Steam updated to improve how user reviews work

From CNET: Valve has updated its Steam platform so that user reviews will "better describe the current customer experience in games." In a post on the Steam website, Valve admitted that "it isn't always easy to tell what the current experience is like in a game months after release" based on user...

Microsoft's Solair acquisition could expand its IoT services

From :ComputerWorld Microsoft dove deeper into Internet of Things technology on Tuesday with the acquisition of Solair, an Italian company that operates a cloud-based IoT platform.

According to a Microsoft blog post, Solair's technology will be used to upgrade the company's Azure IoT Suite, a...

Report: HTC to finally launch Android Wear smartwatch in June

From PC World: A big hole in HTC’s product portfolio is an Android Wear smartwatch. Rumors have floated around about one for a while, but we now have a few indications this may getting closer to reality.

According to the typically spot-on Evan Blass, the company’s first watch will launch in June...

Amazon's bolts and beakers business is booming

From CNET: The Seattle e-retailer, which grew by selling baby wipes and smartphone cases to consumers, is now expanding its influence selling industrial and commercial supplies to companies, too. After quietly building out Amazon Business, its marketplace catering specifically to enterprises large...

Dell plus EMC has a name: Dell Technologies

From InfoWorld: Dell's planned $67 billion acquisition of EMC will create a broad collection of businesses called Dell Technologies.

Under that umbrella, the pure Dell name will live on in the company's client business, including its PCs, while its enterprise infrastructure division will be called...

Intel's Atom architecture lives on despite mobile chip cancellations

From PC World: Intel’s Atom processor architecture will live on despite the recent cancellation of next-generation smartphone chips.

The chip maker will continue the development and use of the processor architecture, which stresses power efficiency, though the chips may not necessarily carry the...

Uber hit by America-wide class-action lawsuit

From CNET: Uber has just settled class-action suits in Massachusetts and California, and now the company is facing similar suits from Uber drivers in all other states across America. The suit, which was filed on Sunday with the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeks to...

Qualcomm brings big brains to mobile devices with deep-learning tool

From ComputerWorld: Qualcomm has talked about putting "silicon brains" in mobile devices and is now providing tools to train smartphones to recognize people, objects, gestures and even emotions.

Phones like Samsung's Galaxy S7 and LG's G5 that use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chips will get deep...

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 finally gets a release date

From InfoWorld: Database fans, start your clocks: Microsoft announced Monday that its new version of SQL Server will be out of beta and ready for commercial release on June 1.

The news means that companies waiting to pick up SQL Server 2016 until its general availability can start planning their...

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