After a month, Siri finds her voice

	Cyber Monday will see more mobile shoppers | FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest
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	After a month, Siri finds her voice After using Siri, Apple's new voice-controlled 'personal assistant' on the iPhone 4S, columnist Michael deAgonia thinks it's time to add voice control to the list of paradigm-shifting ways to interact with a computer -- right behind the mouse, keyboard and touch gestures. Read More WHITE PAPER: FileMaker Quickly Deliver Business Data to iPads and iPhones Challenged by the explosion of iPad and iPhone users expecting access to corporate data? FileMaker, a subsidiary of Apple, offers a middleware bridge that helps developers quickly provide on-demand access to corporate data in formatted reports and charts while giving IT the control it needs to manage and secure mobile data delivery. Read now! In this Issue Cyber Monday will see more mobile shoppers FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest Is the AT&T merger with T-Mobile USA dead? Facebook phone, code-named 'Buffy,' is in the works Richi Jennings: Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE release date rumor [update: "confirmed"] Scot Finnie: Kindle Touch review: A dramatic improvement over the Kindle 3 Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Pure Google, pure delight China overtakes U.S. in smartphone shipments, says research firm In-depth: Google's Ice Cream Sandwich -- a new era for Android The Nook Tablet's design element: A faux carabiner clip RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: mNext Protect, Prepare, Profit ­ Join Us At Enterprise MobileNext Join your peers and IDC thought leaders at Enterprise MobileNext, where speakers from Fortune 500 companies cover what matters most from securing and protecting your organization from common "BYOD" exposures to mobile enabling your sales team and beyond. Register today for your complimentary pass to Enterprise MobileNext, Nov 30-Dec 1, SF, CA Click to continue Cyber Monday will see more mobile shoppers Mobile buying is expected to be more popular than ever on Cyber Monday and throughout the 2011 holiday season, according to the latest Motricity Mobile Shopping Survey. Read More FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's staff has found AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA to be contrary to the public interest, with officials there saying the deal would result in the largest single concentration in the U.S. mobile market in history. Read More Is the AT&T merger with T-Mobile USA dead? Given the FCC staff opposition to the proposed AT&T merger with T-Mobile USA, it's fair to ask: Is the $39 billion deal dead? Read More Facebook phone, code-named 'Buffy,' is in the works Facebook is working with HTC to build an Android-based smartphone with Facebook social networking services at its core, according to an All Things D report. Read More Richi Jennings: Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE release date rumor [update: "confirmed"] Galaxy Nexus LTE release date allegedly confirmed by Verizon rep. Let's look at the latest rumors 'round the Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE release date. While JR is no doubt recovering from severe turkey-excess, we'll see if we can shed some light on this thing... Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Expanding for the Datacenter Solid-state drives (SSDs) typically have been used in situations in which applications required high data throughput or very high transaction rates between a server and the storage media. Learn More Today! Scot Finnie: Kindle Touch review: A dramatic improvement over the Kindle 3 I ordered the new $139 Kindle Touch "without special offers" as soon as it was offered and received it on Nov. 16. After opening the box, my first impressions were positive. The Kindle Touch is noticeably smaller. Holding it in your hand, it feels solid, adding to an overall perception of quality. Read More Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Pure Google, pure delight Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, which will run Google's new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS, looks like the next smartphone to beat. Read More China overtakes U.S. in smartphone shipments, says research firm China has passed the U.S. in the third quarter to become the world's largest smartphone market by shipments, but may find it tough to hold the position in the next two quarters, according to a research firm. Read More In-depth: Google's Ice Cream Sandwich -- a new era for Android From power to polish, Google's Ice Cream Sandwich delivers a massive burst of energy to the Android platform. Here's a detailed review of what's new and how it measures up. Read More The Nook Tablet's design element: A faux carabiner clip A certain design element of the Nook Tablet caught the eye of teardown experts at iFixit: A metal loop at the lower left corner of the metal cover. Read More
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