PC sales could benefit from Microsoft’s new operating system, coming out later this year. CNET The personal computer didn’t get a good start to the new year. Although things were looking up for PC makers by the end of 2014, with sales stabilizing, PC shipments slumped in the first quarter of 2015, research firms Gartner …

Prime Now is expected to keep expanding in 2015. Amazon Amazon is keeping up the expansion of its one-hour delivery service, saying Thursday it has arrived in parts of Dallas. The e-commerce giant started its Prime Now rapid delivery service in December in parts of Manhattan, letting its Prime members order thousands of products — including batteries, paper towels and …

Amazon is now offering Unlimited Photos and Unlimited Everything plans. Amazon Amazon is bolstering its cloud-storage services to consumers, on Thursday rolling out two new unlimited packages that let users stow away either just photos or every kind of file. The Unlimited Photos plan costs $12 a year, and includes an additional 5 gigabytes of storage for videos or other …

The first HP products with Bang and Olufsen audio will be coming this spring. HP Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with Bang & Olufsen to bring the Denmark company’s audio expertise to HP’s new personal computers, tablets and headphones. Bang & Olufsen replaces Beats as HP’s long-time audio vendor, after Apple — HP’s competitor in PCs — bought Beats for $3 …

Amazon plans to keep growing Prime Now this year. Amazon Amazon is spreading its one-hour delivery service into areas in Baltimore and Miami, expanding from New York City for the first time. The rapid delivery service, which launched in December in parts of Manhattan, allows customers to order tens of thousands of items as common as batteries, paper towels or …

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is the latest company to move into the increasingly crowded smartwatch market. Getty Images TAG Heuer, the 155-year-old Swiss watchmaker, is embarking on a new tradition, with the help of Google and Intel. TAG announced Thursday a new partnership with the two Silicon Valley giants to create a mechanical watch embedded with new tech features. Intel …

Intel’s PC business showed improvement in 2014, but is off to a bumpy start in 2015. James Martin/CNET Intel has slashed its quarterly revenue outlook by nearly $1 billion, as business customers are proving reluctant to upgrade from Windows XP — a popular but now 13-year-old operating system. The company said Thursday it now expects to post $12.8 billion in …

Desktops and laptops have seen some gains in 2014, though IDC doesn’t expect that to last. Sarah Tew/CNET Here comes more bad news for the personal-computer market. On the same day Intel cut its quarterly outlook by nearly $1 billion, researcher IDC trimmed its forecast for worldwide PC shipments this year. It now expects a drop of 4.9 percent to …

IDC says Apple’s iPad business should keep showing weakness in 2015. CNET Things just keep getting worse for tablet makers — especially Apple. Researcher IDC on Thursday chopped its outlook for tablet growth in 2015, now saying device shipments will increase by only 2.1 percent to 234.5 million units, down from its prior estimate of 5.2 percent. That forecast includes …

Apple CEO Cook shows off the new MacBook laptop Monday. Apple Apple on Monday unveiled its newest MacBook, a super-thin and light device that could help it keep demand going for its sleek but high-priced Mac computers. “We challenged ourselves to reinvent the notebook,” CEO Tim Cook said at a press event in San Francisco. “And we did it.” Apple …