Here s what the tech world is talking about this morning:
Forget a spinoff, Symantec is outright selling its Veritas business for $8 billion in cash
Silicon Valley is still abuzz after Larry Page s announcement yesterday of Alphabet, a new conglomerate that will oversee Google and its wide-ranging offshoots.
Sorry Google, alphabet.com is already taken — by BMW.
StumbleUpon will lay off about 70 percent of its workforce after failing to get new funding round.
Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and others are seeking to fight a potentially overreaching new anti-piracy lawsuit.
Google will reportedly launch an affiliate program for Google Play, starting with music and movie content.
Microsoft says it will soon fix the bugs in Windows 10 store apps.
One research firm is predicting zero growth for iPhone sales in Apple s fourth quarter, thanks to China s weakening economy.
While still No. 1, Apple s share of mobile enterprise market slips.
Tesla is recruiting hackers to better protect its connected cars.
Silicon Valley s hottest new startup is for . . . a shower head?
So what s Apple s taste in music, according to its Beats 1 streaming station?
At top: Sundar Pichai, seen in this 2015 file photo, will become CEO of Google s core business. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
