From DailyTech: The latest operating system market share numbers from Net Applications reveal that Windows 8.x is still struggling to match the pace set by its predecessor, Windows 7. For the month of September, Windows 8’s global market share stood at 5.59 percent while Windows 8.1 had a slightly...

From PC World: Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish company behind mobile game hit Angry Birds, will lay off up to 130 people in its home country.

The company will be laying off about 16 percent of its workforce, Rovio’s CEO Mikael Hed said Thursday.

“We have been building our team on assumptions of...

From CNET: Verizon Wireless customers with a grandfathered unlimited data plan can breath a sigh of relief.

The nation's largest wireless carrier by subscriber base said Wednesday that it would no longer go through with its "network optimization" policy, which was its plan to limit the data speeds...

From DailyTech: Earlier this week, it was revealed that LG has a call-capable smartwatch in development that would follow the existing G Watch and G Watch R. At the time, we surmised that the device would likely continue to use the Android Wear operating system, but it looks like a new challenger...

From PC World: Remember back in June when we told you about a Firefox OS-powered HDTV dongle that was in the works? Well, the device is almost here and it's called Matchstick, according to a blog post on Mozilla's site.

The new dongle is not the work of Mozilla, but the project does have the...

From CNET: Google will soon offer a big perk -- unlimited data storage -- to lure schools and their students to its Google Apps suite of online services.

The Google Drive for Education is an upgrade from the earlier Google Apps for Education service, and like the predecessor, it's free. It will...

From DailyTech: Microsoft has been working on its successor to Windows 8.x, internally labeling the operating system Windows Threshold. Today, Microsoft has announced the official name of the shipping product: Windows 10.

We had been hoping for more “togetherness”, with perhaps “Windows One” being...

From InfoWorld: Lenovo plans on releasing new Yoga tablets and hybrids in time for the end-of-year holiday season, with actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher having a hand in the design and development of the products.

The "innovative and stylish" Yoga products "will become very popular...

From PC World: The giant fish tale of Google's Nexus 6 is getting less murky.

Android Police says it has "new information" confirming the phone will be called the Nexus 6 and sport a 5.9-inch Quad HD display—"Quad HD" typically equals 2560 x 1440 resolution—with 496 pixels-per-inch. That's even...

From CNET: Tablets just aren't as hot as they used to be, according to a report released Tuesday by NPD DisplaySearch.

Demand for tablets is slowing around the world, said the research firm, with shipments forecast to inch up only 2 percent in 2014 compared with 2013. The industry will ship 254...