The Internet of Things is coming on strong in China, thanks to Huawei. The Internet of Things Consortium China’s Huawei Technologies is ramping up its claim on the Internet of Things market with a new operating system, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker announced Wednesday. Dubbed LiteOS, the operating system is designed to run on …

LG Display, the screen-making subsidiary of LG, is dedicated to OLED panels, and it has unveiled an impossibly thin television to prove it. At a press event in its home country of Korea on Tuesday, LG Display showed off a “wallpaper” proof-of-concept television. The 55-inch OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display weighs 1.9 kilograms and is less than a millimeter thick. …

YotaPhone 2 is now available for early adopters on Indiegogo. Yota Devices The YotaPhone 2, a device that has yet to hit store shelves in the US, is now available on Indiegogo. The YotaPhone 2, one of the more interesting smartphones on the market, comes with a standard LCD display on the front and an e-ink screen on the back. …

Google’s YouTube Kids app is again under fire from child advocacy groups. But this time around, the charges are far more serious. The Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) issued a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying that the YouTube Kids app is “rife” with content that is not only …

Xiaomi brings its Mi Store to the US and Europe. Xiaomi The 5-year-old upstart Xiaomi, whose smartphones and tablets have been hot commodities in China, is now opening up shop in the US and Europe — but without those smartphones and tablets. On Monday evening, Xiaomi will launch an online marketplace for US consumers through which it will offer a …

A look at a spliced-together time-lapse video. University of Washington Google and the University of Washington have created 11,000 time-lapse videos showing the evolution over time of some of the world’s landmarks — all with help from the photos you may have taken. The researchers and Google, teamed up to create 10,728 time-lapse videos (PDF) showing how landmarks around the …

A look at the basic menu on Panasonic’s Viera Smart TV, which is powered by Firefox OS. Mozilla Mozilla, the organization best known for its Firefox browser, is bringing its other creation — Firefox OS — to a big-screen set near you. The first line of Panasonic Viera Smart TVs, which run on Firefox’s operating system for smartphones and tablet …

‘Mob Wives’ may be getting the ax on Amazon’s Instant Video service. Amazon Amazon isn’t on the lookout for reality series in a streaming-video deal it’s negotiating with Viacom, a new report says. The e-commerce giant, which operates the Amazon Prime Instant Video streaming service, is looking to kick several reality shows from its service, including “Teen Mom” and “Mob …

PayPal Here, a credit card reader, is just one of many ways the company is competing in digital payments. PayPal It won’t be long before PayPal goes back to its familiar home on the Nasdaq. PayPal will begin trading on the exchange in the second half of 2015 under the ticker symbol “PYPL,” the company announced Thursday. The ticker is …

Facebook is requiring its contractors to be more employee-friendly than ever. Facebook The world’s largest social network has launched a new initiative that will require the companies it works with to provide a higher level of pay and benefits. The initiative, which began on May 1 but wasn’t announced until Tuesday, will require that Facebook’s contractors pay employees a $15 …