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	Richi Jennings: Apple Maps can KILL, say police in Australia Australian police issue warning of potentially-fatal mapping errors. Several people have had to be rescued after becoming stranded in the desert, thanks to the iOS 6 Maps app. Apple can't find enough ways to say sorry (but still won't let people use Google Maps). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers navigate around the news. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Top 10 Considerations for cloud computing As business users push for faster and easier ways to roll out applications, cloud usage is on the rise. As a result, many cloud projects are initiated outside the realm of IT – without the clear requirements or measurable objectives. "Top 10 Considerations for Cloud Computing" provides a checklist for taking a more strategic approach to cloud. Download your complementary checklist In this Issue JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on AT&T [December 2012] Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Why peace can't happen in the patent war Preston Gralla: Some good news for Microsoft's Surface tablet -- it may finally sell at retailers JR Raphael: SwiftKey Flow review: The Android keyboard you've been waiting for Reed Hundt & Blair Levin: A broadband solution to fiscal crises Shark Tank: Or do you think maybe he was being polite? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on AT&T [December 2012] AT&T has some excellent Android devices available this holiday season -- so which should you get? Read on for the Android Power recommendations. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Why peace can't happen in the patent war It's not often a US Judge, fully conversant of all the details of a case agrees with a tech blogger, but that's what's happening in the interminable Apple versus Samsung drama under Judge Lucy Koh, who, like me, says the two litigants should quit quarrelling and give peace a chance. Read More Preston Gralla: Some good news for Microsoft's Surface tablet -- it may finally sell at retailers Most reports say that Microsoft's Surface tablet has had sluggish sales since its launch, possibly partly due to poor distrubution -- only through Microsoft. But now a report says that the RT-based tablet may be for sale in retailers beyond Microsoft's own brick-and-mortar and online stores. If so, that could help the struggling tablet gain some serious sales. Read More WEBCAST: IBM SDN & The Future of Enterprise for Cloud & Business Agility Learn from IBM and guest speaker, principal analyst Andre Kindness of Forrester Research Inc., about software defined networking (SDN) and the future of enterprise networking in an informational webcast on Thursday, 6 December, 10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET. Register Now JR Raphael: SwiftKey Flow review: The Android keyboard you've been waiting for SwiftKey Flow combines outstanding word prediction with a top-notch interface and new slide-to-type functionality. Quite simply, typing on Android doesn't get much better than this. Read More Reed Hundt & Blair Levin: A broadband solution to fiscal crises After Congress and the White House close the gap between the Democratic and Republican approaches to the "fiscal cliff", there is another gap that they need to bridge: the gap between how the worlds of technology and government approach the future. Read More Shark Tank: Or do you think maybe he was being polite? Flashback to 1984, when this sysadmin pilot fish is working for a high-tech startup. Yes, Virginia, they did have high-tech startups back then -- but things were a little different. Read More
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