From CNET: How important is it to Google to be the first place iPhone users go to for search results? Important enough that the Web giant reportedly pays its biggest rival in mobile big bucks for the privilege.

The search giant paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to keep its search bar on iOS devices...

From PC World: Skype is adding more handy capabilities to its Android app following the recent addition of Slack integration. The latest roll out includes the ability to schedule a call using Outlook or your calendar app of choice. Managing Office documents in a chat are also getting easier with a...

From ComputerWorld: Large contract manufacturer Foxconn has bid to take over ailing Sharp for its display business and manufacturing know-how, according to news reports.

Sharp, which has had to take the help of banks frequently, is said to be set to consider a review of a competing offer from the...

From CNET: Verizon doesn't simply want to be your wireless provider. It hopes you'll be glued to your phone watching its videos, too.

That's the goal of Go90, the mobile video service Verizon launched in September with clips from YouTube stars like the Smosh guys, the National Football League (with...

From InfoWorld: Brendan Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and for an 11-day stint, its CEO, yesterday announced a new browser called "Brave," that blocks outside online ads and ad tracking.

Brave, which was at version 0.7 -- denoting its under-construction and fit-for-developers-and-other-strong-hearts...

From ComputerWorld: AMD's highly anticipated Zen processor architecture will first come to high-end desktops like gaming PCs at the end of this year.

The chip maker is in conversations with PC makers to use Zen-based chips, code-named Summit Ridge, said Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, during an earnings call...

From InfoWorld: Oracle admins will be busy: The company issued 248 patches on Tuesday, its largest-ever release, according to one security vendor.

Five of the vulnerabilities have the highest severity rating according to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), wrote ERPScan, a security...

From PC World: A software utility that helps users download the latest drivers for their Intel hardware components contained a vulnerability that could have allowed man-in-the-middle attackers to execute malicious code on computers.

The tool, known as the Intel Driver Update Utility, can be...

From CNET: People around the world are flocking to sign up for Netflix's online video and original content. And the company doesn't see that demand drying up anytime soon.

In the last three months of 2015, Netflix rolled out its service to Japan, Spain, Portugal and Italy. All told, consumers...

From InfoWorld: A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered that allows Android or Linux applications to escalate privileges and gain root access, according to a report released this morning by Perception Point.

"This affects all Android phones KitKat and higher," said Yevgeny Pats, co...