iPhone 5, iOS 6: Is Apple Maps the new Ping?

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	Jonny Evans: iPhone 5, iOS 6: Is Apple Maps the new Ping? The first attempts are always the most dangerous. Any time you take a new path you'll find critics to pull you down: sometimes you've only got your instincts as a guide, and, for a little while at least, that looks like what you'll have to rely on when using Apple Maps on iOS 6 on your iPhone, with critics already lampooning the company's attempt to replace Google's mapping services. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft as a one-percenter: Senate charges it legally evaded paying billions in taxes JR Raphael: What'll it take for Google to get in Apple's magical gates? Darlene Storm: Quirky trends in PINs include 420 and 69: Password hat tips to 007, Pi, 8675309 Valerie Potter: In search of a grown-up laptop bag Richi Jennings: Unwired Planet sues Apple, Google over 20 patents: OpenWave/phone.com zombie roams Nevada Shark Tank: You should see what a "more critical" issue looks like RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Preston Gralla: Microsoft as a one-percenter: Senate charges it legally evaded paying billions in taxes A U.S. Senate committee has charged that Microsoft used legal off-shore tax maneuvers to avoid paying billions in taxes for the last three years. The company apparently did nothing illegal, but this certainly won't endear it to consumers, many of whom are still struggling in a tough economy. Read More JR Raphael: What'll it take for Google to get in Apple's magical gates? Apple's now been preventing its users from accessing Google's latest innovation for a full seven weeks. Things could soon get very interesting. Read More Darlene Storm: Quirky trends in PINs include 420 and 69: Password hat tips to 007, Pi, 8675309 If crooks wanted to crack credit card PINs, they might start with 1234. 1 is not the loneliest number, but the most popular first digit for a PIN. Any four-digit PIN that begins with 19 is another good guess for hackers. But there were numerous quirky and fun tidbits found in Data Genetics PIN and password analysis. People like the numbers 420 and 69. Math fans like digits that reflect Pi. Longer password peculiarities revealed several hat tips from Jenny's 8675309 to 007 James Bond. Read More WHITE PAPER: TRUSTe A Comprehensive Data Privacy Plan As the increase in doing business and sharing of information, or data, online continues to grow exponentially, the importance of developing a data privacy strategy is critical. Read this white paper and learn how to develop a comprehensive strategy. Read Now! Valerie Potter: In search of a grown-up laptop bag Looking for something more elegant than my cheap backpack, I test-drive two high-end laptop bags from Knomo: the Aurora tote and the Saxby messenger bag. Do they provide the combination of style, quality and functionality I need? Read More Richi Jennings: Unwired Planet sues Apple, Google over 20 patents: OpenWave/phone.com zombie roams Nevada Mobility pioneer Unwired Planet is suing Apple and Google over ten patents each. The company—formerly known as phone.com, OpenWave, and Libris—says it invented much of the mobile technology that we now take for granted. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ask: Patent troll or legitimate innovator? Read More Shark Tank: You should see what a "more critical" issue looks like This IT pilot fish is the most junior engineer on a big staff, so he gets handed a lot of "less critical" issues -- like setting up a long-overdue network monitoring system and installing UPS network management cards. Read More
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