From PC World: A mobile chip faster than the one in flagship smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and LG’s G5 will start appearing in handsets this quarter.
The Snapdragon 821, announced by Qualcomm on Monday, is an incremental upgrade to the Snapdragon 820. In addition to mobile phones, it’s also...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft has released an early 64-bit version of Office 2016 for the Mac, giving adventurous users a chance to finally make the move off 32-bit, as their Windows colleagues have long done.
"The Mac Office team has been working on the transition and we're currently preparing to...
From PC World: Facebook will allow its users to livestream violent or graphic video under certain circumstances, the company announced in a statement released Friday.
In the statement, the social media giant stated that, “if a person witnessed a shooting, and used Facebook Live to raise awareness...
From CNET: The reality of 5G, wireless connectivity that's faster than our speediest home internet service, is years away. But that isn't stopping Verizon from making its presence felt now.
The nation's largest wireless carrier said Monday it has worked out the radio specifications for its 5G...
As weird as it sounds, I know a guy who has an interesting tendency to look at other people's phone screen if it was within his visual range. Every time you get a notification, if he was sitting next to you, you know he would be reading it. However, this is not the worst thing he does. He would also read it out loud so everyone around you can hear it, followed by some awkward questions about the sender, as well as the context of your message. The...
From InfoWorld: Apple on Thursday released the first public preview of MacOS Sierra, this year's upgrade to the operating system formerly known as OS X.
The preview arrived a week earlier than Computerworld's forecast; that prediction was based on the span between the developer unveiling and public...
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...
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