From US Magazine: The end of (the) Vine. The video-sharing app is shuttering after three years, the company announced in a post to Medium on Thursday, October 27.

“Since 2013, millions of people have turned to Vine to laugh at loops and see creativity unfold,” the statement reads. “Today, we are...

From ComputerWorld: Apple today reworked its notebook line, boosting the touch-ability of the MacBook Pro line, not by letting users smudge the screen but with an adaptable bar above the top row of keys.

The expected replacement for the row of function keys got the name "Touch Bar," without the...

From eWeek: Pixel and Pixel XL phones are taking longer to get to buyers than estimated earlier due to order numbers that exceeded expectations.
Since going on sale Oct. 20, Google's Pixel and Pixel XL Android smartphones are so popular that several versions are completely out of stock and others...

From EETimes: Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of smartphones and the second-largest chipmaker, said strength in its semiconductor business offset the impact to its mobile phone business caused by exploding batteries in its flagship Galaxy Note 7 products.

South Korea’s largest...

From AnandTech: Today LG and Apple made a joint product announcement of sorts. Apple announced their new MacBook Pro, which uses four Thunderbolt 3 ports for IO. During the launch event, Apple also noted that LG would be launching a new pair of monitors to go along with the MacBook Pro. These new...

From InfoWorld: Oracle has taken its bid for up to $9 billion in damages to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after a judge in a federal court in California recently struck down its bid for a retrial in a copyright infringement suit against Google over the use of Java code in the...

From CNET: The service, which has amplified the voices of everyone from Katy Perry to Republican nominee Donald Trump, remains a niche player. The company's user growth has flat-lined, and efforts to transform the service into a live-streaming hub have yielded mixed results.

Even Twitter's allure...

From PC World: Friday’s massive internet disruption came from hackers using an estimated 100,000 devices, many of which have been infected with a notorious malware that can take over cameras and DVRs, said DNS provider Dyn.

“We are able to confirm that a significant volume of attack traffic...

From CNET: LG has released its financial figures for Q3 2016 and things don't look too rosy. The electronics giant has reported a $381 million loss in its mobile business, due to "weak sales of G5".

LG's shipped a total of 13.5 million smartphones in the quarter, which is down 9% from the same...

From InfoWorld: Apple recorded its third consecutive quarter of lower revenue as it fought lower demand for the iPhone and tough competition from lower-priced competitors.

Revenue in the quarter, between July and September, was $46.9 billion, down 9 percent on the same period last year and exactly...