From CNET: Samsung's Gear S smartwatch, which lets you to make calls, receive notifications and check emails when not tethered to a smartphone, is heading to US store shelves next week.

Samsung on Thursday said the Gear S will be available in the US starting on November 7. The smartwatch will be...

From DailyTech: The newest members of Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha lineup of smartphones were first revealed in early October via photo leaks, but the South Korean electronic giant is now ready to officially reveal its new 4.5” and 5” offerings.

Following its dreadful earnings report yesterday, Samsung...

From InfoWorld: At long last, HTML5 today reached the official Recommendation stage, meaning the World Wide Web Consortium finally endorsed it as an official standard, even as the technology already is in use in browsers. But there is more work to be done, with the "Open Web Platform" expected to...

From PC World: Phones from Xiaomi still haven’t arrived in the U.S., but the company’s booming sales in China have been enough to make it the third largest smartphone vendor in the world.

Xiaomi reached the ranking, behind Apple and Samsung, in the third quarter, said research firms IDC and...

From CNET: Samsung's third-quarter results were just as bad as the company warned, as tougher competition caused profits to tumble 74 percent year-over-year in its mobile business.

Overall, the South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday reported a 60 percent drop in company-wide operating profit -...

From DailyTech: Hewlett-Packard may be struggling to find its way as a company, but that isn’t stopping the it from thinking outside of the box when it comes to PCs. HP has just introduced its new Sprout PC which is unlike any other all-in-one desktop PC that you’ve seen before.

The device...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft will launch its next version of Office for Windows in the second half of 2015, according to an online report.

ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley first reported on comments made by Julia White, general manager of marketing for Office and Office 365, at Microsoft's Tech Ed Europe...

From PC World: Strong demand for its flagship G3 boosted LG Electronics’ overall smartphone shipments to a record 16.8 million in the third quarter.

The results appear to be sharply in contrast with that of rival South Korean company Samsung Electronics, which in its earnings guidance earlier this...

From CNET: iOS 8 adoption continues to creep up, though it's not setting any speed records.

Updating the stats on its App Store Distribution page on Tuesday, Apple revealed that iOS 8 adoption is up to 52 percent, with iOS 7 at 42 percent and older versions collectively at 5 percent. The numbers...

From DailyTech: After weeks of leaks and teases, the Motorola Droid Turbo has finally been announced. As we previously reported, the Droid Turbo is a specs monster, boasting 48 hours of battery life and the ability to capture an 8-hour charge in 15 minutes with its included Turbo Charger wall...