Top News
Carrier
- ‘Free and open’ Wi-Fi for public in Twin Cities expanding – TwinCities.com
- AT&T and Verizon say 10Mbps is too fast for “broadband,” 4Mbps is enough | Ars Technica
- CenturyLink contemplates buying Rackspace for more than $5 billion | OregonLive.com
- T-Mobile Uncarrier 7.0 focuses on Wi-Fi, in-air and in-home
Phone
- Official Google Blog: Call me maybe? Introducing free voice calls from Hangouts
- 5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise – Slashdot
- Google: ‘Less than 2%’ of login credentials leaked today were valid | 9to5Google
Apple
- Apple’s New iCloud Storage Plans Go Live, Monthly Prices at $0.99 for 20GB, $19.99 for 1TB – Mac Rumors
- Apple Watch uses constant skin contact to validate Apple Pay purchases | 9to5Mac
- Google Voice for iOS updated w/ refreshed design and Hangouts integration | 9to5Mac
Microsoft
- Microsoft agrees to contempt order so e-mail privacy case can be appealed | Ars Technica
- Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft – WSJ
- Microsoft to drop Nokia, Windows Phone brands: Yet another report | ZDNet
Hardware
- Intel 18-Core Haswell-EP Xeon E5 v3 Preview – HotHardware
- Intel demos next-next-gen “Skylake” processors, coming in late 2015 | Ars Technica
- WD leapfrogs Seagate with world’s highest capacity 10TB helium drive, new flash drives | Computerworld
