Topping tech headlines on Thursday, the FCC announced that its most recent spectrum auction generated approximately $44.9 billion in revenue.



The auction, for 65 megahertz of spectrum in the AWS-3 band, kicked off Nov. 13 and went on for 341 rounds. The Commission also moved to increase the definition of broadband from 4 Mbps down to 25 Mbps. An accompanying report found that that 55 million Americans – 17 percent of the population – lack access to broadband at 25 Mbps.



Meanwhile, Microsoft released the formal version of Office for Android tablets—users can log into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with a Microsoft Account or Office 365 business credentials to create, edit, and print files for free. Redmond also revealed Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android, compatible with Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, and Gmail.



In other news, Facebook introduced place tips to show "fun, useful, and relevant info about the place you're at." Apple iPhone users (in New York City for now) may automatically see place tips at the top of their News Feed; the details will appear only if you've given Facebook permission to access your location.



Also, visitors to the popular xHamster porn site may have picked up the wrong kind of Trojan—one designed to install additional malware onto infected computers. See more in the video, and be sure to check out a few other stories making headlines in the links below.