In the News: Heineken, NASA, Unilever and more

Heineken to assume control of Tiger Beer producer Asia Pacific Breweries for $4 billion.

NASA sees $2.5 billion Mars Rover "Curiosity" successfully land, Twitter explodes.

Unilever sets sights on overtaking Skinny Cow with Magnum brand.

London 2012 Olympics boosts personal brands of Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis, Michael Phelps, Gabby Douglas, and Andy Murray. 

Abercrombie & Fitch leads brands entering India via web partnerships.

Apple iPad grabs 68% of global tablet sales.

Applebee's woos late-night diners.

AT&T plans to phase out 2G networks.

BMW sets 1M Twitter followers in India.

Electronic Arts sues Zynga, as it's struggling with mobile.

Facebook and Twitter set off platform wars.

GM sees speculation mount over CMO ouster.

Groupon nourishes other startups.

Huawei makes others nervous.

Kodak starts showing a turnaround.

Lollapalooza heads to Tel Aviv.

Lucky magazine aims to advance online shopping.

Lunchables kicks off new campaign as critics question dietary value.

Microsoft enables cloud-based web TV in China.

Motorola gets serious about iPhone rival.

NFL hopes to harness sports fan enthusiasm post-Olympics.

Nissan move to U.S. offers lessons for tech industry.

P&G gets run for its money in China, reports on day of service in US.

Reuters sees Twitter account hacked.

Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August.

Southwest Airlines hits Facebook turbulence.

Viacom shores up Nickelodeon kids TV channel with original programming.