While still the world’s leading phone maker, Samsung has struggled with declining mobile sales and market share for the past two years. But, thanks to the strength of its hit Galaxy S7 phones, the Korean tech giant on Wednesday reported a rosy financial outlook. Also on today’s podcast, we talk about Facebook’s initiative to connect …

With Amazon’s second annual Prime Day sales event coming up next week, the e-commerce giant this year for the first time teased out some of its deals. Among the thousands of sales planned, the company on Tuesday mentioned these deals: • Segway MiniPro hoverboard, currently listed for $999 on the site, will be $799. • LSTN Troubadours cherry wood on-ear …

Yahoo’s ongoing effort to sell itself may reach its conclusion this month. A third round of bids from the internet company’s suitors is expected Wednesday, and the final selection process will happen around July 18, Recode reported, citing unnamed sources. The report said Verizon, considered the leading bidder, has AOL head Tim Armstrong leading its negotiations. Quicken Loans founder Dan …

Netflix on Tuesday showed off a trailer for its upcoming documentary series “Last Chance U,” which centers on East Mississippi Community College, one of the most successful but least-known college football programs. All episodes debut globally on Netflix on July 29. The streaming service has been stepping up development of its original shows in hopes of bringing in more subscribers. …

Beleaguered phone maker BlackBerry said Tuesday it will stop manufacturing its BlackBerry Classic phone just 18 months after it launched. While the phone was clearly designed for BlackBerry’s existing base of customers, the company hoped to bring in new users, touting the physical keyboard, messaging hub and longer battery life as attractive features. The phone uses the company’s own BlackBerry …

SoundCloud is updating its Stations, after launching the discovery feature earlier this year. Stations previously allowed users to play a stream of similar music from any track on SoundCloud. Now, folks can start a new Station from an artist’s profile page, too, offering up tracks similar to that musician’s songs. Just like Stations started from tracks, Stations started from an …

Now playing: Watch this: The Amazon Echo Dot is flat-out fantastic 1:32 Alexa’s latest trick: ordering new products off Amazon. The online retailer said Friday that Alexa, the digital voice assistant residing inside the company’s Echo smart speaker and Fire TV, can now be used to order tens of millions of items — from sunscreen to batteries to chocolate — …

Amazon now sells its own baby food. The e-commerce giant has quietly launched its first-ever private-label foods on its website, now selling Happy Belly coffee and Mama Bear baby food. A company spokesperson confirmed that both products are made by Amazon and went on sale in the past few days. The products are only available to Amazon Prime members in …

Time to get ready for Jeff Bezos’ favorite made-up holiday. No, not Festivus — Prime Day. Amazon on Wednesday said Prime Day, a shopping event it introduced last year, is coming back on July 12, starting midnight Pacific Time for US shoppers. As the name suggests, all Prime Day deals are available only to Prime members, who pay $99 a …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon discounts Android phones, if you’re willing to… 1:35 If you could save a few bucks on a new phone by allowing ads on your lockscreen, would you do it? That’s the idea Amazon is pitching with a new offer to its Prime members for two unlocked budget phones. Starting Wednesday, the e-commerce giant will take …