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	With tablet chip, Intel tries to lessen its dependency on PCs With Intel unveiling a tablet processor this week, analysts say the chip maker may be on track to becoming less dependent on the struggling PC market. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference Building a Case for Widescale Tablet Deployment Forbes called Long Island Univ. "the leader among universities in the U.S., and probably worldwide" when it deployed 6,000 iPads - an installation that nears 20K today. Larn more at Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) event October 10, 2012 in New York City. Complimentary registration. Click to continue In this Issue Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says Oracle and Nokia strike mapping deal AT&T to launch Sony Xperia TL soon Tim Cook 'did not have to write' Apple's apology, argues analyst Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s HP's new ElitePad 900 tablet enables easy disassembly, self-support Richi Jennings: Google Maps app for iPhone 5 / iOS 6 -- Get it here iPhone 5 update fixes Verizon cellular data drain JR Raphael: A quick update on Android upgrades Apple's iOS 6 Maps mess in pictures LightSquared asks to share weather-balloon spectrum for its LTE network FCC moves forward on incentive spectrum auctions Touchscreen LTE-ready mobile hotspot to be offered by AT&T 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! Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says Half of U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the Web through a smartphone or tablet, up sizably from a year ago, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Read More Oracle and Nokia strike mapping deal Nokia and Oracle have joined forces on mapping, with details of the deal to be announced at the Oracle OpenWorld conference on Monday. Read More AT&T to launch Sony Xperia TL soon AT&T will soon launch Sony's Xperia TL smartphone, which features Near Field Communication but not LTE wireless. Pricing was not announced. Read More Tim Cook 'did not have to write' Apple's apology, argues analyst Apple CEO Tim Cook's apology was unnecessary, Wall Street analyst Brian White said. Even so, he called it "the right decision" to protect Apple's brand. Read More Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s A newly leaked video shows two coming BlackBerry 10 smartphones from RIM, while also describing an elaborate marketing campaign designed to help launch the devices in the first quarter of 2013. Read More HP's new ElitePad 900 tablet enables easy disassembly, self-support Hewlett-Packard announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet, which has Windows 8, and which the company says can be easily disassembled to replace components in order to save hardware and support costs. Read More WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. Richi Jennings: Google Maps app for iPhone 5 / iOS 6 -- Get it here Looking for the Google Maps app on your iOS 6 device? New Apple iPhone 5 Maps not working so well? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers got your back with the tips and the knowhow. Read More iPhone 5 update fixes Verizon cellular data drain Apple released on Sunday an update that fixes a problem where the iPhone 5 draws data from the carrier Verizon despite being connected to a Wi-Fi network. Read More JR Raphael: A quick update on Android upgrades It's been a busy week for Android upgrades, with several devices seeing Jelly Bean and several others getting green-lighted for rollouts. Here's a quick rundown of what's happening right now. Read More Apple's iOS 6 Maps mess in pictures Here's a look at some of the problematic 3D views of prominent locales you'll get in the Maps app in iOS 6. Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for the troublesome app on Friday and suggested that users try alternatives until Apple can improve it. Read More LightSquared asks to share weather-balloon spectrum for its LTE network Embattled satellite carrier LightSquared proposed that the government let it share spectrum with federal uses such as weather balloons so it can get enough spectrum to launch its proposed national LTE mobile network. Read More FCC moves forward on incentive spectrum auctions The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step toward groundbreaking auctions of television spectrum to mobile carriers faced with skyrocketing bandwidth demands from their customers. Read More Touchscreen LTE-ready mobile hotspot to be offered by AT&T AT&T will exclusively offer the first touchscreen-enabled mobile hotspot, the new MiFi Liberate, for use with its emerging LTE network. Read More
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