From PC World: Google has acquired Anvato, the developer of a video software platform, to shore up its cloud offering in the area of video delivery.

Anvato’s Media Content Platform, used by many large media and entertainment companies including NBCUniversal, Univision and Fox Sports, will...

From CNET: Spotify now lets you customize your out of office message with songs related to where you are heading. The company's new tool, Out of Office (OOO), is now available to anyone with a Spotify account. The process is rather simple.

OOO will ask you where you are going, whether you are...

From CNET: Avast has announced plans to acquire AVG in a $1.3 billion deal that will combine the antivirus products of both companies.

On Thursday, the Prague, Czech Republic-based company said an agreement has been reached that will see AVG bought out in an all-cash deal, made possible through...

From InfoWorld: Google released a new batch of Android patches on Wednesday, fixing over 100 flaws in Android's own components and in chipset-specific drivers from different manufacturers.

Android's mediaserver component, which handles the processing of video and audio streams and has been a source...

From PC World: Nvidia’s more modestly priced graphics cards often roll out months after the more luxurious GeForce models. Look at the last generation: The GeForce GTX 960 debuted four months after the GTX 980 and GTX 970 exploded onto the scene. A few generations before that, the GTX 660 launched a...

From CNET: Want to catch Pokemon in the real world? Well, the wait is over. The augmented reality mobile game Pokemon Go has now launched in a limited number of countries around the world.

The free-to-play game uses your phone's camera and GPS to populate the world around you with Pokemon. As you...

From CNET: As part of Amazon's second annual Prime Day sales event coming up next week, customers will have the option of receiving their purchases within an hour through the company's Prime Now delivery service.

Amazon said Tuesday that customers in more than 25 US metropolitan areas will be able...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft is giving small businesses a new way to hold meetings online with the launch of a free Skype Meetings product that's aimed at providing professional communication tools for free.

Skype Meetings is free to use, and people can launch meetings for up to 10 people during their...

From PC World: Comcast would very much like to keep you glued to its X1 DVR service anytime you’re in the living room—and by partnering with Netflix, it’s taken another step down that road.

The two companies said Tuesday that they’re working together to bring the Netflix service to Comcast’s...

From CNET: Xiaomi made much of its $40 billion-plus fortune by selling affordable midrange and budget smartphones, like the Redmi Note 3. Now, Hugo Barra, the company's vice president of international, says the brand is going premium.

"When you look at...the prices of our products, they have been...