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Stephen Colbert Has a Mock Feud With Google Over Search Results. In Google’s mock feud with Stephen Colbert over his listed height, the Internet giant has not budged an inch — but it has budged a half-inch.

Stephen Colbert Has a Mock Feud With Google Over Search Results

On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” Mr. Midterm is Thursday! Gmail 5.0 app to support Yahoo, Outlook, reveals leaked video. Google's email app for Android is expanding its horizons to handle other mail services, according to an apparent leaked video on Android Police and Videme.

Gmail 5.0 app to support Yahoo, Outlook, reveals leaked video

Users of Gmail's mobile Android app will be able to tap into their Yahoo and Outlook email in the next version, according to an apparently leaked video posted by blog site Android Police. The video as shown on Android Police and Videme offers a quick but revealing tour of Gmail 5.0, the next edition of Google's mobile email app. The 30-second video, which seems to come from Google itself, touts a new look for the app but saves the most interesting tidbit for last. After offering a look at the app's new design -- which the video touts as "all the features you love with a fresh new look" -- the video proclaims: "And you can access other email accounts like Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com and more. " From there, the video shows how you can switch from one account to another just by swiping the top of your smartphone's screen. Compromise between Amazon and Simon & Schuster - Oct. 20, 2014.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The publisher is Simon & Schuster, a unit of CBS Corporation, which had been locked in negotiations with Amazon for upwards of three months.

Compromise between Amazon and Simon & Schuster - Oct. 20, 2014

In signing the deal, Amazon has rid itself of one thorny negotiation. But its too early to say whether the company will enjoy improved relations across the publishing industry -- or soon find a way to resolve its six-month dispute with another big publisher, Hachette. Say Hello to Ello: New social network is commercial-free, clean - and confusing. By Tamara ChuangThe Denver Post Posted: 10/20/2014 12:01:00 AM MDT|Updated: a day ago.

Say Hello to Ello: New social network is commercial-free, clean - and confusing

Report: Microsoft’s Smartwatch to Come Before Year’s End. Microsoft is no doubt busy putting the finishing touches on an update to Windows 10, its bread-and-butter product, set for a release next year.

Report: Microsoft’s Smartwatch to Come Before Year’s End

But this doesn’t mean the folks in Redmond won’t have a side project or two to show us before then. A recent report from Forbes says the company’s rumored smartwatch could launch before the end of 2014.