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	Mac sales tank in Q4 from iMac shortages, cannibalization Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloudera Get Certified in Apache Hadoop. Learn with Cloudera! Cloudera University is the world's leading provider of Apache Hadoop training and certification . Get job-specific training for Hadoop administrators and developers, as well as in-depth coverage of other Apache projects such as HBase, Hive and Pig. Check out the free online tutorials or sign up for a live training class near you, by visiting university.cloudera.com/. In this Issue Facebook outpaces Google Maps for top mobile app in U.S. DNA may soon be used for storage iPad ASP slides in Q4 after Mini intro Nokia reports Q4 net profit as Lumia smartphone sales improve Hadoop will be in most advanced analytics products by 2015, Gartner says Groups raise questions about privacy on Skype Symantec CEO on reorg: 'our system is just broken' Key Linux contributor Alan Cox steps down Amazon acquires text-to-speech company IVONA Jonny Evans: Apple sets new records, Wall Street loses faith JR Raphael: Dear Facebook: Please learn how to design Android apps that don't suck Preston Gralla: Nokia earnings show some hope, but Windows Phone Lumias lag in the U.S., get killed in China WEBCAST: Research In Motion BlackBerry NFC Security Overview The presentation on NFC security will provide an overview of the security protections built into the BlackBerry platform to protect users, application developers and enterprises. Learn More Facebook outpaces Google Maps for top mobile app in U.S. Google Maps slipped last year, giving Facebook enough room to become the most popular mobile app in the U.S., according to ComScore. Read More DNA may soon be used for storage Researchers at a UK-based bioinformatics school have stored .mp3 and text files in DNA material that they claim can last 10,000 years. Read More iPad ASP slides in Q4 after Mini intro As expected, the average selling price (ASP) of Apple's iPad line fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2012 as the lower-priced iPad Mini reached customers. Read More Nokia reports Q4 net profit as Lumia smartphone sales improve Nokia swung to a net profit during the fourth quarter, as it sold a growing number of Windows Phone-based smartphones. Read More Hadoop will be in most advanced analytics products by 2015, Gartner says The Hadoop open source programming framework for large-scale data analysis is already one of the highest-profile technologies in the "big data" market, but users can expect it to become even more prevalent over the next couple of years, according to Gartner. Read More Groups raise questions about privacy on Skype Skype owner Microsoft should release information about how much user data it gives to third parties, including government agencies, several organizations and individuals said in a letter to company officials. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing Exchange Microsoft Exchange is the most widely used e-mail system in the world. Yet it is still subject to many of the limitations inherent in most applications running directly on physical hardware. View Now! Symantec CEO on reorg: 'our system is just broken' Under the helm of new CEO Steve Bennett, Symantec late yesterday outlined a re-organization intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and backup services and products, built primarily on internal research and development not acquisitions, within the next six to nine months. Read More Key Linux contributor Alan Cox steps down Alan Cox, one of the chief contributors to the Linux kernel, has taken a step down from his volunteer duties, citing the need to attend to family matters. Read More Amazon acquires text-to-speech company IVONA Amazon has acquired IVONA Software, a Polish company specializing in text-to-speech and voice recognition capabilities. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple sets new records, Wall Street loses faith Morrisey got it right, of course, when he sang: "We hate it when our friends become successful," and that's certainly the case when it comes to market reaction to Apple and its record first quarter. You see, while the company says the only way is up, gloom-laden analysts can't see any way but down. Read More JR Raphael: Dear Facebook: Please learn how to design Android apps that don't suck Facebook's Android apps are like lessons in bad design -- and it's reaching a point where there's really no excuse. Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia earnings show some hope, but Windows Phone Lumias lag in the U.S., get killed in China Nokia's latest earnings report holds some good news, notably that the company was profitable for the quarter. But its flagship Window Phone Lumia devices are still struggling in the U.S. and performing dismally in China. Read More
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