From DailyTech: In late July, IDC provided us with figures detailing the top 5 smartphone vendors worldwide. Samsung found itself atop the list, having shipped 74.3 million smartphones during Q2 2014.

This week, IDC is providing figures outlining how smartphone operating systems are fairing in the...

From InfoWorld: Cisco Systems will cut as many as 6,000 jobs over the next 12 months, saying it needs to shift resources to growing businesses such as cloud, software, and security.

The move will be a reorganization rather than a net reduction, the company said. It needs to cut jobs because the...

From PC World: Lenovo’s growing presence in PCs and smartphones helped the company’s net profit grow 23 percent in the second quarter.

The company reported Thursday that its net profit reached US$214 million, while quarterly revenue increased 18 percent year-over-year to $10.4 billion.

Although...

From CNET: An 8-inch tablet is hitting store shelves for those who prefer an LTE option for an Android-based device.

LG on Thursday announced the launch of the LTE version of its G Pad 8.0 tablet. The device, which looks exactly the same as its previously announced Wi-Fi-only G Pad 8.0, comes with...

From DailyTech: Well, that didn’t take long. Earlier this week, we were given an early glimpse of the Galaxy Note 4 via some leaked photos. The photos revealed a device that shares a similar design language with the newly announced Galaxy Alpha.

Today, the full spec sheet of the Galaxy Note 4 has...

From InfoWorld: A decade-old race to crank up core counts in x86 chips may have lulled, but the competition has just started picking up in ARM processors.

AppliedMicro, which is making 64-bit ARM processors, will put up to 64 cores in its upcoming X-Gene 3 server chip, said Gaurav Singh, vice...

From PC World: Microsoft is tripling down on its Kinect-free approach to the Xbox One with three newly announced bundles including one with a massive 1TB hard drive. The new bundles come less than a month after Microsoft said its console sales had more than doubled after introducing a $400 Xbox One...

From CNET: Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a new mobile card reader, pushing the online retailer deeper into payment services and up against the likes of Square and eBay's PayPal.

The new service, called Local Register, will allow businesses to swipe credit and debit cards using their mobile devices...

From DailyTech: After weeks of leaks, the Samsung Galaxy Alpha smartphone has officially been announced. The Galaxy Alpha represents a new design language for Samsung’s smartphone family, and will be extended to the upcoming Galaxy Note 4 judging by the leaked photos of that 5.7” device.

As we’ve...

From InfoWorld: Apple pioneered the use of 64-bit processors in smartphones, but Nvidia claims its 64-bit Denver chip will be even faster when it appears in devices later this year.

Nvidia shared a few more details about Denver at the Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley on Monday. It's calling...