Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress

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	Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress Mobile World Congress showed that Apple, Samsung and Google are still the smartphone industry leaders, but upstart and would-be has-been companies are fighting back, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Announcing exciting new server flash products You don't want to miss this live broadcast featuring extreme flash product testing! Join EMC on Tuesday, March 5 when we announce exciting new server flash products. Find out how your environment can benefit from extreme flash performance. Get real-time answers to all your product questions from our flash technology experts. In this Issue FCC begins trial of Google white spaces database Five smartphone and tablet trends from Mobile World Congress Can BES 10 save BlackBerry? Preston Gralla: ARM CEO: We like Windows RT, but Chromebooks may point the way to the future Mobile carriers, vendors eager to virtualize networks JR Raphael: Asus MeMO Pad Smart: Hands on with the new $300 10-inch tablet Tablet Wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad Jonny Evans: Opinion: Google Glass won't match the hype WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email archiving solution enabled the hospital to meet government mandates and helps avoid thousands of dollars in projected storage costs. Learn More. FCC begins trial of Google white spaces database The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has begun a test run of a Google database of unused spectrum in the television bands that's available for wireless broadband. Read More Five smartphone and tablet trends from Mobile World Congress This year's MWC may have been lacking in high-end smartphone launches, but the "W" stands for "world" and lower-cost models shown this week are needed to open up the mobile-phone market to more people globally. Read More Can BES 10 save BlackBerry? Research in Motion is now BlackBerry, and the renamed company recently launched the BlackBerry 10 OS. While much attention was focused on phones running the new OS, we decided to take a closer look at the company's new management platform called BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, which unites mobile device management, security, unified communications, and application management. Read More Preston Gralla: ARM CEO: We like Windows RT, but Chromebooks may point the way to the future ARM, which makes the chips used for the Microsoft Surface and other Windows RT tablets, isn't particularly worried that Windows RT hasn't set the world on fire. ARM CEO Warren East expects that eventually Windows RT will become popular. But he also believes that Chromebooks may point the way toward how future PCs will work. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Total Cost of Email In this white paper, we'll explore the true costs of fragmented email management and uncover how to reduce those costs with a cloud-based solution for email management. Learn More. Mobile carriers, vendors eager to virtualize networks There has to be a sea change in how mobile operators build their networks and implement new services, and virtualization will make it possible, carriers and equipment vendors say. Read More JR Raphael: Asus MeMO Pad Smart: Hands on with the new $300 10-inch tablet The new MeMO Pad Smart from Asus offers solid performance at an affordable price. There's just one little problem. Read More Tablet Wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad The Microsoft Surface running Windows RT is just about everything you'd want in a tablet, but how does it stack up against the market leader, the Apple iPad? Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Google Glass won't match the hype Read the gushing Google Glass praise and you might believe there's enough people who care. Look at the slight excitement surrounding the speculated Apple iWatch and it seems pundits prefer Google's goggles, but will the public agree? I don't think so. There's just too much that's wrong with Google's idea. Read More
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