Des Moines Register reports that Facebook is planning a $1 billion data center that is likely to be established in Altoona, a project that is being touted as “the most technologically advanced data center in the world,” said two lawmakers. . Read More

Bloomberg reports that Timelines Inc., which sued Facebook for trademark infringement in September 2011, a week after the social-network declared it was switching from user-profile pages to individual chronologies called Timeline, will go to trial in Chicago to try to stop Facebook from using the word “timeline." . Read More

Bloomberg reports that Twitter has launched a mobile-music application that will allow users to play and share songs from services including Apple's iTunes. The app is available on Apple and will later on be introduced for devices running Google’s Android software. . Read More

Hypebot reports that Bandzoogle, the popular website platform for musicians, has announced that it has purchased the assets of NoteWay Media, a niche competitor that also offers a self-serve website platform for musicians, performers and entertainers. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed. . Read More

Bloomberg reports that Facebook has hired Richard Williamson, the man responsible for Apple’s mapping efforts. . Read More

TechCrunch reports that Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission is investigating charges that Samsung Corp. paid off students to attack competitor HTC’s Smartphones over the internet. . Read More

The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo Inc. is expected to hire Ned Brody, who was AOL's number one advertising-sales exec until he resigned recently. Read More