Mac App Store download tally reaches 100 million

	Jonny Evans: Opinion: Why Apps devs choose Apple's iPhone 5 | Quest updates Sudo Unix management tool
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	Mac App Store download tally reaches 100 million Apple boasted today that it had distributed more than 100 million programs through the Mac App Store since the e-market's January launch. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Apps for business Consider this before you set your 2012 IT strategy A communication and collaboration solution that's easy to deploy and maintain. A productivity solution that meets your needs now and automatically gets better over time—built with security in mind. A simple licensing model that is cost-effective and predictable. Google Apps offers simple, powerful tools for any business. Start the conversation. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Opinion: Why Apps devs choose Apple's iPhone 5 Quest updates Sudo Unix management tool JR Raphael: Verizon Galaxy Nexus release date officially confirmed (for real!) Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox Sotheby's sells Apple founding contract for $1.6M JR Raphael: Ice Cream Sandwich coming to ThinkPad Tablet, Lenovo manager says Jonny Evans: Apple's Mac App Store -- you ain't seen nothing yet RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Apps for business Consider this before you set your 2012 IT strategy A communication and collaboration solution that's easy to deploy and maintain. A productivity solution that meets your needs now and automatically gets better over time—built with security in mind. A simple licensing model that is cost-effective and predictable. Google Apps offers simple, powerful tools for any business. Start the conversation. Jonny Evans: Opinion: Why Apps devs choose Apple's iPhone 5 Developers, developers, developers: you're going to make more money building apps for Apple and iOS than you'll gather building for Android, fresh research claims.   Read More Quest updates Sudo Unix management tool Reflecting the growing need for automation tools in the enterprise, Quest Software has released a software package that could help Unix administrators better manage policy files that determine which users can access privileged material and programs on Unix and Linux systems. Read More JR Raphael: Verizon Galaxy Nexus release date officially confirmed (for real!) After weeks of silence and countless rumors, Verizon Wireless has finally announced a release date for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.   Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Meeting Network Video Delivery Requirements Businesses are increasingly relying on video to inform, educate and inspire, but video can overwhelm even the most robust networks. Video optimization ensures your infrastructure is able to support all multimedia demands by offloading media servers and delivering a high-quality user experience. Read now! Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service debuted for iPhones this week, after it had been available to Windows users for several years and on Windows Phone 7 devices more recently. Microsoft understands that a lot of Windows users are carrying iPhones with them, so SkyDrive for iOS is a welcome addition, but the personal cloud market already offers plenty of choice. Read More Sotheby's sells Apple founding contract for $1.6M The contract that founded Apple was purchased Tuesday for nearly $1.6 million, far above the estimate of $100,000 to $150,000 put on the 35-year-old document by Sotheby's. Read More JR Raphael: Ice Cream Sandwich coming to ThinkPad Tablet, Lenovo manager says Got a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet? Then you should be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, according to messages posted by a Lenovo company manager.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Mac App Store -- you ain't seen nothing yet Apple's Mac App Store is distributing around 204 Mac applications every minute of the day, but is it an attempt to exercise total control of the Mac ecosystem, or a necessary step toward mobile computing in a post-PC age?   Read More
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