Doubling down: Amazon investing $3 billion in India

From CNET: As Indians increasingly move to e-commerce to do their shopping, Amazon is giving domestic companies a big reason to worry.

Company CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday announced that his company will be investing an additional $3 billion in India. This takes Amazon's total investment in the...

Lenovo just signed a chip deal that points to a VR future

From InfoWorld: On the eve of its Tech World conference in San Francisco, Lenovo has signed a deal that will allow it to bring virtual reality to more of its products in the future.

The deal allows Lenovo to use Movidius's Myriad 2 vision-processing chip in upcoming devices, bringing capabilities...

HTC says it will ship Vive VR system within three days

From CNET: Ready to have a virtual-reality system in your home this week? HTC says is now selling the Vive online and will ship the gadget internationally within two to three days of purchase.

You can check out the virtual-reality system in person at over 100 retail locations throughout the United...

Verizon to bid $3B for Yahoo’s core Internet business

From PC World: Verizon Communications will be bidding about US$3 billion for the Internet assets of ailing Yahoo, according to a newspaper report.

The communications company will try to beat other potential bidders such as private-equity firm TPG with a deal that would likely aim to combine Yahoo...

Vizio announces a full range of 'smart' Wi-Fi sound bars

From CNET: Vizio has announced its range of 2016 sound bars, which range from a single 38-inch bar to a full 5.1-channel setup, and all now they feature wi-fi streaming as well.

The sound bars begin at $180 for the 38-inch SB3830-D0 "subwoofer-less" sound bar and culminate in two 5.1 systems at...

Samsung plots two bendable phones for 2017, report says

From CNET: Two new Samsung phones with folding screens could be unveiled next year, if a report turns out to be true.

The South Korean tech giant is mulling the release of two phones with bendable screens as soon as 2017, according to Bloomberg, which cites anonymous sources "familiar with the...

AT&T doubles down on 5G with second test location

From CNET: Citizens of Middletown, New Jersey, get ready for a new kind of home Internet service.

AT&T said on Monday that Middletown will join Austin, Texas, as the two locations for using 5G wireless technology as a home broadband service, scheduled for the end of summer. The nation's second...

TiVo Bolt adds out-of-home streaming

From CNET: TiVo has announced that Bolt DVR users now can stream content iOS and Android devices outside of their homes.

Bolt users can now stream programming on-the-go as well as download to devices boasting either iOS 7 or later or Android 4.1 and up. TiVo originally announced the capability at...

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