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• Facebook Wants You to go 'Home'  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 2:45 PM ET

  

  Facebook is making a big android announcement today, with CNBC's Julia Boorstin, and Rakesh Agrawal, r·eDesign.

• Netflix Stock Set to ‘Get Crushed’: Wedbush's Pachter Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 1:40 PM ET

  

  Netflix is no HBO, and its stock is set to take a beating, Wedbush's Michael Pachter says.

• Carnival's Ongoing PR Nightmare  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 1:28 PM ET

  

  Carnival Cruise touts its fleet as the fun ships, although flawed may be a better way to describe them these days, reports CNBC's Mary Thompson.

• Lessons to be Learned From HBOS Report  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 3:45 AM ET

  

  Patrick Jenkins, banking editor at Financial Times, tells CNBC that the HBOS report will lift the lid on a culture "driven by seeking profit at all costs" which should provide lessons for the future.

• Best Telecom Play Right Now  Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 2:40 PM ET

  

  Forty four years ago today, the very first cell phone call was made. Will Power, Robert W. Baird analyst, explains why he thinks Vodafone is your telecom pick today.

• Ebert's cancer recurrence means fewer film reviews Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 9:03 AM ET

  CHICAGO-- Roger Ebert will be writing fewer of his famed movie reviews because of a recurrence of cancer, but the movie critic promises his illness will give him other topics to write about. The Pulitzer Prize winner announced on his blog that he is undergoing radiation treatment for cancer that was discovered after he fractured his hip last year.

• Mexico to investigate column insulting maids Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 9:08 AM ET

  MEXICO CITY-- Mexico's National Council to Prevent Discrimination says it will launch an investigation of an online magazine column accusing maids of being "ungrateful, whining, abusive thieves." Such discriminatory language is against the law in Mexico, but freedom of expression also enjoys broad protection.

• Heeere's Jimmy! Fallon to Succeed Leno on 'Tonight' Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 1:46 PM ET

  

  It's official. After 22 years, Jay Leno will be leaving NBC's "Tonight Show" next spring, to be replaced by Jimmy Fallon.

• Addictive Animal Webcams Get Network Attention Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 3:30 AM ET

  

  The growing trend of animal webcam -online video feeds of different animals doing animal things- has gotten the attention of Animal Planet, who see it as an opportunity for advertisers. The New York Times reports.

• Fallon Signs Contract on Road to 'Tonight' Host Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 12:42 PM ET

  

  Jimmy Fallon signed a contract extension with NBC that will keep him at the network. It is understood the deal will include that he will succeed Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show at some point. The New York Times reports.

• Paramount, China Movie Channel to produce "Transformers 4" Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 3:34 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES, April 2- Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures said on Tuesday it reached a deal with the government-run China Movie Channel and its online movie service partner, Jiaflix Enterprises, to produce "Transformers 4" in China.

• Disney to shut LucasArts games studio, lay off workers Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 2:20 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES/ SAN FRANCISCO, April 3- Walt. Disney Co plans to shut the 30- year-old LucasArts studio it inherited with the acquisition of George Lucas' film company last year, and focus on licensing its "Star Wars" brand externally, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

• SEC: Social Media OK for Company Announcements  Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 3:25 PM ET

  

  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the SEC is allowing companies to use social media to make announcements to investors.

• Michael Jackson civil case jury selection begins Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 8:52 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES-- Jury selection began Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's mother against the promoter of the late pop star's planned comeback concerts. Katherine Jackson's case accuses concert giant AEG Live of failing to properly investigate the former doctor who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the superstar's June 2009 death.

• Private Newspapers Return to Myanmar Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 1:51 AM ET

  

  Privately owned daily newspapers have returned to Myanmar's news stands after an absence of almost 50 years. The GlobalPost reports.

• Cramer's Gatsby Index: Tracking High-End Behaviors Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 2:32 PM ET

  

  Darling, do tell, how is the high-end consumer doing? We check in with Cramer's Gatsby Index, a composite of 13 stocks used to gauge high-end trends.

• Jay-Z Steals Second Base, Snags Big Yankees Star Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 1:21 PM ET

  

  Rap mogul Jay-Z is launching a sports-management agency and in the process, lured Yankees' second baseman Robinson Cano away from super agent Scott Boras.

• Icahn Unveils Nuance Stake  Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 2:07 PM ET

  

  Nuance makes the Siri technology for Apple and is the leader in speech recognition technology. CNBC's Julia Boorstin and Daniel Ives, FBR Capital Markets, offer insight on the stock after Icahn unveiled a stake.

• Cyprus Plans Tax Breaks, Casinos to Boost Economy Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 1:26 AM ET

  

  Cyprus plans to lift a ban on casinos and offer firms tax exemptions on profits reinvested on the island under a package of reforms to kickstart its ailing economy, its president said on Monday.

• Facebook Phone Announcement: What to Expect Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 3:58 PM ET

  

  Facebook is expected to unveil new operating system for the android phone, and the consensus of analysts appears to be positive.