In case you missed it: Target’s 40 million credit cards leak,

• More than 40 million credit cards have been compromised in a major breach at Target. This comes after the company made the headlines for refusing to sell Beyoncé’s album after it was released digitally first.

• Google had to restart its Android project after Apple unveiled the iPhone. Remember the outrage when people found out that Apple was gathering location data to improve location accuracy? Google has been tracking your movement by mapping your life minute-by-minute.

• The first iPhone disrupted the mobile industry, so did the recent iPhone 5s. Qualcomm was caught off guard by Apple’s 64-bit A7 processor, as was the rest of the industry. Now they are clambering to catch up once again.

• The RSA might have provided the NSA with easier access to data for just $10 million.

• The US patent system is faulty. No surprises there.

• Should you rate App Store apps when prompted? What if Apple allowed reporting of annoying prompts?

• WeChat is going international with m-commerce.

• A botnet has been hijacking SMS data from Android devices.

• Microsoft’s CEO search is going nowhere, but its board of directors want you to know that they are pleased with the progress and will make their decision in early 2014.