Mac shipments slump for third straight quarter

From InfoWorld: According to the two largest technology research firms, Apple sold between 4.4 million and 4.6 million Macs in the second quarter, a year-over-year decline of between 5 percent and 8 percent.

IDC and Gartner both pegged Mac global shipments in the quarter that ended June 30 at lower...

Xiaomi's next big reveal is coming on July 27

From CNET: Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi has something up its sleeve, and it's likely a new budget Redmi phone, if the rumor mill is to be believed.

The company will on Monday start selling tickets to a July 27 press conference in Beijing for about 199 yuan (roughly $30, £20 and AU$40...

AWS buys Cloud9 IDE in snub to Google

From PC World: Amazon Web Services has bought Cloud9, a popular web-based developer environment that recently aligned itself with the Google Cloud Platform.

Cloud9 is a browser-based IDE (integrated development environment) with a fairly rich feature set for building and deploying applications...

Microsoft touts $404 per user savings with Windows 10

From InfoWorld: Microsoft this week said enterprises and organizations could save up to $404 per employee over a three-year span by adopting Windows 10.

That claim came from a company-commissioned analysis done by Forrester Research. After interviewing four Microsoft customers which have begun...

Dish's new Voice Remote for Hopper 3 and 4K Joey is out now for $30

From CNET: Dish's Voice Remote, announced back in January at CES in Las Vegas, is now a reality.

Available to Hopper 3 and 4K Joey customers for $30, the remote allows you to navigate, search and select programming using spoken commands. You can also change channels and record shows using your...

European Union slams Google with more antitrust charges

From PC World: The European Commission has added new antitrust charges against Google in the areas of search and advertising as it continues to investigate into the Internet search giant.

On Thursday, the EC charged Google in a “statement of objections” that it has placed restrictions on the...

Nintendo resurrects the NES with new Nintendo Classic Mini

From CNET: Prepare for a nostalgia overload: Nintendo is resurrecting the classic Nintendo Entertainment System.

The Nintendo Classic Mini, as it's known, looks just like a shrunken NES. But instead of using those fiddly cartridges, it comes with 30 games built in. Hook it up to your TV with an...

Pokemon Go is go in Europe, officially launching in Germany

From CNET: The whole world seems to have gone nuts for Pokemon Go, but if you're in Europe you haven't been able to officially play the hit mobile game -- until now. It's available in Germany on iPhone and Android, with other countries to follow.

European players have been playing the game, but it...

Google hires team from online content sharing service Kifi

From PC World: The team at Kifi, the developer of a service for users to save, collaborate and chat on online content, have joined Google’s Spaces group.

The deal appears to be an 'acquihire' by Google, in which the team from Kifi joins it, without the Internet giant acquiring the company.

Google...

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