From PC World: Qualcomm has teased out some more details about its upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, including a refreshed GPU and an image processing unit that could lead to big improvements in smartphone cameras.

The 820 is Qualcomm’s next mobile chip for the high end of the market, due to...

From DailyTech: Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) VAIO line was an interesting proposition. At times it flirted with brilliance in design, hardware, and packaging -- strengths that some believe Apple, Inc. (AAPL) modeled the MacBook family and iPhone after. But the brand was also known to invoke sticker...

From CNET: Samsung hopes to get the jump on Apple. But will it be enough?

On Thursday, Samsung will host its second Unpacked event of the year to introduce its newest phablets, the jumbo-sized hybrids between smartphones and tablets. The company is expected to release the Galaxy Note 5, which will...

From ComputerWorld: Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of 256-gigabit 3D vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memories, clearing the way for higher-capacity memory that doesn't take up more room.

The memory is built on 48 layers of three-bit multi-level-cell (MLC) arrays and offers 32 gigabytes...

From PC World: OnePlus said buyers of its new smartphone in the U.S. and Canada will have to wait longer than originally thought to get their phones.

The new OnePlus 2 goes on sale Tuesday, but there seem to be hiccups around the shipping of the device.

The shipping of the smartphone in the U.S...

From CNET: You would normally laugh off any no-name company's attempt to jump into the brutally competitive smartphone business. But given the pedigree of the members at startup Nextbit, you have to at least be curious.

Nextbit, which began life as a secretive software startup focused on a cloud...

From DailyTech: Sundar Pichai is the new CEO of Google Inc. (GOOG). The maker of the world's most used consumer email webclient, the most used internet search engine, and the world's most used mobile operating system (Android) announced on Monday that CEO Larry Page would be changing roles (more on...

From PC World: As part of its plan to set up to 12 manufacturing facilities in India by 2020, contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group is investing US$5 billion in a factory and other facilities in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

The Indian government has been coaxing foreign...

From CNET: September 9 may turn out to be lucky for Apple again.

Buzzfeed on Friday reported Apple will hold its next product launch the week of September 7, with September 9 being the most likely date. The timing would align with Apple's strategies from previous years -- including the iPhone 6...

From ComputerWorld: A talk about a radio-based privacy device dubbed ProxyHam that promised to allow hackers to connect to Wi-Fi networks from as far as 2.5 miles away was abruptly pulled from the DEF CON schedule by its creator a few weeks ago.

The incident, which some speculated was the result...