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• Microsoft whacks Apple with new Surface Pro 3 ads

  Microsoft is taking on Apple's MacBook Air with a trio of new ads, doubling down on its contention that the Surface Pro 3 is a better laptop than the real laptop.

• Google is killing off Orkut

  Orkut, one of Google's first forays into social networking, will be closed down by the search company at the end of September.

• Financial services firms are laggards online

  Many financial services firms are still not transacting online, despite rapid changes in the sector, including the development of Internet banking.
  

• Hackers use YouTube to sell stolen credit card numbers, group says

  YouTube has thousands of videos promoting compromised credit card numbers, with the site sometimes running advertisements for legitimate credit cards or retail outlets alongside the hacker videos, according to a new report from an online safety group.

• Developer demos iPad split-screen in photos, video

  The developer who earlier this week uncovered code within iOS 8 that pointed to a split-screen mode posted demonstrations of the feature in action.

• Asus PadFone X orders start June 6 from AT&T

  The newest smartphone and tablet docking station combo from Asus, the PadFone X, can be ordered starting June 6 exclusively from AT&T stores and at its website, the carrier announced Wednesday.

• Google preps mobile YouTube management app for creators

  Google is developing a new mobile management app for people who post a lot of video to YouTube, part of an effort to help creators on the site get more out of the service.

• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros singer leads digital tax revolt

  Alex Ebert, whose band Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros is best known for its song "Home," is promoting a new website that lets Americans visualize where their tax dollars go vs. where they wish the money would go.

• 14 Tips for Creating Business Videos Customers Will Want to Watch

  Video marketing and communications experts share their top tips on how to create a business video that will get maximum views and shares -- with no cats involved.

• Amazon jumps into set-top media business with voice-enabled Fire TV

  Amazon released the Fire TV set-top media streaming device today at an event in New York, stepping squarely onto the turf of the Apple TV, Roku and Google Chromecast with a small, feature-heavy package about the size of an old CD double album.

• Yahoo reportedly launching YouTube rival

  Reports are circulating that Yahoo is looking to launch a video site that would go up against Google's behemoth YouTube.

• Turkey blocking YouTube in 'desperate and depressing move'

  The Turkish government has followed through on a threat to block YouTube from within its borders.

• 'Innocence of Muslims' actress files contempt motion against Google

  An actress in an anti-Islam movie trailer has filed for a contempt of court order on Google for its alleged 'near-total disregard' of an appeals court's order asking it to take down copies of the video from YouTube.

• Copyright owners call for overhaul of DMCA takedown notices

  The U.S. Congress needs to overhaul the take-down notice provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to make it easier for copyright holders to police infringing uploads of their intellectual property, some advocates told lawmakers.

• iPhone Air: Latest iPhone 6 concept video has fanboys fired up

  With rumors heating up that Apple will announce an iPhone 6 by year-end, concept designers are working their fingers to the bone and YouTube is lighting up with their videos.