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Top Stories @PCWorld Jan 28, 2016 Video Kinect sensor translates sign language | PCWorld Microsoft opened its doors to its Beijing research center celebrating the division's 15 year history in the region. Watch Now ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Google's VirusTotal now picks out suspicious firmware • Improved comments come to Google Apps on mobile | PCWorld • Verizon is building for the Super Bowl and staying for the boom • Apple is in a position to overtake Samsung as world's top chip buyer • Outlook for iOS gets a calendar widget as Sunrise's sunset looms • Samsung profit plummets on weak smartphone sales • Like Chromebooks, thumb-size PCs will bloom • Google partners with Movidius to bring machine learning to future mobile devices • As video surges, Facebook considers a dedicated service • Deep learning is coming to your phone through a new Google partnership • Microsoft will preload TripAdvisor onto Windows 10 devices in a bid for relevance • New Android ransomware uses clickjacking to gain admin privileges • 'Doctor Who' is departing Netflix, at least in the U.S. • Box, Dropbox users can now edit Office documents together in real time Google's VirusTotal now picks out suspicious firmware Google's VirusTotal service has added a new tool that analyzes firmware, the low-level code that bridges a computer's hardware and operating system at startup. Read More ▶ Video Improved comments come to Google Apps on mobile | PCWorld Google added new commenting features to its mobile productivity apps for iOS and Android Wednesday. Watch Now ▶ Verizon is building for the Super Bowl and staying for the boom Verizon Wireless is installing nearly 100 cells to make sure its network can handle the crush of a million or more fans around this year's big game in the San Francisco Bay Area. Almost all will stay up after the game's over. Read More ▶ Apple is in a position to overtake Samsung as world's top chip buyer Apple was the world's second largest chip buyer last year, spending over $29 billion, up by 7.1 percent compared to 2014, according to a study released by Gartner on Wednesday. Read More ▶ Outlook for iOS gets a calendar widget as Sunrise's sunset looms Microsoft quietly updated Outlook for iOS on Wednesday, with support for a calendar widget that makes it easy to see your schedule at a glance. Read More ▶ Samsung profit plummets on weak smartphone sales Weak demand for mobile phones and display panels pushed down Samsung's profits last quarter, and the company doesn't expect much improvement this year. Read More ▶ Like Chromebooks, thumb-size PCs will bloom Thumb-size PCs like Intel's Compute Stick are still a novelty, but adoption will grow as TVs and displays increasingly become the center of entertainment and computing. Read More ▶ Google partners with Movidius to bring machine learning to future mobile devices Google will buy low-power machine learning chips and software from Movidius, and contribute to the company's research. Read More ▶ As video surges, Facebook considers a dedicated service Facebook is considering a dedicated service or page where users will be able watch videos and not be bothered by other content. Read More ▶ Deep learning is coming to your phone through a new Google partnership Android phones may soon get a whole lot smarter thanks to a new partnership between Google and chip maker Movidius that promises to bring machine intelligence directly into mobile devices. Read More ▶ Microsoft will preload TripAdvisor onto Windows 10 devices in a bid for relevance TripAdvisor said it will preload its app onto millions of Windows 10 mobile and desktop devices—something that most consumers despise, but a strategy that Microsoft may be forced into. Read More ▶ New Android ransomware uses clickjacking to gain admin privileges A new Android ransomware app called Lockdroid.E is abusing system dialogs to hijack user clicks and grant itself administrator privileges. Read More ▶ 'Doctor Who' is departing Netflix, at least in the U.S. Netflix will lose 'Doctor Who' on February 1, but the show remains available on Hulu. Read More ▶ Box, Dropbox users can now edit Office documents together in real time Business users who rely on cloud storage providers such as Dropbox and Box now have some improved tools in their collaboration arsenal, thanks to a set of integrations that Microsoft announced Wednesday. Read More ▶

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