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Today in Tech: Instagram kills Twitter integration

Also: why eReaders are on the decline; another look at the "mobile first" development philosophy. 

Twitter loses ability to properly display Instagram photos [THE NEW YORK TIMES]

"We've decided that right now, what makes sense, is to direct our users to the Instagram Web site," Mr. Systrom said, noting that Instagram images will soon no longer be visible on Twitter. "Obviously things change as a company evolves."

Mr. Systrom did not say when images MORE

Today in Tech: Fugitive John McAfee talks life on the run

Also: why Windows 8 sales are so darned slow; standing desks in the workplace.

McAfee comes out of hiding to talk about life on the run [CNN]

McAfee is so fearful, he says, that he carries up to a dozen disposable cell phones at one time. He estimates he has gone through 200 since he fled more than three weeks ago.

In fact, he only agreed to an interview with CNN after a number MORE

Today in Tech: No Apple TV until 2013?

Also: Why HP should have listened to its CFO; is Foursquare overvalued?

HP should have listened to its CFO [FORTUNE]

As Fortune wrote in its May cover story How Hewlett-Packard lost its way:

"...with no warning to Apotheker, Lesjak made an impassioned case against the acquisition before the board. "I can't support it," she told the directors, according to a person who was present. "I don't think it's a good idea. I don't think we're ready. I think it's MORE

Today in Tech: Is $329 too much for the iPad mini?

Also: Microsoft's Surface tablet reviewed, and two reasons Facebook is turning things around.

Microsoft dives deep to surface a hit [WIRED]

This is a great device. It is a new thing, in a new space, and likely to confuse many of Microsoft's longtime customers. People will have problems with applications — especially when they encounter them online and are given an option by Internet Explorer to run them, only to discover this MORE

Today in Tech: Meet the other Zuckerberg

Also: eBay unleashes a redesign; how Google Earth reunited two brothers. 

Saroo's Google Earth Quest: How an orphaned boy foud his way home as grown man [VANITY FAIR]

In 2009, having graduated from college, Saroo was living with a friend in the center of Hobart and working on the Web site for his parents' company. Recovering from an ugly breakup, he was drinking and partying more than usual. After years of ignoring MORE

Today in Tech: How ads became Amazon's newest weapon

Also: Why Marissa Mayer took the reins at Yahoo; Bravo's Silicon Valley reality show unleashed. 

Can Marissa Mayer really have it all? [NEW YORK MAGAZINE]

Mayer was bruised in that reshuffling. For about a dozen years she had presided over "search"—which is to say everything the user saw, felt, and experienced when navigating Google—but now she was shunted away from that core business and put in charge of "local"—maps, restaurant recommendations, and the MORE

Today in Tech: Apple remembers Steve Jobs one year after his passing

Also: Zynga continues to plummet; Facebook's nonsensical 1 billion users video.

Apple remembers Steve Jobs on anniversary of his passing [9 to 5 MAC]

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S on Oct. 4, 2011, but one seat left open for Jobs at the packed event notably sat empty. The next day, Jobs died. After he passed, at just 56 years old, news of his death flooded the Internet, TV, newspapers, and homes. Millions of people immediately emailed Apple, MORE

Today in Tech: How Facebook is selling access to your data

Also: Zuckerberg visits Russia, Paul Allen weighs in on Windows 8, and Sean Parker talks Airtime.

Facebook sells more access to its members [THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]

To amp up the effectiveness of its ads, Facebook in recent months has begun allowing marketers to target ads at users based on the email address and phone number they list on their profiles, or based on their surfing habits on other sites.

It has also MORE

Today in Tech: Can Oracle take on Amazon in the cloud?

Simon Cowell wants to find the next Mark Zuckerberg; why Apple "Mapgate" is over. 

Shocker! Oracle takes on Amazon with all-Oracle-all-the-time cloud [GIGAOM]

Oracle cloud will use "our OS, our VM, our compute services and storage services on the fastest most reliable systems in the world — our engineered systems, Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, all linked with Infiniband," Ellison told thousands of Oracle customers, partners and others at San Francisco's Moscone Center Sunday night. MORE

Today in Tech: Facebook finds new mobile revenue stream with Gifts

Also: Tim Cook apologizes to for Apple's buggy Maps app; Groupon reshuffles execs. 

Tim Cook apologizes for Apple's new Maps app [FORTUNE]

"At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we MORE