From DailyTech: The word on the street is that Apple is set to make its largest acquisition to date, and at first blush it seems like an unlikely pairing. The Financial Times initially reported this afternoon that Apple would soon announce that it is acquiring Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion...

From InfoWorld: Google has snapped up startup Stackdriver that offers a service for developers to monitor apps and services on the cloud.

Stackdriver is joining the company's cloud platform team, Google said Wednesday, without providing the financial details of the transaction.

The teams will be...

From PC World: Asus may launch its first wearable device in this year’s third quarter in line with its growing reliance on devices like smartphones and tablets to drive sales.

The company’s CEO Jerry Shen indicated that a wearable product was in the cards on Wednesday during an earnings call. “In...

From CNET: AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens isn't fazed by the rhetoric over the competitive environment and so-called price war.

"The competition is more noisy than disruptive," Stephens said at an investor conference held on Thursday.

T-Mobile's offer to pay off the early termination...

From DailyTech: It looks as though Nintendo just can’t catch a break this decade, having just reported its third straight full year of losses. For fiscal 2013, Nintendo had an operating loss of $457 million and net loss of $228 million as sales of its Wii U continue to sputter in the marketplace....

From InfoWorld: After flirting with the idea for more than a year, Advanced Micro Devices has finally provided concrete details for bringing Android to its chips as the company looks to support more operating systems beyond Windows.

AMD will support Android on its 64-bit ARM-based chips starting...

From PC World: Japanese mobile carrier Softbank posted solid earnings for the year to March 31 on Wednesday, with net profit up 34 percent.

The country’s third-largest mobile phone carrier booked net profit of ¥586.15 billion (US$5.8 billion), up from ¥438 billion a year earlier.

Income at its...

From CNET: Samsung's Galaxy S5 might soon have a complement that could appeal to those who are looking for a slightly different device design.

Samsung on Tuesday accidentally posted a new Galaxy S5 design that comes with more colors and a smaller footprint, according to @EvLeaks, which posted a...

From DailyTech: MSI has announced that it will be rolling out a pair of new gaming notebooks soon including the GS60 Ghost Pro and GS70 Stealth Pro. Both of the machines are aimed at mobile gamers and feature GeForce graphics, 4th gen Core i7 processors, and plenty of features to keep you busy....

From InfoWorld: Lenovo is bringing a unique design to Chromebooks with the N20p Chromebook, which has a touchscreen that can rotate roughly 300 degrees to a "stand mode."

In close proximity, the stand mode also makes the Chromebook convenient to view media content, said Robert Eckard, Lenovo's...