From PC World: Microsoft is cleaning house in the Windows Store, enacting policies that could see some apps removed as it tries to reduce clutter and ensure fair pricing ahead of the Windows 10 launch later this year.

The new policies, designed to make it easier for users to find quality apps, will...

From CNET: Avago Technologies and Broadcom, which build components tucked into electronics gear you're probably using, are headed for a merger.

Avago will acquire Broadcom for $37 billion, including $17 billion in cash and $20 billion in Avago stock, and join the two firms into a new company known...

From DailyTech: Combine smartphones and comic books and what do you get? The Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man Limited Edition from Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935). Samsung unveiled the device online, but left one very big question unanswered. But before I get to that's let's...

From InfoWorld: The administration of President Barack Obama sided with Oracle in a dispute with Google on whether APIs, the specifications that let programs communicate with each other, are copyrightable.

Nothing about the API (application programming interface) code at issue in the case...

From PC World: Microsoft apps will soon come pre-installed on more Android devices thanks to 20 new partnerships the company has forged with tablet makers around the world. The group of global and regional partners, which includes LG, Sony, Haier and Wortmann, will pre-install Word, Excel...

From CNET: The inaugural Lenovo Tech World event is set to kick off on May 28 in Beijing. Lenovo aims to use the event to show off its vision for how computing technology will develop over the next five years, but the company also has some more immediate announcements to share.

Lenovo has revealed...

From DailyTech: One of the key control elements of Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) smartwatch is its Force Touch technology. The technology has also made its way into the new 12 inch Macbook and the refreshed MacBook Pro models. Now another report offers a more detailed description of how sources say iOS 9...

From ComputerWorld: Android developers who want to keep tabs on how their apps appear to Google's search engine got a couple of new tools on Friday.

Targeting those who participate in its App Indexing initiative, Google updated its newly renamed Search Console (formerly known as Webmaster Tools)...

From PC World: Sony’s new flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z4, will be called the Xperia Z3+ when it goes on sale outside Japan in June. The phone has a sleeker design, faster processor and better front camera than the Z3 it replaces.

Like the Z4, the Xperia Z3+ was announced with little fanfare...

From CNET: When one door closes, another opens.

That's the mantra Time Warner Cable must be saying on Tuesday after Charter Communications announced that it will merge with the cable provider and form a new firm known for now as "New Charter."

If successful, the newly formed company would combine...