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Microsoft’s Surface Hub collaboration tool delayed until 2016

While it was supposed to ship next month, Microsoft now says the mega-display and conferencing tool will be held back until January

Google spotlights, open-sources experimental Android apps

The company wants developers to submit their apps for Android devices, including smartwatches

Google spotlights, open-sources experimental Android apps

Has Chrome OS become ugly?

In today's open source roundup: Has Google made Chrome OS ugly? Plus: The new Solus distribution will be available October 1. And DistroWatch reviews antiX 15

Twitter sees surge in government requests for account information

Twitter has expanded its latest Transparency Report to include information on trademark notices and email providers' privacy practices

Salesforce showcases enterprise Apple Watch apps

Third parties are linking apps for the wearable to Salesforce cloud data

Alphabet likely won’t absorb Google Cloud Platform, Compute Engine

Google's cloud business are unlikely to be spun out -- further evidence Google is less transformative and groundbreaking than it ought to be

Symantec finally sells Veritas for $8 billion to investment group

Both Symantec and the separated Veritas are betting big on the cloud

Samsung mass produces 256Gb 3D vertical NAND chips

The flash memory doubles the density of conventional 128Gb NAND flash chips, according to Samsung

Build a reusable REST API back end

Building custom APIs for every mobile, Web, and IoT project drives up costs and risk; there’s a better way