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	Hands on with the Retina MacBook Pro The new, Retina-display-bearing MacBook Pro was in our offices Monday afternoon. While we'll start lab testing it and getting our review going, I got a chance to poke and prod it for a few hours. Here are some quick initial impressions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue How fast are the MacBook's USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports? Retina MacBook Pro 'least-repairable' notebook ever, says iFixit Apple runs out of Retina MacBook Pros Apple sets OS X Mountain Lion release for July, cuts upgrade price 33% WWDC: Cook unveils iOS 6, new OS X, Retina display MacBook Pro Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Apple's iPhone and the iRobot supply chain JR Raphael: Chrome OS reviewed: The final verdict on Google's cloud platform Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Apple iPhone 5 details, Retina Display Macs Apple discontinues 17-inch MacBook Pro Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Four insights into Apple's future platform plans Apple's MacBook Air price cuts make it tougher on Windows ultrabook makers Apple signs global agreement with TomTom for maps Apple's all-flash MacBook Pro, iCloud drive industry changes RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Final Week to Register! IT Roadmap only comes to Denver once a year so don't miss this opportunity to join hundreds of local colleagues who will gain a year's worth of enterprise-ready ideas, answers, best practices, and key contacts all in one day – in one place. Attend Free. IT Roadmap Denver – 6/20 - Colorado Convention Center. How fast are the MacBook's USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports? The new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are the only laptops that support both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports for external devices. The performance advantage for peripherals is tremendous. Read More Retina MacBook Pro 'least-repairable' notebook ever, says iFixit iFixit, a popular electronics do-it-yourself weabsite, today gave the new MacBook Pro with the Retina display its worst-possible repair score of just 1 out of a possible 10. Read More Apple runs out of Retina MacBook Pros Apple has exhausted supplies of its new $2,200 MacBook Pro that sports a high-resolution "Retina" screen, with the company's online store reporting a wait of three to four weeks by Tuesday's end. Read More Apple sets OS X Mountain Lion release for July, cuts upgrade price 33% Apple said today that it would ship OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, next month, for $19.99, a 33% price cut from last year's upgrade to Lion. Read More WWDC: Cook unveils iOS 6, new OS X, Retina display MacBook Pro Apple CEO Tim Cook and a trio of top executives today outlined the new iOS 6, talked up this year's Mountain Lion upgrade for OS X and unveiled a new MacBook Pro laptop with a high-resolution "Retina" display. Read More Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Apple's iPhone and the iRobot supply chain "It's hard for me to get emotional as you can see my emotion sensors haven't been programmed yet," said Siri at the beginning of Apple's [AAPL] WWDC event this week. But Siri isn't the only robot inside Cupertino: in future, Apple and its manufacturers will be where the robots live. We're way beyond The Jetsons, here. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deliver a Secure Cisco Cloud Experience Securely connect your network to the world of many clouds. With a Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network, you can provide an ideal experience, irrespective of user location or the number of cloud platforms involved, in service delivery. Read White Paper JR Raphael: Chrome OS reviewed: The final verdict on Google's cloud platform To Chrome OS or not to Chrome OS? After two weeks with Google's new Chromebook and Chromebox, JR Raphael reaches some final conclusions about the cloud platform and its updated hardware. Read More Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Apple iPhone 5 details, Retina Display Macs Apple didn't mention the iPhone 5 during WWDC this week (though see the image below for current speculation) and only introduced a single Mac model equipped with a Retina Display, but let a few hints slip, including this image of whatsome suggest might be an iPhone 5... Read More Apple discontinues 17-inch MacBook Pro Like many of us, the 17-inch MacBook Pro has learned that it can be dangerous to one's health to carry around too much bulk. Apple has discontinued the largest member of its laptop line in the wake of its WWDC announcements. Read More Jonny Evans: WWDC 2012: Four insights into Apple's future platform plans It's the morning after the great big Apple [AAPL] WWDC keynote platform-love-fest and while things seem pretty interesting in the fruit-flavored garden, I can't help but feel a little emptiness in its wake. What's new in Apple's platform strategy as it sets out its stall for the year ahead? Here's four signals from yesterday's announcements: Read More Apple's MacBook Air price cuts make it tougher on Windows ultrabook makers Apple did something very unusual at WWDC on Monday: It dropped the price of three of the four models in its signature MacBook Air line by $100. Read More Apple signs global agreement with TomTom for maps Digital maps provider TomTom said on Tuesday it has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information. Read More Apple's all-flash MacBook Pro, iCloud drive industry changes The announcement by Apple that it is selling a flash-only MacBook, combined with native iCloud support, will likely lead to a drop in SSD prices and move other laptop manufacturers in a similar direction. Read More
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