Macworld's 2011 App Gems Awards

	Samsung files four more patent claims against Apple | Jonny Evans: iPad 3 production begins, iPhone takes UK top spot
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	Macworld's 2011 App Gems Awards In the three-and-a-half years since Apple opened the App Store's virtual doors, App-mania shows no signs of abating. The concept of an Apple-managed software store has become so widely embraced, that the company even created a Mac version of the App Store this past January. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More In this Issue Samsung files four more patent claims against Apple Jonny Evans: iPad 3 production begins, iPhone takes UK top spot JR Raphael: Verizon Galaxy Nexus: Hands-on impressions JR Raphael: Bye-bye, bloatware: Disable system apps in Android Ice Cream Sandwich Jonny Evans: Apple iPad to play with Fire; Samsung keeps A5 JR Raphael: Oops! Signs of Google 'dogfooding' visible on Verizon Galaxy Nexus JR Raphael: Android Ice Cream Sandwich now rolling out to Nexus S (GSM versions) JR Raphael: The Fusion Garage fiasco: Seriously, what's with this company? Some users report problems accessing Apple's iTunes, iCloud Steve Jobs, Google+ and iPhone top Google's 2011 search list Three quick iMessage tips WEBCAST: SAP Empowerment with Mobile Real-Time Analytics IT managers are gearing up to rapidly deploy mobile business intelligence and empower their front-line workers. In this webcast, we'll hear from experts on the challenges and driving forces behind creating BI reports in the field, and how to successfully deploy mobile analytic tools to increase productivity with minimal operational disruptions. Learn More Samsung files four more patent claims against Apple Samsung Electronics filed four additional patent claims against Apple on Friday in a German court while also going to trial over three other patents that the Korean company alleges are infringed by Apple. Read More Jonny Evans: iPad 3 production begins, iPhone takes UK top spot iPad 3 development continues with an explosion at a Pegatron factory hinting at production challenges as Apple [AAPL] inches toward its anticipated March 2012 launch. In other news, Apple has seized over a third of all UK mobile sales.   Read More JR Raphael: Verizon Galaxy Nexus: Hands-on impressions Verizon's Galaxy Nexus is similar to the international model I reviewed last month, but it does sport a few noteworthy differences.   Read More JR Raphael: Bye-bye, bloatware: Disable system apps in Android Ice Cream Sandwich Android Ice Cream Sandwich makes it easy to disable and hide preinstalled system apps. Just follow these four simple steps, and say so long to bloatware forever.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iPad to play with Fire; Samsung keeps A5 Apple's plan for a 7-inch iPad to take on Amazon's Kindle Fire seems to be moving along; meanwhile we learn its current generation A5 processors are being built at a multi-billion dollar factory in Texas -- by Samsung.   Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Government at Carahsoft ColdFusion 9: Improve Application Performance/Scalability Performance tests reveal that Adobe ColdFusion 9 software provides significant performance improvements over ColdFusion 8, delivering applications capable of processing considerably more page requests. Learn more JR Raphael: Oops! Signs of Google 'dogfooding' visible on Verizon Galaxy Nexus Verizon's new Galaxy Nexus seems to have a remaining sign of Google's internal testing process, generally referred to as "dogfooding."   Read More JR Raphael: Android Ice Cream Sandwich now rolling out to Nexus S (GSM versions) Hope you're hungry, Nexus S users: Google has just announced it's rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to your phones starting right now.   Read More JR Raphael: The Fusion Garage fiasco: Seriously, what's with this company? Fusion Garage, the company behind the Grid10 tablet, seems to have gone AWOL: Orders remain unfulfilled and the company's PR firm is giving up. Based on my own experiences, I can't say I'm surprised.   Read More Some users report problems accessing Apple's iTunes, iCloud Apple is experiencing problems with its iTunes Store and iCloud services, with many Twitter users reporting that they are unable to log in using their Apple ID to download apps. Read More Steve Jobs, Google+ and iPhone top Google's 2011 search list Google offers its take on what technology and technologists most interested the online world this year. Read More Three quick iMessage tips iOS 5 introduced iMessage, a new capability within your iOS device's Messages app that can send text, picture, and video messages to other iPhones without counting against your carrier's messaging plan. What's more, iMessages actually works with any device running iOS 5, meaning iPad and iPod touch owners can get in on the messaging fun, too. Read More
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