From InfoWorld: Google has promoted the 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows to the browser's more stable Beta distribution channel, and boosted Chrome for OS X to 64-bit on the more preliminary Canary and Dev builds.

Chrome for Windows 64-bit shifted to Beta on July 30 after about two months on...

From PC World: Sprint has named Marcelo Claure to replace Dan Hesse as president and CEO, after giving up on its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA.

Sprint announced Wednesday that Claure, who joined the company’s board of directors in January, will assume his new role August 11. Claure is the founder...

From CNET: Google on Tuesday announced that it's opening up its email service to better support more of the world's languages.

Gmail will now be able to recognize email addresses that use characters from languages such as Chinese and Devanagari, and will also recognize addresses with accented Latin...

From DailyTech: LG may have been one of the first to market a QHD smartphone, but Lenovo is looking to crush all competitors with its new Vibe Z2 Pro.

The Vibe Z2 Pro features a massive 6” display — which is QHD of course — and a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of...

From InfoWorld: Storage technologies much faster than NAND flash aren't expected to reach most smartphones and data centers for years, but preparations are already underway in order to make the most of them when they arrive.

Western Digital's HGST subsidiary is demonstrating one advance in that...

From PC World: Avid Windows Phone users not content with the months-old Windows Phone 8.1 release are already lining up to download Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 developer preview. But as this is not the official release and still a beta version, some folks are hitting road bumps on their way to...

From CNET: The LG G3 has a great screen and a camera with lasers in, but one thing it doesn't have is a pen. The LG G3 Stylus solves that, appearing in a new video showing off its Galaxy Note-rivalling phablet size and stylus.

The LG G3 Stylus is the pen-pushing partner to LG's flagship the LG G3...

From DailyTech: BlackBerry’s workforce has been slashed to 40% of its high mark from three years ago, its global smartphone market share has plummeted from 8.8 percent in Q4 2011 to below 1 percent currently, and the company has resorted to a using a quirky Fact Check Portal to counter “ false...

From InfoWorld: Windows 8's uptake was stuck in reverse for the second straight quarter as the reputation-challenged operating system fell behind the pace set by Windows Vista six years ago, according to data released Friday.

Web metrics firm Net Applications' figures for July put the combined user...

From PC World: Well, that didn't take long: A mere four days after announcing the first major update for Windows Phone 8.1, the aptly named Windows Phone 8.1 Update is now available to users enrolled in Microsoft's developer preview.

Windows Phone 8.1 Update is comprised mostly of minor features...