Google wants to solve the Android update problem once and for all

From InfoWorld: If there’s one thing we hate about Android phones, it’s the lack of regular and speedy updates for all but Google’s own Pixel series. Whenever a new version of Android comes out, even just a small one, it takes LG, Samsung, Sony, HTC, and everyone else months to push out an update to...

Western Digital dispute with Toshiba heads for arbitration

From PC World: Western Digital is seeking arbitration, demanding that its consent has to be taken before Toshiba can go ahead with plans to sell a stake in its memory business to raise funds.

The storage technology company acquired SanDisk last year and has been rumored to be a bidder for a stake...

Spotify could come to the NYSE by early 2018

From CNET: Spotify's music business might be streaming onto the New York Stock Exchange either in time for the holidays or the new year.

The streaming music company is looking at going public as a direct listing by either late 2017 or early 2018, according to CNBC's sources.

Joining as a direct...

Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 Review (Page 1 of 4)

Spring is in the air. The snow is finally gone from the yard, and the city trees are beginning to bud with leaves. On another front, university has wrapped up for the semester, and many students have begun the process of spring cleaning in preparation for the trek home to friends and family. There are many different ways and styles people go about performing their spring cleaning. Many people bring out the dusters and mops to start making their...

T-Mobile, Sprint may look to get together again

From CNET: Rivals T-Mobile and Sprint may end up on the same team.

The companies are in early talks with each other about a deal to consolidate, according to Bloomberg. Executives from Sprint's parent, SoftBank, and T-Mobile's parent, Deutsche Telekom, have also been in "informal contact,"...

Microsoft's new mobile app enables Windows developers to test on iOS

From InfoWorld: Mobile developers building apps for iOS and Android have some new tools from Microsoft designed to make their lives easier. On Thursday, the company unveiled a series of apps and services, including one that's designed to let Windows-based developers test iOS apps from their PCs...

Certain HP laptops are found recording users' keystrokes

From PC World: Over two dozen HP laptop models have been secretly recording users’ keystrokes, possibly by mistake, according to a Swiss security firm.

The keylogger is found within the PCs' audio driver software and has existed since at least Dec. 2015, the security firm Modzero said in a Thursday...

Intel's Itanium, once destined to replace x86 in PCs, hits end of line

From InfoWorld: It's the end of the line for Intel's Itanium chip, a troubled processor family that spawned many product delays and bad blood between HP and Oracle.

Intel on Thursday started shipping its latest Itanium 9700 chip, code-named Kittson, in volume. It's the last of the Itanium chips...

Snap loses $2.2 billion (yes, billion) in earnings debut

From CNET: The social media app and "camera company" behind Snapchat is a cryptic one. Hell, if you're over the age of 35, you probably don't even know how it works.

And while we got a sense of its performance in over the past two years through its Securities and Exchange Commission filing for its...

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