Gear up: tech's lazy summer gets wild next week

August and July have a reputation for being the slow times. Apple and Google take a breather after their massive developer conferences, consumers are out on vacation, and the drumbeat of the fall’s big events pounds only softly in the cloudy distance.

But not this year.

It’s not just that Apple earnings are tomorrow — hopefully with some hints as to how well the Apple Watch is doing (but don’t hold your breath for any firm numbers). It’s also not just that Samsung up and decided to drop a new premium Android tablet in the dead of night on an unsuspecting world. It’s much more, and next week is going to be nuts. Witness:

Microsoft will have the biggest news next week, though, with the launch of Windows 10. It’s happening on July 29th,...

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