From CNET: iPhone sales grew during the second quarter throughout Europe as well as China, Japan and Australia but dipped in the US, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said in a report released Wednesday.

For the second quarter of 2015, iPhone sales grew by 2.1 percent from the same quarter...

From InfoWorld: An improved attack on the firmware in Apple computers makes them vulnerable to hard-to-detect malware without even being connected to a network, according to a Black Hat conference presentation due to be given later this week.

The new research highlights ongoing weaknesses in the...

From InfoWorld: Acer has come out with new Windows 10 laptops, and they'll arrive with low prices to compete against Google's Chromebooks.

The Aspire One Cloudbook series was announced on Tuesday, and it comes in two screen sizes, 11-inch and 14-inch. The smaller laptop will start at $169, while...

From PC World: Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.

Security researchers at Malwarebytes said they discovered malicious ads planted in Yahoo’s network on Sunday and alerted Yahoo. The malware...

From CNET: Sprint has managed to reverse its customer growth trajectory, but it wasn't enough to fend off T-Mobile.

The Overland Park, Kansas, wireless carrier added 675,000 net new customers in the quarter that ended in July, helped by its wholesale business and a return to growth on the Sprint...

From DailyTech: Alongside the launch of Windows 10 last Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella gave an interview to BBC News. The discussion wandered over several topics, but towards the end it touched on the HoloLens, a Windows 10-powered augmented reality prototype which Microsoft...

From ComputerWorld: Nokia has reached an agreement to sell its Here mapping and location services business to an automotive industry consortium consisting of Audi, BMW Group and Daimler, in a deal that gives the business an enterprise value of €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion).

The deal fits with the...

From InfoWorld: With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft is emphasizing development of universal Windows apps. But an industry analyst questions Microsoft's moving-target universal apps strategy.

The OS provides platform convergence with Windows running on a single, unified core, meaning an app...

From PC World: Now that AT&T owns DirecTV, it’s bundling mobile broadband and satellite TV together at a discount.

Starting August 10, new subscribers can pay $200 per month for four lines of smartphone service with 10GB of shared data, plus DirecTV on four televisions with 145 channels. That’s...

From CNET: Apple is no longer king of the smartphone market in China, according to research firm Canalys.

For the second quarter of the year, local mobile phone vendor Xiaomi bounced back with an estimated market share of 15.9 percent to steal the top spot away from Apple. Fellow Chinese vendor...