Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has acquired PostRank. PostRank is a company that launched in mid 2007. PostRank is an enterprise social engagement data company that monitors conversations about brands taking place on social media. [PostRank Blog]

Below is an infographic that explains what the average price sold and listed per city in Great Britain for the iPad 1 and iPad 2:

Via: iPad Deals

Flip video camera inventor Jonathan Kaplan saw his product get killed off by Cisco Systems after acquiring the company. Now he is working on a totally unrelated business. Kaplan has started a business called The Melt.

NBA basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has announced via Twitter that he is retiring. “im retiring,” tweeted the NBA player and he linked to this video: http://www.tout.com/m/9944wo. Shaquille O’Neal, one of the tallest basketball players at 7’1″, was also an actor that was in the movies Blue Chips and Kazaam. Shaq also guest starred in Curb Your Enthusiasm. O’Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1992 from Louisiana State University. [AllThingsD]

Twitter has added photo and video to search results. Related photos and videos will be added to the search results. If you use the new version of Firefox with Twitter, you can type a #hashtag or an @username directly into the address bar to get right to a search results page. Check out the video demo below [Twitter Blog]:

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported that hackers in China had launched a phishing campaign to gain access to personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of people. Some of the accounts that were hacked include U.S. government officials.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) previewed the Windows 8 operating system at the D9 Conference. Some of the features that are involved in Windows 8 are:

Lodsys is very confident that the patent that they own does not apply to the licenses that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) claims to have in place to protect developers from a lawsuit by Lodsys. Lodsys sent patent infringement notices to over a dozen iOS and Android developers for the use of in-app purchases. Lodsys announced that they will reimburse any developer that they improperly targeted with $1,000 if Apple’s existing license rights apply to fully license the sued developers. [MacRumors]