Report: Nearly 90 percent of smartphones worldwide run Android

From PC World: Android just reached a new milestone in its worldwide dominance over iOS.

According to new research from Strategy Analytics, 87.5 percent of smartphones in the world are now running Android. Shipments hit a total of 328.6 million for 3rd quarter of 2016, which is up 10.3 percent up...

Nintendo Switch hitting March 17, report suggests

From CNET: The Nintendo Switch could be here on March 17, according to freelance video game writer Laura Kate Dale, who claims to have an industry source.

While the console's official reveal trailer indicated a March 2017 launch, this may be our best guess yet at a specific date.

Dale does not...

Sprint swaps its music service to Napster from Spotify

From CNET: The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier is shifting its music-streaming partner to Napster, formerly Rhapsody, from Spotify.

It doesn't offer Sprint customers a special deal or preload Napster's app on their phones, but it combines billing onto the phone owner's mobile plan.

The...

Samsung Galaxy Note7 fiasco hits Qualcomm's revenue

From PC World: Samsung's cancellation of the Galaxy Note7 hurt Qualcomm's chip sales, but the company expects other smartphones to fill that void.

The impact of the Note7 fiasco on the company's chip revenue is small, but will ride into the first financial quarter next year, Qualcomm executives...

Cisco positions Spark at the heart of enterprise work

From InfoWorld: The closely watched launch on Wednesday of Microsoft's Teams, a rival to chat platforms Slack and HipChat, shows how important this kind of collaboration is for any company that wants to dominate workday life. Cisco Systems is no exception.

On Tuesday at Cisco's conference for...

Pokemon Go's new update gives you reason to play every day

From CNET: Pokemon Go may have lost some steam, but there are still many millions playing -- and Niantic wants to keep it that way.

The developer announced on Wednesday that it'll soon introduce a daily bonus feature to keep trainers coming back, well, daily. What's more, you'll get an extra big...

Microsoft stops sales of Windows 7 Professional to OEMs

From InfoWorld: Microsoft quietly put an end to sales of Windows 7 licenses to computer makers this week, marking a major milestone for the seven-year-old OS.

According to Microsoft's rules, the Redmond, Wash. company stopped selling Windows 7 Professional or any version of Windows 8.1 to OEMs...

Microsoft to fix Windows flaw exploited by hackers

From CNET: Microsoft said Tuesday that it will issue a fix next week for a Windows vulnerability it says is being exploited by hackers linked to Russia's government.

The company said in a blog post that it would release the fix November 8 as part of its normal patch cycle, adding that a well-known...

Cisco says it'll make IoT safe because it owns the network

From PC World: Cisco Systems is making a play for the fundamental process of putting IoT devices online, promising greater ease of use and security as enterprises prepare to deploy potentially millions of connected objects.

Thanks to a dominant position in Internet Protocol networks, Cisco can do...

Samsung's Galaxy S8 could be mostly screen

From CNET: The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 could have a whole lot of display, at least according to a recent report by Korean publication The Investor.

The report from The Investor, comes after the iMiD 2016 display exhibition that took place in Seoul last week. According to the report, Park Won...

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