From PC World: Do you have an army of imposters online pretending to be you? Probably not, but now you can still request for a verified Twitter account.

On Tuesday, Twitter launched an official application process so that any account can be verified and receive a blue checkmark badge next to its...

From CNET: Pokemon Go isn't even available around the entire world yet, and yet Nintendo's shares have seen an astronomic rise. On July 5, Nintendo's shares were 14,490 Japanese yen ($136.59). On July 19, they closed out at 31,770 ($299.49) Japanese yen. However, it's not all roses: Since the launch...

From InfoWorld: Facebook is reaching out to developers who want to use Apple's two-year-old Swift language, and enabling them to use it to integrate their iOS mobile apps with services on the popular social network.

The Facebook SDK for Swift, now in a beta release, extends Facebook platform...

From CNET: Pokemon Go could land in Nintendo's home territory of Japan as soon as tomorrow, according to a fresh report concerning the phenomenally popular monster-hoarding mobile game.

The app -- which sees gamers using their smartphones' GPS to collect and battle Pokemon at real-world locations -...

From PC World: IBM’s revenue continued to decline in the second quarter but growth in some of its strategic initiatives like cloud computing and data analytics suggest that the company may be on track in its transition plans.

The Armonk, New York, company said Monday that revenue from its new...

From CNET: If you're looking to greatly increase the storage capacity of your desktop computer, NAS server or surveillance recorder, Seagate's got you covered.

The company today announced not one but three new 10TB hard drives: the Barracuda Pro, the IronWolf and SkyHawk. These drives belong to an...

From PC World: Not many are using smartphones with Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile, but HP’s flagship Elite X3—which ships this month—could boost the OS’s sagging fortunes.

The premium smartphone will be priced starting at $699 in the U.S. It feels more like a phablet, but HP believes it could also...

From CNET: British chip design company ARM Holdings confirmed Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank for £24.3 billion ($32.15 billion).

ARM is not as well known as big chipmakers such as Qualcomm and Intel, but its work is behind the processors...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's latest version of Window10, codename Redstone 1, version 1607, build 14390.0.rs1_release.160712-1452 was introduced with a suitably understated announcement on Friday by Insider spokesperson Dona Sarkar, who emphasized that it's not the RTM build.

The lists of...

From CNET: A little over a year ago, with much fanfare, Microsoft executives drew a line in the sand, predicting that Windows 10 would be installed on 1 billion devices by mid-2018.

Today, Microsoft officials are conceding that they likely won't make that deadline.

I asked Microsoft for further...