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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

From DailyTech: Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) VAIO line was an interesting proposition. At times it flirted with brilliance in design, hardware, and packaging -- strengths that some believe Apple, Inc. (AAPL) modeled the MacBook family and iPhone after. But the brand was also known to invoke sticker...

From CNET: Samsung hopes to get the jump on Apple. But will it be enough?

On Thursday, Samsung will host its second Unpacked event of the year to introduce its newest phablets, the jumbo-sized hybrids between smartphones and tablets. The company is expected to release the Galaxy Note 5, which will...

From ComputerWorld: Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of 256-gigabit 3D vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memories, clearing the way for higher-capacity memory that doesn't take up more room.

The memory is built on 48 layers of three-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) arrays and offers 32 gigabytes...

From PC World: OnePlus said buyers of its new smartphone in the U.S. and Canada will have to wait longer than originally thought to get their phones.

The new OnePlus 2 goes on sale Tuesday, but there seem to be hiccups around the shipping of the device.

The shipping of the smartphone in the U.S...

From CNET: You would normally laugh off any no-name company's attempt to jump into the brutally competitive smartphone business. But given the pedigree of the members at startup Nextbit, you have to at least be curious.

Nextbit, which began life as a secretive software startup focused on a cloud...