From ComputerWorld: Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory identity management platform now allows businesses to authenticate customers using popular consumer applications, such as Facebook and Google’s suite of services.

Research firm Gartner’s recent Magic Quadrant named Azure AD one of the leading...

From InfoWorld: Apple may not be the first name that comes up when you think about security, but iOS 9 shows the company has mobile security squarely in mind.

The latest Apple security push began in 2013 with Touch ID, the fingerprint recognition sensor built into the iPhone 5S. Then Apple...

From PC World: Corsair has long joked that it makes almost everything you need to build a PC—except for the CPU, GPU, and motherboard. Well, take one more thing off that list.

Corsair just introduced its own factory liquid-cooled, overclocked, GeForce GTX 980 Ti card. Called the Hydro GFX, the new...

From InfoWorld: Facebook this week is open-sourcing Relay, which provides data-fetching for React JavaScript applications. The move could open up new possibilities for the technology, Facebook engineers said.

Accessible on GitHub, Relay is a JavaScript framework for developing data-driven...

From PC World: Spotify Running is finally here for Android.

The feature serves up a mix of tunes that sync up with your running pace, with the goal of encouraging you to keep going and of course discover new music. As is often the case, the feature launched first on the iPhone.

Spotify says it...

From CNET: Hewlett-Packard announced Tuesday that it plans to cut another 25,000 to 30,000 jobs as the once-iconic company prepares to split into two publicly traded companies.

The cuts, which amount to about 10 percent of the company's 300,000-employee global workforce, will primarily impact the...

From ComputerWorld: Xerox today announced two new printed packaging labels that can store 36 bits on rewritable memory. The labels are aimed at combating counterfeiting and helping businesses and government better secure products as they are distributed.

The two printed electronic labels, which...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft today sent invitations to analysts and the press for an Oct. 6 event in New York City where it's expected to unveil the next-generation Surface Pro.

"We have some exciting news to share about Windows 10 devices," the invitation read.

Microsoft will also live-stream the...

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...