YouTube's new engineering chief talks about promise of virtual reality

From CNET: Soon after Matthew Mengerink became YouTube's engineering chief a few weeks ago, he got a taste of some of the virtual reality footage Google has been working on but hasn't yet released to the public.

"I saw stuff that just melted my brain," Mengerink said Tuesday in his first interview...

T-Mobile rides 'Uncarrier' wave as consumers flock to its service

From CNET: For months, the Bellevue, Washington, company has been gaining more mobile phone customers than its rivals. It has struck a chord with consumers through pocketbook-friendly features under the "Uncarrier" banner, including monthly rollovers of unused data and free data roaming in Canada...

Motorola Droid MAXX 2 and Turbo 2 Break Cover in Leaks

From DailyTech: For decades after it invented the cell phone, Motorola Mobility is still alive and kicking in the smartphone space. Today the brand is owned by the Lenovo Group, Ltd. (HKG:0992), a Chinese OEM best known for its PC offerings. Now the new management is prepping a critical refresh of...

Intel Security will discontinue McAfee SaaS products

From InfoWorld: Intel Security's plans to decommission select McAfee software-as-a-service products mean customers will have to go through the entire deployment and provisioning all over again if they want to keep getting endpoint and email security.

On Jan. 11, 2016, Intel Security will stop...

New Apple TV available in Apple Store online

From CNET: Apple's late-night side project gets a bump to prime time as its new Apple TV goes on sale through the Apple online store today.

The new Apple TV has gone on sale in the US for $149 (32GB of storage) and $199 (64GB). That translates to £129 and £169 in the UK and A$269 and A$349 in...

Oracle's Larry Ellison unveils new services, products in cloud push

From PC World: Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison unveiled Sunday new cloud applications and services, including a training tool that integrates with the company's human resources application, and gave a glimpse of the company's security strategy.

As is expected with Ellison's speeches, the...

Apple Preps for first real Android App Foray With New Apple Music App

From DailyTech: When Apple, Inc. (AAPL) launched its Apple Music service back in June of this year one of the more interesting and somewhat overlooked caveats was its declaration that it would eventually be offering its arch-rival Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android OS users the service as well.

From a...

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