From PC World: As HTC faces shrinking revenue, the smartphone vendor is testing ads over its BlinkFeed media aggregation app, and some users aren’t happy.

On Tuesday, HTC said it had begun rolling out an update to its BlinkFeed app that would include advertisements for users in the U.S., the U.K...

From CNET: Wireless carrier T-Mobile is being shopped around to several companies, and the top cable company in the US might just be the one to get it.

Comcast and Deutsche Telekom are exploring the possibility of the cable provider acquiring T-Mobile, German publication Manager Magazin is...

From DailyTech: At the 2015 E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) made it clear that it wasn't playing favorites, when it came to the much-buzzed-about field of virtual reality (VR) gaming.

Ahead of his company's Monday night keynote, Microsoft corporate vice president (CVP)...

From CNET: "In 2015, everything is a remix." That's what Alex Evans, co-founder of game studio Media Molecule, said onstage at Sony's PlayStation 4 press conference when talking up his company's newest drawing game, Dreams.

In the age of never-ending sequels, remakes and reboots, Sony wore that...

From InfoWorld: Google last week retreated after Chrome users revolted against a change in the browser, saying that it's given up on a radical redesign of the bookmarks manager.

Retreated, yes, but Google has not surrendered.

"Our team is committed to improving Chrome's bookmarks experience, but...

From PC World: With each passing year, the line between mobile and desktop continues to blur. No longer limited to content consumption alone, smartphones and tablets have become powerful tools capable of liberating artists and designers from having to create their best work while chained to a...

From CNET: If at first you don't succeed with the gamer crowd, try, try again.

That's the attitude Sony's mobile division is taking with the Xperia Z4v, a variant of its latest flagship smartphone tweaked exclusively for Verizon Wireless. Sony will once again tout the ability to stream and remotely...

From DailyTech: Midway through the eighth generation of the console wars, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is hard doing its best to close the gap with Japan's Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) Playstation 4 (PS4). The efforts -- including software bundles and a price drop to $399 USD -- appear to be working. Now...

From InfoWorld: Beleaguered smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry could go Android with its next device, abandoning development of its own platform in the interest of getting a more robust ecosystem of apps into the hands of its few remaining users, according to a report from Reuters.

Citing anonymous...

From PC World: Amazon.com has published its first transparency report describing how it has responded to requests from law enforcers for information about its customers.

The company fielded 813 subpoenas, 25 search warrants, 13 court orders and fewer than 250 national security requests from U.S...