Despite Weak Sales, Microsoft Shoots Down Rumor of $349 Xbox One

From DailyTech: Despite Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) PlayStation 4 (PS4) outselling the Xbox One more than three to one in Q2 2014, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it had no additional plans to further cut the price of its console to drive stronger sales.

Rumors of a price cut heated up after the mobile...

Google ships 64-bit Chrome for OS X

From InfoWorld: Google has promoted the 64-bit version of Chrome for Windows to the browser's more stable Beta distribution channel, and boosted Chrome for OS X to 64-bit on the more preliminary Canary and Dev builds.

Chrome for Windows 64-bit shifted to Beta on July 30 after about two months on...

Sprint names new CEO after giving up on T-Mobile buy

From PC World: Sprint has named Marcelo Claure to replace Dan Hesse as president and CEO, after giving up on its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA.

Sprint announced Wednesday that Claure, who joined the company’s board of directors in January, will assume his new role August 11. Claure is the founder...

Google's Gmail to cater to a more global audience

From CNET: Google on Tuesday announced that it's opening up its email service to better support more of the world's languages.

Gmail will now be able to recognize email addresses that use characters from languages such as Chinese and Devanagari, and will also recognize addresses with accented Latin...

Lenovo Outs 6 QHD Vibe Z2 Pro with Huge 4,000 mAh Battery

From DailyTech: LG may have been one of the first to market a QHD smartphone, but Lenovo is looking to crush all competitors with its new Vibe Z2 Pro.

The Vibe Z2 Pro features a massive 6” display — which is QHD of course — and a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of...

Storage maker builds fast SSD to prepare for life after NAND flash

From InfoWorld: Storage technologies much faster than NAND flash aren't expected to reach most smartphones and data centers for years, but preparations are already underway in order to make the most of them when they arrive.

Western Digital's HGST subsidiary is demonstrating one advance in that...

BlackBerry CEO: We Have Completed the Restructuring Process

From DailyTech: BlackBerry’s workforce has been slashed to 40% of its high mark from three years ago, its global smartphone market share has plummeted from 8.8 percent in Q4 2011 to below 1 percent currently, and the company has resorted to a using a quirky Fact Check Portal to counter “ false...

Windows 8's uptake falls again, now slower than dud Vista

From InfoWorld: Windows 8's uptake was stuck in reverse for the second straight quarter as the reputation-challenged operating system fell behind the pace set by Windows Vista six years ago, according to data released Friday.

Web metrics firm Net Applications' figures for July put the combined user...

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