Welcome to this morning's edition of "First to Know," a series in which we keep you up to date on what's happening in the digital world.
Today, we look looking at three particularly interesting stories. With $7.2 billion dollars in hand, Microsoft plans to license Nokia’s patents and acquire its devices and services business. Spotify aims to simplify the way we use wireless speakers to listen to music with Spotify Connect. And finally, Lenovo’s next line of ThinkPads is getting a sleek upgrade.
Check out the video above for more on these stories.