Microsoft's Surface continues to lose money

From PC World: Microsoft's Surface tablets continue to lose money, according to Microsoft filings, a trend that doesn't show any signs of changing.

In its latest filing, Microsoft disclosed that for the March quarter, Microsoft's Surface tablets and accessories pulled in $494 million. But the...

Twitter tests 'mute' function for mobile apps

From CNET: Twitter might soon allow users to stealthily unfollow those they don't want to listen to any longer, according to a new report.

Some Twitter users on mobile devices have reported seeing a "mute" feature that allows them to nix all tweets or retweets from a certain person from their...

Mac OS X 10.10 to Take Design Cues from iOS 7

From DailyTech: Apple’s iOS 7 mobile operating system, which is said to have received design direction from Jony Ive, has been met with a lot of criticism since sits release nearly a year ago. IOS 7 marked the biggest overhaul of iOS since its introduction in 2007 and did away with a lot of the...

Facebook's new priority: Mobile dominance

From InfoWorld: Facebook has set its sights on the mobile space and is looking to software developers to help expand its growing presence on devices.

Pledging platform stability and increased user control over data, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials detailed a series of improvements...

Snapchat offers video and instant messaging

From PC World: Watch out, WhatsApp (and Facebook): Photo messaging app Snapchat is now offering video calls and instant messaging.

The new features, collectively called Chat, let users swipe the name of one of their friends in their Snapchat contact list to start a text conversation. Instant...

Google Chrome continues to outpace Firefox

From CNET: Google Chrome widened its lead over Firefox last month, according to new desktop browser stats.

For April, Chrome accounted for 17.9 percent of all desktop browser Web traffic recorded by Net Applications. That number was up from 17.5 percent in March, the first month that Chrome...

T-Sprintle: Bid to Merge T-Mobile and Sprint Gets Financing

From DailyTech: Bloomberg is reporting that Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984) has secured enough financing to cover a bid for T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (TMUS) in June or July in a move that could shake up the U.S. wireless network race.

The roots of the deal lie in T-Mobile U.S.'s current majority owner's desire...

HP joins with Foxconn to build low-cost cloud servers

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturing giant best known for producing Apple's iPhone, to tackle the growing market for low-cost servers in cloud data centers.

The companies hope to combine Foxconn's large-scale manufacturing operations with HP's...

Bitcoin traders agree to settlement in Mt. Gox class-action suit

From PC World: Plaintiffs in two class-action suits charging the embattled Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox with fraud have agreed to a settlement, and new plans to revive the exchange have been drafted.

Earlier this year a class-action suit in Illinois was filed against Mt. Gox, following reports...

LG's Android Wear smartwatch may arrive in June

From CNET: Google's first Android Wear smartwatch may just be around the corner.

Google and LG's G Watch could launch in June for 199 euros ($274.50), according to French news site Les Numeriques, which got confirmation from LG's arm in France. Tech site Unwiredview.com first spotted the report...

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