Hands on: The Google+ Android app is a winner

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	Hands on: The Google+ Android app is a winner An Android app allows Google+ members to keep up with the new social networking service on their smartphones. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Get Your Data Moving With the advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), the potential now exists to converge storage traffic onto a common unified data center fabric to achieve lower costs, simpler deployment, as well as greater flexibility and performance. Register Now! In this Issue Google starts tweaking Chrome for OS X Lion Jonny Evans: BBC plots global iPlayer for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV? JR Raphael: Hands on: Google's Android 3.2 upgrade Jonny Evans: Apple ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook Air Pro seems inevitable InfoWorld review: Mac OS X Lion, more than multitouch French security firm bashes Microsoft for talking up Mac malware Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple iPhone 5 ships US September 5 Amazon caves to Apple, drops Kindle's in-app button JR Raphael: Triple Tablet Giveaway: Win a free LG G-Slate! Preston Gralla: Why the Google+ Android app leaves the Facebook app in the dust Mozilla mobile OS may face future patent battles, says expert App Store, Android Market spur explosive app download growth VIDEO: Cisco Leadership Through Innovation True innovators need to do more than develop ideas. They must shape those ideas into tools that will help customers improve their own businesses. True leaders need to do more than bring successful products to market. They must partner with their customers to help ensure their success. Cisco can help. Learn More> Google starts tweaking Chrome for OS X Lion Google yesterday updated Chrome to work better in Apple's Lion OS, adding support for the operating system's default two-fingered page-swiping gesture. Read More Jonny Evans: BBC plots global iPlayer for iPad, iPhone, Apple TV? The BBC quietly plans to bring its popular iPlayer TV service globally to Apple's iPhone and Apple TV in a move sure to please international audiences and one which potentially suggests future support for apps on the set-top box.   Read More JR Raphael: Hands on: Google's Android 3.2 upgrade Android 3.2 is making its way to Honeycomb tablets right now. Here's a detailed look at what the upgrade includes and how well it performs.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook Air Pro seems inevitable Apple is planning to introduce a MacBook Air model that implements all the power of a MacBook Pro, a report claims. This should surprise no one, it makes sense -- and the most recent 'Airs are already faster than some relatively recent Apple desktops   Read More InfoWorld review: Mac OS X Lion, more than multitouch Apple's new OS for the App Store era borrows iPad usability tweaks while delivering key new features for businesses and professionals Read More French security firm bashes Microsoft for talking up Mac malware A Mac security firm today criticized Microsoft for warning Mac users of new malware, saying that the threat simply wasn't worth mentioning. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat The Linux Factor Linux offers robust security—required by many government applications—and provides unprecedented value because of its hardware and application independence, according to recent research. Read this white paper to see how its cost savings, security and flexibility can benefit your organization. Read More Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple iPhone 5 ships US September 5 Apple seems set to introduce its next-generation iPhone in the US in early September, rolling the new product(s?) out internationally in subsequent weeks. Will the company introduce the new device in August? This seems more likely as the rumors begin to coincide...   Read More Amazon caves to Apple, drops Kindle's in-app button Amazon today bowed to Apple's newest App Store rules, and removed a link in its iPhone and iPad Kindle apps that took customers directly to its online store. Read More JR Raphael: Triple Tablet Giveaway: Win a free LG G-Slate! It's time for round two of our Triple Tablet Giveaway. Up for grabs this week: a brand new 8.9-inch G-Slate by LG.   Read More Preston Gralla: Why the Google+ Android app leaves the Facebook app in the dust Not impressed with the Facebook Android app? Join the club. I find it confusing and sometimes buggy, especially on a Honeycomb tablet. The Google+ Android app, however, is a winner.   Read More Mozilla mobile OS may face future patent battles, says expert Mozilla's plan to create a mobile operating system will probably face patent challenges, one expert said, while another called it 'too little, too late.' Read More App Store, Android Market spur explosive app download growth Researcher In-Stat projects some 48 billion mobile application downloads by 2015 as the explosive growth continues. Read More
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