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	Despite the spectrum craze, Sprint's bid for Clearwire may be right on An investor in Clearwire has stepped up its fight to get a better price for the mobile operator, but Clearwire's alternatives to a Sprint Nextel buyout may be limited due to the nature of its spectrum and its business. Read More 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! In this Issue Google Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store JR Raphael: Sony updates its Jelly Bean upgrade plans Clearwire accepts Sprint's $2.2 billion bid Nokia rolls out Windows Phone 7.8-based smartphone Danes invest $4.4M in eye-control system for tablets, smartphones E-reader decline prompts user debate over e-reader vs. tablet Finally: Real virtual assistants Google Maps' return to iOS may not be permanent, says analyst JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on Verizon Wireless [December 2012] Preston Gralla: Google: Users don't care about Windows 8 or Windows Phone, so we won't release Gmail and other apps for them SMS stealing apps uploaded to Google Play by Carberp banking malware gang Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says Verizon finally upgrades Galaxy S III to Jelly Bean Developers say yes to iOS, but ambivalent about Apple Drumbeat of of AT&T LTE launches goes on Touch system shortages, sales played parts in Surface RT retail expansion 12 ways the iPad Is changing healthcare 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. Google Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store Google said that iOS users had downloaded more than 10 million copies of its revamped Maps app in the first two days of availability. Read More JR Raphael: Sony updates its Jelly Bean upgrade plans Got a Sony phone? Waiting for Jelly Bean? The company's got some news for you -- and depending on your device, it could be moderately good or flat-out bad. Read More Clearwire accepts Sprint's $2.2 billion bid Sprint would spend $2.2 billion to take complete ownership of Clearwire, a move that will help it expand its network capacity. Read More Nokia rolls out Windows Phone 7.8-based smartphone Windows Phone 7.8 is available on Nokia's new Lumia 510, but the company still won't say when existing phones will get the update. Read More Danes invest $4.4M in eye-control system for tablets, smartphones Danish company The Eye Tribe is leading a new project that will make it possible to control smartphones and tablets using eye movements. Read More E-reader decline prompts user debate over e-reader vs. tablet Reports of the drastic decline of e-readers amidst an explosion in multi-use tablets re-ignited a passionate debate in technology: Is a single-purpose device better and worth the cost, compared to a multi-function device? Read More Finally: Real virtual assistants A new generation of free virtual assistant apps that are more powerful than Siri and Google Voice Search represent the future of human-machine interaction, and they are here now, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Read More Google Maps' return to iOS may not be permanent, says analyst Google Maps' return to the iPhone and iPad this week may not be permanent, an analyst said. Read More WEBCAST: Workday CIOs in the Cloud As cloud computing infiltrates the enterprise and transforms the business, the CIO's role is also experiencing a transformation. This webcast focuses on how cloud trends arechanging the CIO mindset and how cloud SaaS fosters a cost-effective, productive, and efficient enterprise. View Now JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on Verizon Wireless [December 2012] You may not be able to get Google's new Nexus 4 on Verizon this holiday season, but fear not: Big Red has plenty of hot phones just waiting to lure you in. Read More Preston Gralla: Google: Users don't care about Windows 8 or Windows Phone, so we won't release Gmail and other apps for them If you believe Google, Windows 8 and Windows Phone are essential failures, so much so that the company won't bother to release popular apps like Gmail and Google Drive for them. So says Clay Bavor, product management director for Google Apps, according to the site V3. Read More SMS stealing apps uploaded to Google Play by Carberp banking malware gang Several malicious Android apps designed to steal mobile transaction authentication numbers sent by banks to their customers over SMS were found on Google Play by researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says When users install Google Maps on their iPhone, the option to share location data with Google is switched on by default. By doing this, Google violates European data protection law, according to a German data protection watchdog. Read More Verizon finally upgrades Galaxy S III to Jelly Bean Verizon Wireless announced that it will start upgrading Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones on its network to the Android 4.1 operating system. Read More Developers say yes to iOS, but ambivalent about Apple Survey reveals developers' negative opinion of Apple, but huge interest in building for iOS devices; Android also gets top marks, Read More Drumbeat of of AT&T LTE launches goes on AT&T is putting the pedal to the metal on its LTE deployments, saying it has added seven more markets to its list, atop of the four market launches it had announced three days earlier. Read More Touch system shortages, sales played parts in Surface RT retail expansion Microsoft may have accelerated plans to expand the Surface RT's retail footprint because touch-sensitive devices are the only Windows hardware flying off shelves, an analyst said yesterday. Read More 12 ways the iPad Is changing healthcare For an industry that has tried to avoid information technology, healthcare is embracing the iPad. Here's a look at how it's being used today and the promise it holds for tomorrow. Read More
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