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	11 mobile apps to enhance your travel experience We showcase 11 apps for iPhone, Android and other devices that can help travelers with flights, hotels and sightseeing around the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how In this Issue At first birthday, has Google+ found its niche? RIM delays BlackBerry 10, reports plummeting sales Google gives Google Docs offline capabilities Lack of features could hamper Nexus 7's market entry, say analysts, users Sharon Machlis: Nexus 7, Jelly Bean winners and losers Google touts release of 'Safari-ized' Chrome for iPhone, iPad Apple hardware engineering chief Mansfield retires Google pushes Chrome browser in demo of Cirque virtual 3D Web site Adobe says no Flash Player for Android 4.1, plans to withdraw app on Aug. 15 T-Mobile USA's former CEO will move to Vodafone Privacy self-regulation efforts are working, senators told Richi Jennings: Rice cooks up spray-paintable battery WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Intelligent Management and Greater Efficiency The new HP ProLiant Gen8 server features capabilities that speed and simplify three critical phases of the server lifecycle: configuration and provisioning, daily operational health monitoring and ongoing updates and maintenance. Download this short paper to learn more. Read Now! At first birthday, has Google+ found its niche? Google+ hit a milestone this week as the fledgling social network celebrated its first birthday. Read More RIM delays BlackBerry 10, reports plummeting sales Research In Motion is delaying the launch of its BlackBerry 10 operating system due to delays in completing the software. Read More Google gives Google Docs offline capabilities One of the big disadvantages to using cloud-based office apps is that you have to be connected to the Internet to use them. Well, Google took care of that issue. Read More Lack of features could hamper Nexus 7's market entry, say analysts, users At $199, Google's Nexus 7 may seem like a tempting tablet, but some potential buyers and analysts say that it lacks hardware features and is a feeble attempt to energize the Android OS in a market dominated by Apple. Read More Sharon Machlis: Nexus 7, Jelly Bean winners and losers Some thoughts about winners and losers following some of the major announcements at the Google I/O opening keynote. Read More Google touts release of 'Safari-ized' Chrome for iPhone, iPad Google launched a version of its Chrome browser for iOS, the Apple mobile operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Ditch Your Spreadsheets with FREE IP Address Tracker Tool! Tired of using home-grown IP address tools to track down conflicting addresses and to see which ones are free? Ditch your spreadsheet for good! Our FREE tool gives you a unified view of your IP address space and the tools to manage it. Download the free IP Address Tracker tool today! Apple hardware engineering chief Mansfield retires The Apple executive in charge of hardware engineering for the iPhone, iPad and other Apple products is retiring from the company, Apple said Thursday. Read More Google pushes Chrome browser in demo of Cirque virtual 3D Web site Google co-founder Sergey Brin played the role of ringmaster in a modern-day circus for the second time at Google I/O as parachutists jumped from an airship to the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Center and bikers jumped and then rappelled down the exterior of the building. Read More Adobe says no Flash Player for Android 4.1, plans to withdraw app on Aug. 15 There will be no certified implementations of Adobe Systems' Flash Player for Android 4.1, and on Aug. 15 the player will take a bow and no longer be available for download from Google's app store Play, Adobe said in blog post on Thursday. Read More T-Mobile USA's former CEO will move to Vodafone Former T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm has joined Vodafone Group as the chief executive of a new division covering northern and central Europe. Read More Privacy self-regulation efforts are working, senators told The online industry doesn't need new privacy legislation because it is doing a good job of protecting users' privacy, an executive of an advertising trade group told U.S. lawmakers Thursday. Read More Richi Jennings: Rice cooks up spray-paintable battery News of interesting battery technology research reaches us from Rice University, Houston. A team has found a way to spray-paint rechargeable Li-ion cells onto almost anything. It may have great potential for portable devices and solar applications. However, it's still a long way off. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look to the future. Read More
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