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	Dual persona smartphones non grata at Starz Among several BYOD strategies Starz has tried over the past five years, dual persona smartphones -- offering employees a business and personal interface -- took off like a lead balloon. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Okta Managing Mobile Identity: Webinar With consumerization of IT & new mobile devices, IT is challenged with providing simple, secure application access to employees. Hear customer guests Welles Hatch, CIO - CityYear and Nathan McBride, VP of IT - AMAG Pharmaceuticals share first-hand experience of moving to a cloud-first enterprise & enabling mobility. Register Now. In this Issue Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 operating systems NFC forecast dims at Gartner Acer shows off 21-inch Android-based desktop JR Raphael: Mobile devolution: Why Verizon's no longer a place for Android enthusiasts Intel shows first Merrifield-based smartphone Chasing tablets, Intel further cuts Haswell power draw More than half of Americans own a smartphone. Now what? Microsoft marks down Windows, kicks in free Office to spark tablet sales Google Glass competitors vie for attention as industry grows Texas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises Intel says Bay Trail chip-based tablets will start at under $199 Preston Gralla: Microsoft's weird plan for boosting tablet sales is born to fail Fujitsu's thinnest laptop has 11-hour battery Richi Jennings: BANNED: Some U.S. Apple iPhone and iPad models Samsung unveils water-resistant Galaxy S4 Preston Gralla: Windows Phone to overtake the iPhone? It will happen. Lenovo seeks joint venture, possibly to shore up smartphone business Researchers use Wi-Fi and gestures to make a 'smart home' WEBCAST: 8x8 Unified Communications 101 What's the best way to implement a unified communications solution for your organization? Learn more! Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 operating systems Merging the Windows Phone OS with the Windows and Windows RT OSs could give Microsoft a boost in attracting more developers and, ultimately, improving its market share for smartphones and tablets. Read More NFC forecast dims at Gartner Gartner drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, noting the struggles of Google Wallet and Isis mobile wallet services. Read More Acer shows off 21-inch Android-based desktop Acer is breaking Android out of its comfort zone and has installed the operating system on a 21.5-in. all-in-one desktop PC that is expected on sale in the U.S. later this year. Read More JR Raphael: Mobile devolution: Why Verizon's no longer a place for Android enthusiasts If you're really into Android, Verizon's probably not the best place for you to be. Here's why. Read More Intel shows first Merrifield-based smartphone Intel showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips. Read More Chasing tablets, Intel further cuts Haswell power draw Intel wants to match PC battery life with that of tablets through its new dual-core fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell. Read More More than half of Americans own a smartphone. Now what? A majority of Americans -- about 56% -- now own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center's latest survey. Read More Microsoft marks down Windows, kicks in free Office to spark tablet sales Microsoft confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales. Read More Google Glass competitors vie for attention as industry grows Plenty of eyes may be focused on Google Glass as the device attracts attention in the field of "augmented reality," but a crop of other players developing their own glasses-like products are also hoping to stand out as the industry matures. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn more. Texas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises Texas Instruments and Qualcomm are working on products that will power small mobile base stations, also known as small cells, and help improve indoor coverage and speeds for enterprises. Read More Intel says Bay Trail chip-based tablets will start at under $199 Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under $200, a company executive said Wednesday. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's weird plan for boosting tablet sales is born to fail Microsoft's two-pronged plan to boost sales of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets includes cutting costs and including free versions of Office. But it's an oddly conceived strategy. Here's why it's bound to fail. Read More Fujitsu's thinnest laptop has 11-hour battery Fujitsu will this month launch a super-thin ultrabook, built on Intel's latest Haswell processors, with an 11-hour battery life and a screen with nearly three times HD resolution. Read More Richi Jennings: BANNED: Some U.S. Apple iPhone and iPad models Apple iToys banned in U.S. The International Trade Commission bans imports of certain models of Apple iPhone and iPad. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are shocked. SHOCKED! Read More Samsung unveils water-resistant Galaxy S4 Samsung is adding another Galaxy S4 smartphone to its portfolio. The Active model is dust- and water-resistant, and has a special camera mode for underwater pictures and video. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone to overtake the iPhone? It will happen. The iPhone is the schoolyard bully and Windows Phone the 99-pound weakling, right? Wrong. By 2017 Windows Phone will nearly overtake the iPhone, says a new report. And after that, it's anyone's guess. Read More Lenovo seeks joint venture, possibly to shore up smartphone business Lenovo is in preliminary negotiations to start a joint venture with an unspecified party, the company said Tuesday, setting off speculation that the company could be looking to bolster its expanding smartphone business. Read More Researchers use Wi-Fi and gestures to make a 'smart home' Don't like the song playing on the stereo? Just wave it goodbye, literally. Read More
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