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	Verizon defends new shared data plans The head of marketing at Verizon Wireless defended the new shared data plans that take effect June 28 against criticism from some analysts and many outraged customers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Verizon Wireless Verizon Mobile Unified Communications. Get the most from Verizon Mobile Unified Communications with the Universal Docking Station. The station lets you utilize all of your existing PBX network features on your smartphone, and requires minimal resources and setup. You can undock your smartphone, instantly, and take the conversation on the go for increased productivity and efficiency. Click to continue In this Issue Nokia plans to cut 10,000 staff by end 2013, sells Vertu Preston Gralla: Is Windows Phone killing Nokia? How fast are the MacBook's USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports? Verizon's sharing plans: Confusing but inevitable Apple runs out of Retina MacBook Pros AT&T works on expanding Toggle BYOD service to PCs, Macs Verizon's new Share Everything Plans: The devil's in the details Verizon to launch shared data plans June 28; part of voice, text sharing plans Raco, Enterprise Mobile join to aid in M2M rollouts Panasonic smartphones sync with ovens, rice cookers, TVs Apple adds iPad to back-to-school promo AMD adds ARM processor as it looks beyond x86 Chambers: We Should Have Killed Cisco Cius Earlier Apple discontinues 17-inch MacBook Pro Amazon upgrades Kindle apps for comics, childrens books 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. Nokia plans to cut 10,000 staff by end 2013, sells Vertu Nokia plans to cut up to 10,000 positions globally by the end of 2013 and is selling luxury phone maker Vertu in a bid to cut costs, even as it plans to boost investments in feature phones and smartphones based on the Windows Phone operating system. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Windows Phone killing Nokia? Nokia bet the farm on Windows Phone when it made a long-range deal with Microsoft to focus on the smartphone operating system. Today's announcement by Nokia saying it would cut nearly 20% of its workforce, close research centers and jettison several top executives makes it appear that the bet didn't pay off. Read More 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 Verizon's sharing plans: Confusing but inevitable Reaction was mixed to the new Verizon Wireless Share Everything Plans, with some analysts calling the plans confusing and others seeing the concept as inevitable, but still unproved. 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. Read More AT&T works on expanding Toggle BYOD service to PCs, Macs AT&T plans to extend its dual-personality software for mobile devices, called Toggle, to provide a walled-off and encrypted work environment within PCs and Macs as well as mobile devices. Read More Verizon's new Share Everything Plans: The devil's in the details Computerworld sorts out the details in Verizon's new Share Everything data, voice and text sharing plan for customers who own several mobile devices, but want only one bill for their phone and data services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational risk. Read White Paper Verizon to launch shared data plans June 28; part of voice, text sharing plans After years of study, Verizon Wireless unveiled a shared data plan that works across 10 Verizon devices. Read More Raco, Enterprise Mobile join to aid in M2M rollouts Raco Wireless and Enterprise Mobile have joined forces to help companies that lack telecom expertise get machine-to-machine (M2M) services off the ground, and in the process increase the sector's popularity. Read More Panasonic smartphones sync with ovens, rice cookers, TVs The Japanese manufacturer showed the latest handsets from its Eluga line in central Tokyo. Read More Apple adds iPad to back-to-school promo Amid the hurly-burly of Apple's sweeping announcements Monday, the company also quietly launched its annual back-to-school promotion, offering $100 gift cards to customers who buy a qualifying Mac and $50 to those who purchase a third-generation iPad. Read More AMD adds ARM processor as it looks beyond x86 Advanced Micro Devices said it will integrate an ARM processor with upcoming x86 chips, marrying two rival architectures and ending more than a year of speculation around AMD's plans to use ARM technology. Read More Chambers: We Should Have Killed Cisco Cius Earlier Cisco should have shuttered Cius nine months before it did, CEO John Chambers told reporters at the CiscoLive! conference this week. 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 Amazon upgrades Kindle apps for comics, childrens books Amazon announced updates to its Kindle for iOS, Kindle Cloud Reader and Kindle for Android apps on Thursday. The three apps now support children's books, comics and graphic novels. Read More
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