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	Senators seek probe of employers seeking Facebook info Two U.S. senators are calling for a federal investigation into the growing trend of employers seeking access to the social network pages of job applicants. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ISC2 Get your FREE SSCP® Webcast Series from (ISC)²® Whether you are looking to advance your current position in the information security field, expand upon your existing IT skills or launch a new career in either of these areas, you should seriously consider the Systems Security Certified Practitioner credential. Sign up to get a detailed overview of each CBK® domain, the value of certification and how to study for the exam. In this Issue Apple confirms imprecise iPad battery meter, says it's by design RockYou settles FTC charges related to breach Google I/O dev event sells out in record time Lenovo debuts App Shop for larger businesses Study finds major flaws in single sign-on systems Richi Jennings: That's a TERRIBLE way to fix spam Verizon hopes to draw first-time LTE smartphone buyers with the LG Lucid From CIO.com: 14 Tips for How to Use Pinterest for Business Mobile Search Face-Off: Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo Gartner: SaaS market to grow 17.9% to $14.5B Telenav's Scout for Apps launches, allows in-app GPS navigation Reborn LulzSec claims hack of dating site for military personnel Microsoft upgrades Windows Phone SDK for low-cost smartphones NTIA: Gov't, mobile operators may need to share spectrum Dutch police arrest youth in connection with breach of KPN servers EU civil liberties officials agree to US data transfer deal Jonny Evans: Not just Apple: Working life at the Samsung iPhone factory Preston Gralla: Microsoft will punish app makers who won't release Windows Phone apps JR Raphael: Android 4.0 report card: Which manufacturers are failing? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Apple confirms imprecise iPad battery meter, says it's by design Apple today reacted to reports that the new iPad under-reports its battery status, saying a researcher's analysis was essentially correct but that that's how the tablet and its iOS software were designed. Read More RockYou settles FTC charges related to breach RockYou will submit to third-party security audits for the next 20 years as part of a settlement of charges filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in connection with a December 2009 data breach that exposed email addresses and passwords of more than 30 million people. Read More Google I/O dev event sells out in record time The Google I/O 2012 conference sold out its allotment of 5,500 tickets within 20 minutes today, a company executive said. Read More Lenovo debuts App Shop for larger businesses Lenovo announced an enterprise-focused app storefront for tablets running Android 3.1 or higher. Read More Study finds major flaws in single sign-on systems The single sign-on protocols that allow users to sign in to a range of websites with their Google or Facebook accounts suffer from security flaws that could allow scammers to log in as somebody else, security researchers have reported. Read More Richi Jennings: That's a TERRIBLE way to fix spam A respected email technologist has been quoted in the mainstream media as saying he has a plan to solve spam. Oh really? Sadly, it seems he's just repeating a failed idea... INSIDER (free registration requested) Read More Verizon hopes to draw first-time LTE smartphone buyers with the LG Lucid Verizon Wireless will begin exclusive sales Thursday of the LG Lucid smartphone for $79.99, after rebate and with a two-year agreement. Read More From CIO.com: 14 Tips for How to Use Pinterest for Business Pinterest pros provide 14 keys to help you use the virtual bulletin--or 'pin'--board to promote your brand and drive traffic to your website or business. Read More Mobile Search Face-Off: Bing vs. Google vs. Yahoo Desktop search? That's so last decade. Today, we've gone mobile--and so have search leaders Bing, Google, and Yahoo. In this active age, we're just as likely to turn to our smartphone to find what we want as we are to boot up our PC. And though many people consider Google the king of desktop search, things are not so clear-cut when it comes to mobile search, in part because delivering relevant blue links is only one aspect of a great mobile search experience. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! Gartner: SaaS market to grow 17.9% to $14.5B Global spending onsoftware as a service will rise 17.9% this year to $14.5 billion, according to figures released Tuesday by analyst firm Gartner. Read More Telenav's Scout for Apps launches, allows in-app GPS navigation Telenav today launched Scout for Apps, a free service for mobile Web and app developers that allows them to offer their customers free, turn-by-turn GPS navigation that is voice-guided. Read More Reborn LulzSec claims hack of dating site for military personnel A group of hackers claiming to be the reborn Lulz Security (LulzSec) took credit for an alleged compromise of MilitarySingles.com, a dating website for military personnel, and the leak of over 160,000 account details from its database. Read More Microsoft upgrades Windows Phone SDK for low-cost smartphones Microsoft has released Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1, which allows developers to customize their apps for cheaper Windows Phones with less memory, and also run the development kit on Windows 8 machines, the company said in a blog post on Monday. Read More NTIA: Gov't, mobile operators may need to share spectrum The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration has identified 95 MHz of wireless spectrum now used by government agencies that could be used for commercial mobile service, but mobile operators may have to share the spectrum with the current inhabitants. Read More Dutch police arrest youth in connection with breach of KPN servers The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has arrested a 17-year-old suspected of compromising customer account data on hundreds of servers belonging to telecommunications operator KPN. Read More EU civil liberties officials agree to US data transfer deal In a shock turnaround, members of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee voted on Tuesday to endorse a controversial data transfer agreement with the United States. Read More Jonny Evans: Not just Apple: Working life at the Samsung iPhone factory With all the fuss and bother over Apple and conditions in the iPhone factories, it's easy to imagine worker suffering is something you'll only find care of Cupertino. I take a look at working life at Samsung in an attempt to prove these problems are industry-wide. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft will punish app makers who won't release Windows Phone apps To close the gap in the number of apps available for Windows Phone versus the competitirion, Microsoft will spend $10 million to punish app makers such as Pandora who aren't developing Windows Phone apps, while while spurring Windows Phone app development with tens of millions of dollars in new funding. Read More JR Raphael: Android 4.0 report card: Which manufacturers are failing? Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, has been rolling out to devices since December -- but many phone and tablet owners are still waiting for a taste. So which companies deserve our wrath? Read More
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