heard today.... read more | |  | Catherine Shu Once again, news from a supplier is fueling rumors about Apple's future product roster. This time it's manufacturer Pegatron's announcement that it will... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas Nokia has given its S40-based range of touchscreen Asha smartphones another push to try to keep up with the low end reach of Google's Android platform today.... read more | |  | John Biggs When the AP Twitter stream was hacked a few weeks ago leading to a massive drop in the equities market, I went off. I found the fact that the AP - a news... read more | |  | Jordan Crook | |  | Chris Velazco AT&T customers who took the plunge on Nokia's Lumia 900 have had to sit idly by and watch Windows Phone 8 supercede the software loaded on their own... read more | |  | Anthony Ha If you're a fan of endless runner games like Temple Run, starting today you'll get your chance to do more than outrun a pack of demonic monkeys — you can take... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |