Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program

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	Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program Intel has expanded its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program, which has been a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year, the company said. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Apperian New mobility survey sheds light on policies for BYOD devices Are you in the majority with regards to your mobile policies? Find out now in the latest "Mobility in the Workforce" survey conducted by Apperian, the world's leading Mobile App Management provider. Download the Executive Summary of this mobile app management survey. In this Issue Business user makes case for Windows Phone 8 T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger passes key hurdle Physicians may be marginalized as mobile tech engages us in healthcare Samsung to halt Windows RT tablet sales in Germany Sensors lead to burst of tech creativity in government Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone Jonny Evans: Apple's Swatch connection hints at years of iWatch development Meet 60GHz Wi-Fi, the insanely fast future of wireless networking CeBIT2013: Augmented reality smartphone app to help shoppers IDC: PC shipments to decrease in 2013 Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S4 in 'fake' leak Eye Scroll shenanigans WHITE PAPER: Autonomy Integrated Data Protection for VMware Infrastructure Download this complimentary white paper, Integrated Data Protection for VMware Infrastructure to learn how to achieve fast, efficient, and reliable protection for mission-critical information in your virtual environment. Read Now! Business user makes case for Windows Phone 8 Part of what Microsoft hopes customers will understand about Windows Phone 8 smartphones is that they are linked to an ecosystem that includes Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Read More T-Mobile-MetroPCS merger passes key hurdle T-Mobile USA is drawing closer to finishing its merger with MetroPCS Wireless as a deadline for action by the U.S. Department of Justice passed Tuesday. Read More Physicians may be marginalized as mobile tech engages us in healthcare Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor of genomics took aim at the medical community, calling for the end to paternal medicine and annual checks and the beginning a consumer-centered healthcare, where patients own their own data, including their genomes for drug treatment. Read More Samsung to halt Windows RT tablet sales in Germany Samsung on Thursday confirmed reports by German media that it will stop selling its Windows RT tablet, the Ativ Tab, in Germany. Read More Sensors lead to burst of tech creativity in government At the IBM Pulse conference here this week, city of Boston CIO Bill Oates showed a new city-made app that piqued the interest of attendees like Gary Gilot, an engineer who heads the public works board in South Bend, Ind. Read More Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Mobilize: A unified IT approach to the mobile workspace Why does unification matter for today's enterprise? The answer can be found by looking to today's defining trends. The consumerization of IT, BYOD, mobility-based business models--they're all transforming how employees work and customers engage. Read Now Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone Twitter will end support for TweetDeck on the iPhone and Android in order to focus solely on browser-based versions for those platforms. And it is also apparently dumping Facebook. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Swatch connection hints at years of iWatch development An accumulation of evidence suggests Apple has been in direct and indirect contact with watch-making companies for years, which in turn suggests it has been assembling its plans to create new breeds of connected and miniaturized devices for many years. Read More Meet 60GHz Wi-Fi, the insanely fast future of wireless networking Get ready for a ridiculous boost in wireless networking speed. Two camps are competing to deliver wireless components that are at least seven times faster than today's gigabit (IEEE 802.11ac) routers. Read More CeBIT2013: Augmented reality smartphone app to help shoppers IBM's augmented reality personal shopping assistant recognizes boxes of goods on shelves and offers more information to consumers. Read More IDC: PC shipments to decrease in 2013 Worldwide PC shipments dropped in 2012 on an annual basis for the first time in more than a decade and that is expected to continue this year, research firm IDC said. Read More Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S4 in 'fake' leak Eye Scroll shenanigans Samsung Galaxy S4 controlled by your eyes...In a probably-PR-produced leak, it appears that the new Galaxy S IV flagship BYOD-toy will include eye-tracking. It'll be called Eye Scroll, we learn (iScroll?). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonders if it'll be your plastic pal that's fun to be with. Read More
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