TechCrunch reports that Google Translate for Android app will support 16 additional languages, which includes Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish. The app already supports Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. Read More
VentureBeat reports that Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to purchase Nook Media LLC, the tablet and digital media book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors. Microsoft owns a share of Nook, having invested $300 million into the business in April 2012. . Read More
Mashable reports that Google is set to introduce a brand new interface for its Maps app, according to a report. Google Operating System, a blog that delivers unofficial news about the search giant, said the update would remove Maps' current sidebar, and will display location information in pop-ups that show up on top of a full-screen map. . Read More
Mashable reports that YouTube is set to introduce a paid subscription model for certain specialist video channels as soon as this week, according to a report. The service will comprise close to 50 YouTube channels, and subscriptions to each channel will begin at as low as $1.99 per month. . Read More
Mashable reports that Barnes & Noble's Nook HD owners will have to access to 700,000 apps available in Google Play and the Chrome Web browser commonly found on most other stock Android devices. On the browser front, Google Chrome will take the place of Nook’s pre-existing web browser. Read More
Bloomberg reports that Google Inc. has acquired a minority stake in LendingClub Corp. Google was accompanied by Foundation Capital in buying $125 million in equity from current shareholders, according to a statement. Read More
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AllThingsD reports that DreamWorks Animation is near to a deal to purchase AwesomenessTV, a YouTube network targeted at teens and kids, according to people familiar with the proposed transaction. Awesomeness has almost 500,000 subscribers and generated over 80 million video views last month. . Read More
