The iPhone's big lead in customer satisfaction is gone

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	The iPhone's big lead in customer satisfaction is gone Apple's dominance in smartphone customer satisfaction faded last year, with rivals like Samsung and Motorola dramatically closing the gap, a national survey said today. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing SAP This KnowledgeVault has answers to questions in a series of concise videos, webinars and assets that explain how SAP and VMware work together to deliver optimal application performance in a virtualized environment. View Now! In this Issue Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes Google trumpets small speed boost to Chrome 27 Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One Cyborgs arrive! Scientists build 3D printed ear IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS In hunt for life, NASA rover makes second drill on Mars WikiLeaks' donations barely enough to keep the servers running Video: Yahoo redesigns Flickr, offers a terabyte of free storage The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use Atlassian gives Jira a makeover Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer JR Raphael: 6 cool things about the new Google Play Music app Preston Gralla: Another way Apple beats Microsoft -- in sketchy tax dodges WEBCAST: Workday The Mobile Enterprise Today's mobile enterprise requires important data anywhere, anytime. And with mobile enterprise applications, IT needs to offer simple, easy-to-use apps that employees will embrace – without compromising security. View Now Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation. Read More Google trumpets small speed boost to Chrome 27 Google today upgraded Chrome to version 27, touting it as 5% faster as it patched 13 vulnerabilities. Read More Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in popular game engines Security researchers found serious vulnerabilities in the engines of several popular first-person shooter video games that could allow attackers to compromise their online servers and the computers of players accessing them. Read More Microsoft makes a play for the living room with Xbox One Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype. Read More Cyborgs arrive! Scientists build 3D printed ear Merging electronics with human tissue, scientists at Princeton University have used 3D printing tools to build a functioning ear. Yes, an ear. Read More IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. Read More Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform. Read More In hunt for life, NASA rover makes second drill on Mars NASA's rover Curiosity has drilled into a rock on Mars for just the second time during its mission.s Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! WikiLeaks' donations barely enough to keep the servers running Donations to WikiLeaks since January have only been enough to cover expenditures in essential infrastructure, such as servers, according to a transparency report. Read More Video: Yahoo redesigns Flickr, offers a terabyte of free storage Yahoo rolled out a new design for its Flickr photo sharing service Monday. Read More The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it. Read More SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. Read More Atlassian gives Jira a makeover Atlassian has revamped the Jira bug tracking tool with a new user interface, which the company said will offer faster navigation and a simplified workflow. Read More Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network. Read More JR Raphael: 6 cool things about the new Google Play Music app The new Google Play Music app packs in plenty of fresh functionality and design. From the big stuff to the smaller details, here are six cool things worth checking out. Read More Preston Gralla: Another way Apple beats Microsoft -- in sketchy tax dodges When it comes to paying taxes, Apple certainly thinks different, using sketchy tax dodges and phantom offshore companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. Competitors like Microsoft have used similar tactics, but not nearly to the extent that does Apple. This is one more example of the way that Apple polishes a shiny public image, but acts in private in a less-than-stellar manner. Read More
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