Today's e-Reads: Microsoft Unveils Tablet; Tech Market's Facebook IPO Hangover

Updated: June 19, 2012 | 3:24 p.m.
June 19, 2012 | 7:18 a.m.

Microsoft broke into the tablet market on Monday with a computer called Surface, The New York Times reports.

Facebook shares are slowly rising after a post-IPO drop, according to Bloomberg.

But instead of igniting a tech boom, Facebook's IPO chilled the market, USA Today reports.

Consumer groups want Facebook to ban ads targeted to kids, The Washington Post reports.

Yahoo recruited a Google executive to oversee global advertising sales and operations, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Verizon increased FiOS speeds and prices, Reuters reports.

A hacker claims to have stolen information from 79 banks, according to CNET.

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