From PC World: Qualcomm announced a pair of Snapdragon processors for midrange phones Monday night with what might be a tinge of embarrassment. Both include eight cores, a strategy derided by a senior Qualcomm exec two years ago as a dumb idea.
There’s nothing inherently wrong about the Snapdragon...
From CNET: By the end of this decade, the battle between the Apple Watch and rival Android smartwatches will be a much tighter one.
That shift will come as consumers get more familiar with smart wearables, still a very new type of gadget for most people, and as those devices surge ahead of more...
From ComputerWorld: Apple today said that iPhone sales, bolstered by the new 6S and 6S Plus models, are "on pace" to break last year's record of 10 million between pre-sales opening and the close of the first weekend of retail.
But the company's claim and the calendar hinted that pre-sales of the...
From CNET: The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are seeing "exceptionally strong" initial demand, Apple said Monday.
Apple launched presales of its latest iPhone lineup on Saturday a minute past midnight, Pacific time, allowing consumers to lock in their purchases in advance of the actual launch...
From ComputerWorld: Microsoft has added to its stable of Android apps with the acquisition of Double Labs, the makers of the Echo Notification Lockscreen, a popular app on Google's mobile platform that helps users control the notifications they see.
Echo replaces the default Android lock screen...
From PC World: Japanese prosecutors have charged the former founder and CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox with embezzling the money of clients. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Mark Karpeles was arrested by police in Tokyo last month, 17 months after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy with...
From DailyTech: While Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) contingent of Windows smartphones may be a small crowd compared to Google, Inc.'s (GOOG) Androids and Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhones, the world's top PC OS maker is hoping Windows 10 will be the gamechanger that will change that.
Inspired by a Insider...
"I do not want a Honda Civic," my friend explained to me. "Everyone has one." Being a former owner of a Honda Civic, "everyone has one" was precisely the reason why I got one. It is popular because it is a great car, otherwise if I wanted to avoid being too mainstream, God forbid, I would end up with a Mitsubishi Lancer. The Honda Civic has always been the poster child for a great balance between affordability, reliability, and driving engagement...
"I have too much chips for my dip. But if I open a new dip, I'll have too much dip for my chips." Have you ever faced a problem like this? Maybe you have poured out a bowl of cereal before remembering there is no milk left, or you are too cold because your air conditioning had been on for too long. All of these situations are what can only be described as rich people problems, or first world problems. In fact, we complain about these so much...
From ComputerWorld: A spat between two security companies shows just how sensitive reporting software vulnerabilities can be, particularly when it involves a popular product.
The kerfuffle between FireEye and ERNW, a consultancy in Germany, started after an ERNW researcher found five software flaws...
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