Amazon to Unveil Its 3D Smartphone on June 18

From DailyTech: We have covered numerous reports over the years that have suggested that Amazon would introduce its own smartphone. It’s only been in the past few months, however, that we’ve gotten concrete evidence that the company indeed has a product that was close to production, courtesy of...

Google ramps up efforts to attract developers for its smartwatch

From InfoWorld: Smartwatch applications can be customized for devices with round displays by tweaking the user interface, Google said as it ramps up efforts to get developers ready for the launch of Android Wear.

Wear is an extension of Android, and to make the OS a better fit for smartwatches with...

Motorola sale cuts price on 32GB Moto X by $100

From CNET: Motorola is trying to lure phone shoppers to its Moto X smartphone by offering $100 off the price of the contract- free 32GB edition.

In an online sale that started at midnight ET Wednesday and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday, Motorola brings down the price of the no-contract 32GB Moto X...

Apple unveils Swift programming language

From InfoWorld: Apple has a new programming language, Swift, intended to provide modern programming capabilities for Apple application development and streamline the building of applications.

Featured as part of the Xcode 6 IDE (now in a beta release) and introduced this morning, Swift is a...

Apple breaks the annual Mac upgrade cycle

From CNET: For the past two years, Apple's WWDC keynote has included significant Mac hardware announcements and introductions alongside the software and OS news the conference is built around. The MacBook Air, in particular, has been tied to the WWDC June timetable for its past couple of generations...

Sony Announces Mid-range Xperia T3 Smartphone with 5.3" 720p Display

From DailyTech: With companies like Apple, Samsung, and HTC taking up the bulk of the attention when it comes to smartphones, it’s easy to forget that Sony makes some high-quality devices running Google’s dominant Android operating system.

Today, Sony is looking to add a bit of a “premium” feel to...

Windows 8.1 market share inches ahead of Windows 8

From PC World: Windows 8.1's market share has finally inched ahead of Windows 8's, according to the May 2014 statistics Netmarket share released yesterday.

But the combined legacy juggernaut of Windows 7 and Windows XP still dwarfs all versions of Windows 8 combined. And it's Windows 7 -- not 8 --...

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