Apple takes patent battle with Qualcomm to China

From InfoWorld: Apple has filed two new lawsuits against Qualcomm, this time in China, that allege the mobile chip maker abused its market dominance and patents to charge excessively high licensing fees.

Apple is seeking 1 billion yuan ($145 million) in damages from Qualcomm, according to Beijing’s...

HTC confirms that a flagship Snapdragon 835 phone is coming this year

From PC World: Fresh off reports that Samsung's Galaxy S8 would be the first phone to launch with the highly anticipated Snapdragon 835, HTC wants everyone to know it won’t be left behind. Despite the upcoming release of a brand new flagship built on the older 821 architecture, HTC is vowing to...

LG G6 ditches removable battery for water-resistant body

From CNET: LG is looking to play it safe with its next flagship phone.

The company's upcoming G6 phone, which will be unveiled next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, will have a sealed battery like the iPhone and Galaxy S phones, according to a person familiar with the...

Pioneer reveals the first 4K Blu-ray drives for PCs

From PC World: When it comes to Ultra HD Blu-ray players, home theater fans have all kinds of choices including Oppo, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, the Xbox One S, with more to come from companies like LG. Home theater PC owners, on the other hand, have exactly zero choices for a Blu-ray drive—though it...

Cisco snatches AppDynamics from IPO market for $3.7B

From InfoWorld: Cisco has agreed to acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards, scooping up the application performance management company just days before its expected initial public offering. The deal, which Cisco announced late Tuesday, is expected to close by the end...

Apple's iOS 10.3 beta hits with cricket scores, 'Find My AirPods'

From CNET: You'll no longer have to fumble around to find your missing AirPods.

Apple's latest iOS 10 beta update, 10.3, lets you locate your new Apple wireless headphones using the "Find My iPhone" app, undoubtedly making a few of you feel very relieved. The app can play a sound on one or both...

Microsoft's OneDrive for Business gets Mac client, shared folder sync

From PC World: Microsoft gave users and administrators of OneDrive for Business some new features on Tuesday that they’ve requested for a while.

The company also launched a new Mac client for its business-focused cloud storage service that can be deployed outside the confines of the Mac App Store...

HP recalls more than 100,000 batteries for possible overheating

From CNET: HP has recalled more than 100,000 lithium-ion batteries used in its notebook computers, according to a notice Tuesday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall is in addition to one from HP in June, when 41,000 batteries were recalled in the US.

The reason, the CPSC said, is...

Yahoo pushes back timing of Verizon deal after breaches

From InfoWorld: Verizon’s planned acquisition of Yahoo will take longer than expected and won’t close until this year’s second quarter, the internet company said on Monday.

The $4.8 billion deal was originally slated to close in the first quarter, but that was before Yahoo reported two massive data...

Pokemon Go craze finally hits South Korea

From CNET: Pokemon Go shook up the mobile and game worlds like no app before it. But for South Koreans, the Pokemon Go party just started.

Six months after launching in the west, the game was finally released in South Korea on Tuesday, Niantic announced via Twitter.

The cause for delay? Google...

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