Apple Mac sales down, but the broader PC market is even worse off

From CNET: Apple's two latest iPhones may be off to a strong start in terms of sales, but fewer people are buying the company's MacBooks and iMacs.

Analysts aren't in agreement over the rate of the slowdown, with IDC reporting a 3.4 percent decline in Mac units shipped and research firm Gartner...

Samsung says customer payment data not affected by hack attack

From CNET: Customers who use the Samsung Pay mobile payments system weren't hurt by a hack attack on LoopPay, a company Samsung acquired to help power the service, the company said on Thursday.

LoopPay, which Samsung acquired in February to set up its payment system, was hit by a hacking incident...

Surface Book: Finally, exciting hardware from Microsoft

From InfoWorld: Analysts like to describe product advances in terms of “tick” and “tock.” Intel and Apple, in particular, seem to run out ahead with a passel of new features -- the “tick” -- and follow that up a year or so later with incremental improvements: the “tock.”

Microsoft's Surface Pro...

Singing a different tune, Pandora plans to buy Ticketfly for $450M

From CNET: Long a solo act, Pandora is ready for a duet.

The Oakland, California, Internet radio company agreed to buy online ticketing agent Ticketfly for $450 million split nearly equally between cash and stock.

"With Ticketfly, we will thrill music lovers and lift ticket sales for artists as...

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