Blackberry CEO's comments ignite debate on future of personal computing

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	Blackberry CEO's comments ignite debate on future of personal computing BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins' prediction that tablets would decline in popularity provoked debate on what will happen over the next five to 10 years to smartphones, tablets and laptops -- even wearable computers -- and what devices users might eventually prefer. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE Eclipse Aerospace Case Study Building an Agile, Cost-efficient Business using a Virtualized Data Center. Learn More. In this Issue Details expected soon on Intel's $200 laptop and tablet chip architecture Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand AT&T to carry LG Optimus G Pro for $200 and contract May 10 Samsung builds chips to supercharge your smartphone Think tablets are popular? Shipments soar in first quarter Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says Remind me: Why do we want a Nexus 11 tablet? Intel's Haswell gets massive graphics performance boost Barbara Krasnoff: The LG Optimus G Pro makes its debut in a crowded market 'Dual personality' could morph into Jekyll and Hyde for Samsung and BlackBerry Novell offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise Dish exec says Sprint network update project must be based in U.S. Yahoo acquires to-do list app Astrid JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One and Nexus 4: Which should you get? Preston Gralla: Who's the biggest gainer in U.S. smartphone market share? Wrong! It's Windows Phone. WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Is Your Services Organization Leaving Money on the Table? Fully adopting today's service automation technology provides executives the visibility they require to increase profitability at a time when it is sorely needed. Visibility enables actions that optimize key Services margin levers where even small improvements equate to significant bottom line and strategic impact for the company. Learn more. Details expected soon on Intel's $200 laptop and tablet chip architecture Intel is expanding into low-cost laptops and tablets starting at $200 with new low-power Atom chips based on an architecture called Silvermont, which the company is expected to talk about next week, according to a source familiar with Intel's plans. Read More Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in the next decade, a Qualcomm executive said Tuesday. Read More AT&T to carry LG Optimus G Pro for $200 and contract May 10 AT&T will exclusively sell the 5.5-in., quad-core LG Optimus G Pro smartphone starting May 10 for $199.99 with a two-year contract, the two companies announced Wednesday. Read More Samsung builds chips to supercharge your smartphone Samsung began production of the industry's first ultra-high-speed, 4Gbit, LPDDR3 mobile memory, which it says has performance levels comparable to the standard DRAM used in personal computers. Read More Think tablets are popular? Shipments soar in first quarter Tablet shipments soared by 142% in the first quarter of 2013 year-over-year as all Android tablets, including low-budget white box versions, dominated the market over Apple iOS tablets, IDC said. Read More Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says About half of the world's companies will enact BYOD (bring your own device) programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts. Read More Remind me: Why do we want a Nexus 11 tablet? Samsung and Google are reportedly building a Nexus 11 tablet with an 11-in. display that runs Samsung's octa-core processor and will be released this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now Intel's Haswell gets massive graphics performance boost Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: The LG Optimus G Pro makes its debut in a crowded market On first look, the Optimus G Pro looks like a nicely equipped smartphone with a few distinguishing features. Read More 'Dual personality' could morph into Jekyll and Hyde for Samsung and BlackBerry BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S4 smartphones, both designed to meet the demands of a growing BYOD marketplace. Read More Novell offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise In an effort to help enterprises get a handle on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, Novell has released enterprise file sharing software that it claims is as easy to use as commercial cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Microsoft Skydrive, and Google Drive. Read More Dish exec says Sprint network update project must be based in U.S. Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of the Sprint Nextel network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. Read More Yahoo acquires to-do list app Astrid Yahoo has acquired Astrid, a to-do list and personal assistant mobile app, and the developers behind it for an undisclosed sum. Read More JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One and Nexus 4: Which should you get? Torn between the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, and Nexus 4? This step-by-step guide will help you figure out which device is the right one for you. Read More Preston Gralla: Who's the biggest gainer in U.S. smartphone market share? Wrong! It's Windows Phone. Windows Phone is all but dead and buried, right? Wrong. A new study shows it's got plenty of life -- in fact, it gained more market share in the past year in the U.S. than Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry. And even better times might be ahead. Read More
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