Windows 10 upgrades are slowly but surely making their way to devices. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft’s brand-new Windows 10 operating system is now running on millions of computers and tablets around the world. Windows 10 is now running on over 14 million devices, Microsoft announced in a blog post on Thursday. According to Microsoft …
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Sony chief Kazuo Hirai was once high on smartphones. Now, he wants to focus efforts elsewhere. CBS Interactive Sony’s troubles in mobile are cutting deeply into the company’s pockets, a second-quarter earnings release shows. Sony’s Mobile & Communications division, which includes the sale of smartphones, saw revenue decline by 16.3 percent year-over-year to $2.3 billion (PDF). The division’s operating loss, …
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IBM’s Watson computer is aiming to make you healthier with a new partnership with CVS. IBM IBM has teamed up with CVS Health, the operator of thousands of drugstores across the US, in a bid to more accurately predict a person’s health troubles and provide advice. The two companies have formed a partnership that will feed IBM’s Watson “cognitive computing” …
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Samsung scored a big victory against Smartflash, pushing down the road their pending patent battle. CNET Samsung has won an important victory against patent holder Smartflash that may ultimately save the company hundreds of millions of dollars. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Thursday that the lawsuit Smartflash has filed against Samsung alleging patent infringement …
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Android for Work will be running on the Silent Circle Blackphone 2 this fall. Silent Circle Silent Circle, a small handset maker that builds devices aimed at maximizing privacy, has signed on with Google’s new business-focused Android tool. Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 smartphone will support Android for Work, the company announced on Thursday. The feature will allow Blackphone 2 owners …
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LG’s television business had a rough second quarter, but the company doesn’t expect its issues to last long. LG LG Electronics, which sells everything from televisions to smartphones to refrigerators, had a tough but still slightly profitable second quarter. The South Korea-based electronics giant tallied 13.9 trillion Korean won ($16.2 billion) in sales during the second quarter (PDF), down 7.6 …
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Facebook is sharing diversity training it provides to its employees with the outside world. Facebook Facebook, the world’s largest social network, wants to eliminate “bias” in the hiring process — and not just at Facebook. Facebook on Tuesday launched a new page called “Managing Unconscious Bias,” which features a training course and several informational videos aimed at improving diversity in …
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Your inbox won’t be infiltrated by so many LinkedIn emails any longer. LinkedIn LinkedIn users are apparently tired of receiving so many emails from the professional social network. Now, the site is responding. LinkedIn has cut emails sent to users by 40 percent, Aatif Awan, the company’s senior director of product management, wrote in a blog post on Monday. For …
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As Reddit goes through major changes, it has lost the head of its community — the latest in a long line of departures. Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET Yet another Reddit employee is headed out the door. Reddit’s head of community, Jessica Moreno, said Tuesday that her decision to go was a difficult one, with the community forums site in the …
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Internet.org is all about providing users free access to the Web. And now more operators can get in on the project. Internet.org Internet.org, the brainchild of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, will now make it easier for wireless carriers to join the platform. In a blog post celebrating Internet.org’s first birthday on Sunday, Facebook announced that it’s opening up the platform …
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