On Monday, Sony kicked off its E3 by reiterating at its press event that the company is committed to indie titles; and also claimed that that there are 'big things' coming to the company's newest gaming console, the PlayStation 4 (PS4) in the near future.

According to an investor lawsuitfiled in Delaware Chancery Court, the non-employee directors on the Facebook board were paid $461,000 on average in stock last year; thereby implying that Facebook exceeded its industry peers - like Amazon. com and Walt Disney Co - by as much as 43 percent.

In an announcement made via the Skype blog on Monday, Microsoft's Skype team has revealed that it is preparing to release a brand new version of Skype for iOS. The latest version - version 5.0 - will require iOS 7 or higher, and an iPhone 4 or newer iPhone models.

In a Monday announcement, Facebook said that it will soon be launching a new app - called 'Slingshot - which will apparently be a take on Snapchat as well as Instagram. The social network Facebook briefly launched its Snapchat-like disappearing-photo app on the Apple App Store on Monday, and then pulled it.

In a Thursday announcement, Microsoft's Kinect for Windows team revealed that the next-generation Kinect for Windows sensor is now available for pre-order for developers. The new sensor can be pre-ordered by developers for $199, from the Windows Store.

In a recently-posted Twitter image, Philips has apparently teased technology enthusiasts with a prototype 'Hue' notification center widget for Apple's newest iOS version - iOS 8.

At the Computex trade show being held in Taiwan, chip giant Intel said in an announcement that it is shipping a new Core i7 chip for gamers. The chip runs at 4.4GHz, and it can be overclocked to 5GHz.

According to recent reports, Milton Keynes in the UK is set to become one of the first cities in the country to establish a city-wide, open-access Internet of Things (IoT) network.

For creating the open-access IoT network across the city, Milton Keynes has worked out a partnership with BT, base station builder Neul, as well as the Future Cities and Connected Digital Economies Catapults.