Phone & Tablet
- BlackBerry’s next major smartphone will have a Siri-like virtual assistant | The Verge
- [Updated] Nvidia’s New Product Is A Shield Tablet With Tegra K1, Designed For PC And Android Gaming – Forbes
- Ultimate Quest
- Beat by LG: new mid-range smartphone drops the G3’s size and specs | The Verge
- Samsung to manufacture Qualcomm mobile app processors
Microsoft
- Lumia 530: Microsoft’s latest low-cost smartphone with Windows Phone 8.1 – Tech2
- Microsoft: Xbox One sales double in US following Kinect unbundling | Ars Technica
- Microsoft’s relationship with Android just got less complicated | ZDNet
- Microsoft starts taking EU ‘right to be forgotten’ requests | Reuters
- Microsoft to close Xbox Entertainment Studios | ZDNet
- Beyond 12,500 former Nokia employees, who else is Microsoft laying off? | ZDNet
- Microsoft layoffs of 18,000 employees begin | ZDNet
- Microsoft delivers OneNote for Amazon Fire Phone, Kindle Fire tablets | ZDNet
Amazon
- Amazon’s cloud price war with Google is starting to hurt – Quartz
- Is Kindle Unlimited worth it? – The Washington Post
- Amazon Quietly Launches Its Consumer-Facing Mobile Wallet App, Amazon Wallet | TechCrunch
- Introducing Amazon Fire Phone — Includes One Year of Prime – YouTube
- Google gives an early look at completely new Chrome OS experience dubbed Project Athena | 9to5Google
- Google+ Ends Ban On Fake Names – InformationWeek
- Google’s $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed — joins YouTube for new video empire | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi
- Motorola and Google reportedly developing a 5.9-inch Nexus phone codenamed ‘Shamu’ | 9to5Google
Other News
- Netflix testing privacy mode, for your incognito viewing needs | Android Authority
- Facebook testing Buy button that lets you shop without leaving Facebook | The Verge
- French blogger fined €1,500 for writing negative restaurant review | Ars Technica
- House approves Senate’s bill to legalize phone unlocking
