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	Google Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store Google on Monday 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 WHITE PAPER: Verizon Leading the Revolution of Device Independence As employees bring their own devices to work, employers must respond with effective strategies to secure and manage a plethora of new devices containing business-critical data. A Computerworld QuickPoll survey found approximately four in 10 smartphones and tablet devices in the enterprise are owned by employees. Learn More In this Issue Is N.Y. wooing Apple for an upstate chip plant? iPhone 5 owners report mixed results from iOS Wi-Fi bug fix Google offers free Quickoffice app to Google Apps subscribers Apple still dominates Samsung, locals in Japan smartphone business Apple trumpets 2M iPhone 5 sales in China Samsung to fix Android device vulnerability Apple's Cook, 'God particle' on Time's list of 2012 notables Despite Apple, NFC is catching on -- just not for payments quite yet Judge denies retrial to Samsung in patent dispute with Apple WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Eliminate Architectural Limitations of WLANs Reduce the cost and complexity of wireless networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing. By removing the architectural limitations of traditional WLANs, you can support identity-based access and enable delivery of mission-critical applications and services to any user, on any device, at any time without a single point of failure. Read now! Is N.Y. wooing Apple for an upstate chip plant? Apple may be eying a site in upstate New York for a manufacturing plant that would allow it to wean itself from relying on Samsung for the A-series chips that power Apple's iOS devices. Read More iPhone 5 owners report mixed results from iOS Wi-Fi bug fix Apple today released an update for iOS that fixes an unspecified Wi-Fi bug in the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. Read More Google offers free Quickoffice app to Google Apps subscribers Google has launched a free iPad app to allow its paying business customers to edit Microsoft Office documents. Read More Apple still dominates Samsung, locals in Japan smartphone business Apple has continued to dominate the Japanese smartphone market in recent months, new data shows, and analysts say it is likely to stay strong through the new year. 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 Apple trumpets 2M iPhone 5 sales in China Apple today said it has sold 2 million iPhone 5 smartphones in China since Friday, setting an opening weekend sales record for the country. Read More Samsung to fix Android device vulnerability Samsung said Wednesday it is working on an update for a software flaw that could allow attackers to siphon personal data from a phone. Read More Apple's Cook, 'God particle' on Time's list of 2012 notables It has been a big year for some tech luminaries, with several of them getting a nod from editors picking Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Read More Despite Apple, NFC is catching on -- just not for payments quite yet Near Field Communication will become widespread at some point, most observers agree, especially if Apple eventually puts NFC in an iPhone. Read More Judge denies retrial to Samsung in patent dispute with Apple A court in California has denied Samsung Electronics a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, and also refused Apple a ban on the sale of some Samsung products. Read More
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