Before the fall, new domains (from “.buy” to “.awesome” are expected to go live at a rate of 20 or more a week, The Washington Post reports. Yet, some industry officials warn that the changes could cause widespread disruption to Internet operations. “Particularly troubling is the possibility of widespread ‘name collisions’ that could happen when domains used by internal corporate computer systems … get assigned to the Web more broadly,” WaPo reports. 

Along with other surveillance techniques, retailers are increasingly relying on smartphones to track shoppers’ every move. But, as The New York Times reports, the strategy is suffering growing pains. “While consumers seem to have no problem with cookies, profiles and other online tools that let e-commerce sites know who they are and how they shop, some bristle at the physical version, at a time when government surveillance … is front and center because of the leaks by Edward J. Snowden.” 

Business is booming for online videogame maker Kabam, which is now reportedly worth $700 million. “Kabam’s success contrasts with that of Zynga,” The Wall Street Journal’s Digits blog writes. What’s Kabam doing right, that Zynga did wrong? “Analysts say Zynga has been too slow to transition its business to mobile devices,” writes Digits. “Kabam began that transition two years ago.” 

After 30+ years in the print business, PCWorld is going completely digital. “The news isn’t shocking,” Harry McCracken writes in Time magazine. “In fact, it’s sort of a shock it didn’t happen several years ago. McCracken writes of PCWorld: “Its arch-rival, PC Magazine … stopped being a magazine in 2008, though it seems to be doing fine on the web. 

At least from a management perspective, Twitter’s global expansion appears to be impacting its U.S. operations. “Three of Twitter’s top execs are moving away from the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, charged with overseeing international offices across multiple countries,” AllThingsD reports. “The changes … are likely an effort to continue building out the company’s international presence and leadership.” 

Alfred, one of Google’s little-known local recommendations, is getting the axe. “Looks like Latitude wasn’t the only Google product that got shut down yesterday in the wake of a new version of Google Maps,” TechCrunch reports. Google got Alfred in late 2011 as part of its acquisition of The Clever Sense. “Apart from the fact that Google has a track record for closing down apps after buying them … the company has been gradually consolidating more features in fewer products.” 

While world peace remains elusive, we can at least take heart in the fact Google and Apple are getting along. Google chairman Eric Schmidt this week didn’t have enough good things to say about the company that Steve Jobs built. Notes Business Insider: “Schmidt always denied that there was open discord between himself and Jobs, so it's not surprising he's saying that things are better between the two companies now.” 

Conduit is splitting into two separate entities. Though seen as part of the move, the browser-toolbar and mobile startup has yet to confirm purchasing Perion, TechCrunch reports. Once the slit is complete, one part of the company is expected to focusing on mobile, while the other half will develop a Web site toolbar. Combined, Conduit is estimated to be worth about $1.4 billion. 

By its own standards, the PC industry had something to cheer about, this week. IDC reported global shipments of 75.6 million units in the quarter, which, while amounting to an 11.4% decline year-over-year, was slightly better than the research firm’s forecast. Hewlett-Packard, meanwhile, is no longer the top dog in an increasingly bottom-feeding industry, Mercury News reports. 

When Apple reports fiscal third quarter earnings in a couple weeks, will revenue have showed zero growth over the past year? So suggests Fortune's preliminary analysis survey. Not quite as dour, Fortune itself is predicting some degree of year-over-year revenue growth. Last quarter, Apple did not offer earnings guidance, which, as Fortune notes, “probably doesn't bode well.”