Intel looks to replace headphone jacks with Type-C connector

From ComputerWorld: Intel this week revealed plans to create an upgraded USB Type-C connector that would enable audio input and output, potentially replacing the long-standard 3.5 millimeter headphone jack used in today's electronic devices.

Intel, which revealed its plans during a lecture at its...

HTC doubles down on virtual reality with new Vive X accelerator

From ComputerWorld: HTC on Tuesday announced it will lead a $100 million virtual reality accelerator fund to cultivate the VR ecosystem by supporting startups.

The move could be another boost to the development of enterprise applications and uses for VR, analysts said. VR is already being used in...

IBM lines up all-flash storage to help power cognitive computing

From InfoWorld: IBM is expanding its flash storage lineup to power cloud data centers that carry out so-called cognitive computing.

The company's newest FlashSystem arrays, introduced Wednesday, combine its fast and relatively affordable FlashCore technology with a scale-out architecture designed...

Apple sales drop as iPhone shipments decline for first time ever

From CNET: Apple on Tuesday reported its first-ever drop in iPhone sales, with fiscal second-quarter unit shipments down 16 percent to 51.2 million. That's lower than the 61.1 million the company sold the same time last year, though it is in line with the 51 million analysts expected Apple to sell...

AMD Radeon Pro Duo grabs top graphics spot for now

From PC World: AMD's Radeon Pro Duo is here. On Tuesday morning, the company formally unwrapped its much-anticipated and highly delayed dual-GPU card, giving it—at least for now—the fastest graphics card on the planet.

With an asking price of $1,500—making it the most expensive modern consumer...

Nokia to buy connected-health gadgets firm

From ComputerWorld: Nokia is paying 170 million euros ($191 million) to acquire French fitness gadgets company Withings in a bid to get into the digital health market.

For the Espoo, Finland company, which sold its handset business to Microsoft two years ago, and has been since mainly in the area...

Dropbox wants to stretch desktop file storage to infinity

From InfoWorld: Dropbox has a futuristic vision for how its users will be able to share massive files and have quick access to them on their computers, without their hard drives overflowing.

The cloud storage company announced a new initiative at its Open conference in London on Tuesday called...

T-Mobile stays on a roll as new customers flock to it

From CNET: T-Mobile ended another quarter sweeping in a hefty number of subscribers -- and it logged a profit to boot.

For the first quarter of 2016, the company added a net total of 2.2 million customers, the sixth time in the past seven quarters its net additions surpassed 2 million subscribers...

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