First software update for Apple Watch includes critical security fixes

From PC World: You might not be used to the idea of a watch endangering your digital life, but you should: Apple’s first update for Watch OS includes 14 security patches, and they’re not trivial.

Watch OS 1.0.1, released Tuesday, brings several performance improvements and support for additional...

Microsoft may be building a lightweight email app called Flow

From CNET: Microsoft seems to be developing a new application designed to enable "rapid email conversations on your phone with the people who are important to you."

That new application, called Flow, is meant to be an adjunct to Microsoft's Outlook email client, according to a download page for...

Google one-downs Amazon with new cloud price cuts

From InfoWorld: The race to the bottom in cloud computing continues apace, and Google is doing its best to fall the fastest.

The latest Google Cloud Platform revisions have cut prices between 5 and 30 percent for various virtual machine configuration types. Plus, a new VM type, called Preemptible...

Intel to reveal 'next-generation' Thunderbolt connector at Computex

From PC World: Apple’s decision not to include Thunderbolt in its super-slim 12-inch MacBook hasn’t discouraged Intel from continuing the development of the high-speed connector technology.

Intel will reveal the “next generation of Thunderbolt” at a press event to be held next month at the Computex...

Asus chairman: Unlocked phones will unlock the US market for us

From CNET: You may know Asus from its laptop business, but when it comes to smartphones in the US, it's strictly, "Asus who?"

Asus is the world's fifth-largest PC manufacturer, but wants to expand its presence in the faster-growing mobile business, where it has a minimal presence in the US. It...

Google looks ready to join the 'buy' button trend

From ComputerWorld: Google will include a "buy" button in its search results on mobile devices in the coming weeks, said a report on Friday in the Wall Street Journal, a move that could give online shoppers an easier way to buy products on small screens.

The change might also give consumers an...

Microsoft's latest on Windows 10 to pirates: No deal

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Friday retreated from earlier statements that owners of counterfeit copies of Windows 7 and 8.1 will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10 this summer.

Now the company says they won't.

"Our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to non-genuine Windows...

Nvidia says its GeForce drivers are Windows 10-ready

From PC World: Windows 10 isn't ready yet, but when it does roll out this summer most Nvidia GPU-toting gamers will be ready for it. Nvidia recently announced its GeForce DirectX 12 drivers for the GeForce 600 series and up are now certified by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Qualification Lab. WHQL...

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