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	New security threat at work: Bring-your-own-network Employees who access corporate networks and download data onto their mobile devices may not be as much of a security risk as those who bring consumer hotspots into the corporate environment. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. In this Issue U.S. Mac sales join industry tailspin LG Optimus G quick review: New smartphone offers great business features Mozilla re-releases Firefox 16 after patching critical bugs Sprint confirms it is in talks with Japanese carrier Softbank Softbank driven by investments, acquisitions Mobile payments adoption in U.S. could take years Microsoft alleges Google, Motorola's Android phones infringe its mapping patent Is LG making next Nexus smartphone? Amid iPad mini rumors, Sharp to launch first phone with IGZO screen Appeals court overturns ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus Legal and technical BYOD pitfalls highlighted at RSA conference Google rolls out major Street View upgrade MIT's newest research center to focus on mobile technologies Online ad spending in U.S. up 14% in 2012's first half DoCoMo, MasterCard to let Japanese make NFC payments abroad JR Raphael: How free Google services can help shrink your phone bill Vineet Jain: Taking a page from the ferocious honey badger ... the enterprise kicks some ... RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! U.S. Mac sales join industry tailspin Even Apple has been hit by the computer sales tailspin in the U.S., research firms IDC and Gartner said yesterday. Read More LG Optimus G quick review: New smartphone offers great business features LG's new Optimus G Android smartphone, which will be available from both Sprint and AT&T, offers a fast processor, a brilliant display and some powerful productivity features. Read More Mozilla re-releases Firefox 16 after patching critical bugs Mozilla re-released Firefox 16 today after pulling the browser from distribution Wednesday when one of its developers found a critical bug that could be used by attackers to hijack machines. Read More Sprint confirms it is in talks with Japanese carrier Softbank If Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank negotiates successfully to buy a majority interest in Sprint, the deal could be a good fit for their technologies and attention to customer service, analysts said. Read More Softbank driven by investments, acquisitions In 2001, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone had just started DSL broadband Internet service and was taking its first steps toward reaping the benefits of an ambitious and costly plan to string fiber-optic cable along every street in the country. Then along came Softbank. Read More Mobile payments adoption in U.S. could take years A panel of mobile wallet experts at MobileCon today predicted slow pathway to user adoption of technologies such as Near-Field Communication in the U.S. Read More Microsoft alleges Google, Motorola's Android phones infringe its mapping patent Microsoft is suing Motorola Mobility in Germany over a mapping patent that Microsoft alleges covers the Google Maps app that ships on Motorola phones. The two parties meet each other in court on Thursday, the regional court of Munich said. Read More Is LG making next Nexus smartphone? LG is making the next Google Nexus smartphone and plans to launch it on Oct. 29, according to a French newspaper and others. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed VDI Performance: Conquer the Challenges, Reap the Benefits Join Tommy Walker, Lead Global Architect at VMware, and Eric Carter, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, as they discuss how to reap the advantages of VDI with LAN performance. Learn more. Amid iPad mini rumors, Sharp to launch first phone with IGZO screen Sharp said Thursday it will soon launch a smartphone with its new IGZO display, a power-efficient technology that allows the device to last two days on a single charge and that is rumored to be Apple's choice for its upcoming tablets. Read More Appeals court overturns ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus A ban on imports of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus into the U.S. was reversed by a U.S. appeals court Tuesday. Read More Legal and technical BYOD pitfalls highlighted at RSA conference Allowing employees to bring their own devices to work is causing new challenges, including what happens when a device needs to be wiped or employees want to sell their smartphone or tablet. Read More Google rolls out major Street View upgrade Google announced on Thursday what the company terms the "biggest ever update" to its popular and controversial Street View map imagery Web-based service. Read More MIT's newest research center to focus on mobile technologies The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is aiming for a leadership position in mobile technology with the launch on Thursday of its latest research center, Wireless@MIT. Read More Online ad spending in U.S. up 14% in 2012's first half U.S. marketers spent 14% more in online advertising in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2011, hitting $17 billion, according to a study sponsored by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and conducted by PwC US. Read More DoCoMo, MasterCard to let Japanese make NFC payments abroad Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo's subscribers will be able to make mobile payments when travelling abroad next year, thanks to a collaboration with MasterCard. Read More JR Raphael: How free Google services can help shrink your phone bill Want a simple way to shrink your smartphone costs? Some free Google services can help do the trick -- if you know how to harness their power. Read More Vineet Jain: Taking a page from the ferocious honey badger ... the enterprise kicks some ... So now that we've restored the enterprise to its rightful place as the scrappy, menacing animal able to come back from being bitten by even a cobra, where will it be going? Read More
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