Reports surfaced yesterday that said Verizon Wireless were holding talks with Apple about a deal to allow the carrier to sell a version of the iPhone. Today, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon Wireless is holding talks with Microsoft on a deal to launch a touch-screen phone based on Microsoft’s secretive Project Pink.

The new phone is rumored to involve combining elements of Windows Mobile with some pieces acquired through the company’s Danger unit, which provides software for the T-Mobile Sidekick phone.

Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the WSJ says the new phone plans to build on the Windows Mobile operating system and use the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store.

Great news for Twitter lovers; now you can also buy your domains via the micro-blogging site.

The former CEO of AdBrite, Philip Kaplan, founded Tweetname which makes it easier for clients to register available domain names.

It works by logging into Tweetname  and then the site uses OAuth to connect to your Twitter account. You fill out your credentials, including name, address, credit card info, billing information and then Tweetname will automatically start following you and arranges for you to follow Tweetname.

Once this has been set up, users can "tweet" a domain name to see if it's available by saying "Success!" or if its not, it will say "D'oh".

 Domains cost $14.95 and can be registered under .com .net .org .us .name .biz .info.

Below is an instructional video that further explains how it works:

Apple recently celebrated its billionth application download on Thursday its App online Store.

In celebration, Apple recently released an entertaining new web ad to commemorate the event.

The video below shows the ad first without sound, and then with sound.

With Microsoft Windows 7 barely out of the factory, the software giant has already put up a job posting that says it's looking for staff to work on what it ingeniously called "Windows 8."

Below is an excerpt from a Microsoft job posting:

Are you a talented SDE/T Lead looking for the next technical challenge on a key operating system component? Are you passionate about distributed systems, networking, file systems and want to be the leader of a cutting edge project? Are you looking for a team with abundant opportunities to grow? If so, we have the position for you!

For the upcoming version of Windows, new critical features are being worked on including cluster support and support for one way replication. The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements. We will also soon be starting major improvements for Windows 8 where we will be including innovative features which will revolutionize file access in branch offices.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the company with the best customer service rankings in 2008, according to a survey.

Forrester Research’s 2008 customer experience index, a survey of some 4,500 consumers, ranked the PC makers slightly above companies in those other industries but below such perennial headaches as the wireless companies, airlines and credit card issuers.

Apple scored 80 percent, or “good” rating, in Forrester’s customer experience index. The result is an average of responses on topics like whether companies meet customer needs and make products that are easy and enjoyable to use.

Gateway scored a 66; Hewlett-Packard, a 64; and Compaq (a brand owned by H.P.), a 63. All these scores are considered “poor” rankings in the customer experience index by Forrester.

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Mobile blog officially announced that the next version of the Windows Mobile OS will launch on May 11th.

The temporary OS of sorts will be unveiled at day one of the Tech Ed 2009 conference next month, according to the blog.

Stephanie Ferguson, GM of Business Experiences at Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business is going to deliver the kick off launch presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 on Monday, May 11th at 1:00PM – 2:15PM. This Tech Ed 2009 session focuses on one of the biggest launches in the history of Windows Mobile – Windows Mobile 6.5. It is targeted at both IT Professionals and Developers, with a cool demo and an outline of great stuff to come. Be sure to join us as we are giving away 5 Samsung Blackjack II’s!

YouTube latest video viral is of Susan Boyle, whose performance on British TV show Britain’s Got Talent made her the video sharing site’s biggest sensation to date.

Boyle's fame did not stop there after she became the subject of a sketch on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night.

Watch the clip below:

For the British reality show, the web is still seen as a marketing channel for the main event; even though Boyle’s viewing figures on TV were a lot lower than on the web.

The 47-year-old singer that has gone from obscurity to worldwide fame in less than a week, also appeared on  Larry King Live on Friday where she sang ‘My Heart Will Go On‘ by Celine Dion.

“Amazing, that was just absolutely stunning,” said “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan, who was also a guest. “To sing that with no musical backing is unbelievable. You have the voice of an angel, Susan.”

Watch Susan Boyle’s interview on the Larry King show below:

It appears that Twitter's popularity is just soaring all the more with Ashton Kutcher becoming the first user to have over a million followers yesterday, while high-profile media mogul Oprah Winfrey dedicated a full episode today of her talk show to discuss the micro-blogging phenomenon.

Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) defeated cable network CNN on Thursday to become the first Twitter user with more than 1 million followers.

In his victory speech, Kutcher said, "We can and will create our media. We can and will broadcast our media. We can and will censor our own media ourselves. We are over a million."

On the show, Oprah created her first Twitter account.

“HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY,” Oprah wrote in her first “tweet”.

Oprah worked the tweeted to her that her cocker spaniel would be getting a rabies shot and she was in the mood to eat a reuben sandwich.

Sales of video game have been consistently on the rise in spite of currently being in a recession, however March proved to be a rather tough month for the market.

The NPD Group reports that sales of video games in the US fell 17 percent in March to $792.8 million while hardware sales fell 18 percent, bringing in only $455.6 million.

NPD also attributed some of the decline to the fact that Easter fell in March last year, boosting purchases for gifts.

For the first quarter of 2009 as a whole, video game sales were flat at $4.25 billion.

YouTube is getting a makeover with some fresh and legal content from TV shows to movies after sealing several deals with Hollywood studios, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Google-owned video site already streams a very select few TV shows, but the new content will allow the world's largest video site to compete with studio-run sites like Hulu, which features only premium content.

It's not apparent exactly which studios YouTube, has signed with.

On a blog post, YouTube only said that it was announcing a new destination for TV shows and an improved page for movies, without elaborating.

During a conference call, YouTube said that it would add two new tabs

"The 'Shows' tab allows you to browse shows by genre, network, title and popularity," YouTube said in a statement. "The 'Subscriptions' tab will grant logged-in users one-click access to fresh content from their favorite creators.