The smartphone market set a new record with 295.3 million shipments in the second quarter, according to IDC. Here are the top five smartphone brands of Q2.

Microsoft's Developer Experience team, a 13-year-old internal unit that works with third-party developers, is moving to Microsoft's SMSG group, where it'll report to COO Kevin Turner for the first time.

Sure there are risks, but IBM's sale of its chip business will likely be a boon for IBM partners' Power Systems business.

Researchers at Hold Security said it discovered a server containing more than 4 billion records, including 1.2 billion unique login combinations apparently used to support spam campaigns.

According to a study from Oxford Economics, nearly two-thirds of America's corporate leaders believe adoption of cloud computing is good for business.

Stagnate battery development is just about the only thing that holds devices back. Mobility expert Emory Craig talks about potential solutions for weak batteries.

One day after the company dropped its bid to acquire T-Mobile, Sprint named a new President and CEO. Marcelo Claure will take over the highest position of the country's third-largest carrier on Aug. 11.

Hundreds of popular applications in the Apple App Store seek location-tracking permissions, access to contacts, email and other sensitive information, according to a study of more than 500 apps. Is granting permission to an app worth the privacy invasion?

Microsoft's business development duties have been passed around in recent re-orgs, but the company hired 24-year Qualcomm veteran Peggy Johnson to handle them permanently.

VMware’s NSX software defined networking platform is hitting its stride with customers and the channel adoption accelerating at a rapid pace, VMware Network and Security Business Unit General Manager Steve Mullaney said.

Everyone's talking about Linux containers and watching the meteoric rise of Docker. VMware says containers aren't a threat, but partners believe it could become one in the future.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen released a memo to company employees Friday, according to Reuters, stating that the layoff period is over and the company intends to expand its workforce. BlackBerry partners are excited in the change of tune and are looking forward to more good news.

Target said expenses associated with the response to its massive credit card breach last November are expected to reach $148 million, as it tallies the cost of its extensive digital forensics investigation, legal fees, customer outreach and additional security safeguards to reduce the risk of a future breach.

With a pair of eight-core Galaxy Tab S models, Samsung is locked and loaded for the coming tablet wars.

Security researchers at Black Hat will demonstrate weaknesses in VoIP phones, laptops, virtual desktop infrastructure and a variety of other technologies impacting these companies.

Verdasys is renaming itself to its flagship data loss prevention platform, Digital Guardian, a name that businesses recognize, said CEO Kenneth Levine. The company plans to add threat-detection capabilities, he said.

Perry Samson, co-founder of Wunderground and professor at University of Michigan, discusses the opportunities around mobility in the university space. Samson talks about utilizing tablets in lecture halls and big data.

Solution provider GreenPages Technology Solutions CTO Chris Ward delivered the opening keynote kicking off the CloudScape Summit in Portsmouth, N.H., discussing major trends, opportunities and challenges he is seeing in the data center and cloud markets.

Cisco used an online product data sheet rather than the usual press fanfare to unveil its new UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect for scaling its Cisco UCS server architecture to a maximum of 15 servers, fueling speculation that this is the expected "Mini UCS," or at least a prime component.

Microsoft shared details three weeks ago on its plan for providing free Office 365 migration services to customers. But partners say they're more confused than ever about what's actually going to happen.