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After the close on Wall Street yesterday, Microsoft announced its first quarterly loss ever. And Google announced a $2.8 billion profit for the quarter. Two very different situations -- but they might just share a theme.

Google uses tech to go after bad guys and a researcher develops an electronic glove that helps people with spinal cord injuries.

37-year-old Marissa Mayer will become Yahoo's fifth CEO in five years. She's a longtime Google executive and an architect of what the tech world calls the 'Google User Experience.'

Never mind the 900 million-something users Facebook has.

And goodbye to installed software: Microsoft Office is becoming a service.

After cycling through three CEOs in three years, the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet company today announced that it has appointed Marissa Mayer as president and chief executive officer.

Small apartments and even smaller CEO tenures make for a "micro" news day.

Microsoft used to be the tech industry leader, now it's playing catch up. Kurt Eichenwald has written about the state of the company in the August issue of Vanity Fair.

Apple looks to compete with Microsoft's and Google's smaller tablet models. Also, Google builds a robot brain that becomes keen on cat videos, and women post unflattering pictures of each other on Facebook.

The device lets you take pictures or video, shows you information like from a smartphone -- but on glasses. Some may think it's disconcerting. Also, Apple blocks a Samsung tablet from being sold.