Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities

From PCWorld: Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.

In the first six months of the year, more than 43 percent of Intel’s hires in the U.S. were women and minorities, up from 32 percent...

Apple subscription TV service said to face further delay

From CNET: Cord-cutters expecting to get their movies and television shows over an Apple-administered TV service this year will reportedly have to wait until at least next year.

The much-hinted-at subscription TV service was widely expected to be unveiled next month, but sources tell Bloomberg that...

Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5 to hit stores Aug. 21

From ComputerWorld: As expected, Samsung on Thursday announced a new Galaxy Note 5 phablet and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus smartphone, both with 5.7-in. displays.

Wireless carriers immediately announced off-contract prices for the devices that start at $720, high enough to raise eyebrows from some...

Apple Boot Camp 6 Now Supports Windows 10

From Maximum PC: There’s an Apple support page revealing that Boot Camp 6 for Mac is compatible with Windows 10. What’s that mean to you? The ability to use Microsoft’s new platform on a supported OS X “Yosemite” Mac machine. Unfortunately, Boot Camp only supports the 64-bit version of Windows 10...

LG launching high-fidelity music download service

From PC World: LG Electronics is joining the high-quality audio delivery business with the launch of a service that can be used with premium smartphones.

Available on the LG SmartWorld app and website from later this month, the service will be available to users in nearly 70 countries including the...

Google to spin out game-maker Niantic Labs as independent company

From CNET: Google's remaking of its business has only just begun.

The search giant is spinning out game-maker Niantic Labs from its company, according to a statement from the company on Wednesday. The company said it plans to expand who it builds the game for as an independent company, without...

Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi, IoT Devices Sees Developer Debut

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) promised up a version of Windows 10 for the Raspberry Pi minicomputer and other "internet of things" (IoT) devices. The outstanding question is what shape Windows might take on such barebones devices. This week we finally found out as Microsoft has launched...

Symantec finally sells Veritas for $8 billion to investment group

From InfoWorld: Symantec is selling its information management business, known as Veritas, to an investor group led by The Carlyle Group for $8 billion as it looks to increase its focus on security.

The sale is something Symantec has been working on for the better part of a year. The group buying...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 could yield big camera gains

From PC World: Qualcomm has teased out some more details about its upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, including a refreshed GPU and an image processing unit that could lead to big improvements in smartphone cameras.

The 820 is Qualcomm’s next mobile chip for the high end of the market, due to...

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