From CNET: Microsoft seems to be developing a new application designed to enable "rapid email conversations on your phone with the people who are important to you."

That new application, called Flow, is meant to be an adjunct to Microsoft's Outlook email client, according to a download page for...

From DailyTech: As usual, when it came to the unveiling of the LG G4 -- the fourth generation G Series flagship smartphone -- South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. (KRX:066570)(KRX:066575) opted for a late-spring unveil of its flagship smartphone in the Apr.-May window. The later launch is wise as it...

From InfoWorld: The race to the bottom in cloud computing continues apace, and Google is doing its best to fall the fastest.

The latest Google Cloud Platform revisions have cut prices between 5 and 30 percent for various virtual machine configuration types. Plus, a new VM type, called Preemptible...

From PC World: Apple’s decision not to include Thunderbolt in its super-slim 12-inch MacBook hasn’t discouraged Intel from continuing the development of the high-speed connector technology.

Intel will reveal the “next generation of Thunderbolt” at a press event to be held next month at the Computex...

From CNET: You may know Asus from its laptop business, but when it comes to smartphones in the US, it's strictly, "Asus who?"

Asus is the world's fifth-largest PC manufacturer, but wants to expand its presence in the faster-growing mobile business, where it has a minimal presence in the US. It...

From DailyTech: In its recent publication of the "recommended requirements" Facebook Inc.'s (FB) head mounted display (HMD) subsidiary Oculus VR raised a couple eyebrows in putting a requirement pertaining to Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) "Windows 7 SP1 or newer" -- and then making no mention of Apple...

From ComputerWorld: Google will include a "buy" button in its search results on mobile devices in the coming weeks, said a report on Friday in the Wall Street Journal, a move that could give online shoppers an easier way to buy products on small screens.

The change might also give consumers an...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Friday retreated from earlier statements that owners of counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10 this summer.

Now the company says they won't.

"Our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to non-genuine Windows...

From PC World: Windows 10 isn't ready yet, but when it does roll out this summer most Nvidia GPU-toting gamers will be ready for it. Nvidia recently announced its GeForce DirectX 12 drivers for the GeForce 600 series and up are now certified by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Qualification Lab. WHQL...

From CNET: Those of you looking to buy Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro with the Force Touch trackpad might finally get your wish in just a couple of days.

French blog site MacG reported the news, pegging the information on "reliable sources," as translated by 9to5Mac. If the rumor is true, the...