Video plans take shape for AT&T as mobile phone customer growth slows

From CNET: AT&T is banking that its video, and not its traditional wireless service, will get you to take a second look at the nation's second-largest phone company.

Let's face it, growth in the wireless market, AT&T's bread and butter, isn't what it used to be. That's especially true for the...

Sony targets IoT with acquisition of chip company Altair

From ComputerWorld: Sony has reached an agreement to acquire chip company Altair Semiconductor for $212 million in a bid to strengthen its offering for the Internet of Things market.

Altair, based in Israel, is a developer of modem chip technology and software relating to the LTE (Long Term...

Crazy ultrawide displays from Samsung and LG stretch to epic lengths

From PC World: Fans of multi-monitor desktop setups might want to keep an eye on LG and Samsung, who’ve got a bunch of extreme widescreen panels in the pipeline—ones even longer than the stretched-out LG 34UM67 FreeSync monitor pictured above.

Samsung, for instance, is working on 41-inch and 49...

Amazon rebuffs idea of partnering with PayPal

From CNET: Ever wanted to use PayPal to make purchases on Amazon? Don't hold your breath.

That's the message Amazon Payments' vice president Patrick Gauthier offered in an interview with CNET on Monday when asked whether his company might someday bring PayPal's digital payments service to Amazon...

Global public cloud market expected to hit $204B in 2016

From InfoWorld: The worldwide market for public cloud systems is projected to hit $204 billion this year, a 16.5 percent increase over the $175 billion market in 2015, according to analyst firm Gartner.

"The market for public cloud services is continuing to demonstrate high rates of growth across...

Nvidia, AMD tease secretive new hardware at VR event

From PC World: If secretive new hardware from the big dogs in PC graphics gets your mouth watering, the VRLA virtual reality event in Los Angeles was the place to be this weekend. Both Nvidia and AMD were at the event, showing off unreleased VR-related gear to attendees.

The most surprising...

Twitter shakeup sees departure of top execs

From CNET: Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced the departure of multiple department heads on Sunday, marking the biggest management shakeup since he returned to run the social network in mid-2015.

Leaving the company are head of media Katie Jacobs Stanton, product chief Kevin Weil...

Chromebooks are siphoning market share from Windows PCs

From ComputerWorld: Shipments of PCs with Google's Chrome OS are growing at the expense of Windows laptops and desktops, as the PC market suffers through its biggest slump since 2008.

Especially popular are Chromebooks, which are basic Chrome OS laptops for Web computing. Low-price Chromebooks are...

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