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	First impressions of Apple's iOS 7 The star of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week was clearly iOS 7, which gets a new look and a raft of new features. Columnist Michael deAgonia takes a look at what's coming this fall. 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 Apple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers How super high-def displays change everything Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy 5 outstanding Android keyboard apps As once-mighty Symbian enters hospice, will it be missed? Preston Gralla: Office for the iPhone means a half-victory for Microsoft's freethinkers US prosecutors propose kill switch to prevent smartphone theft New MacBook Air still stymies repairs, upgrades New terms in Sprint contracts look toward WiMax shutdown Obama directs agencies to move toward sharing spectrum WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Quantifying the Impact of Network-Based Attacks New investments in network security can be difficult to cost justify. This paper offers advice on how to assess the impact of network-based attacks on your organization with examples of how attacks impact the bottom line, methods to quantify their effect, and proven techniques to create your own economic model. Learn More Apple plays defense, Microsoft goes on offense in battle for iPhone customers Rivals Apple and Microsoft bookended the week by revealing productivity tools aimed at the same pool of customers: The millions who own Apple's iPhone. Read More How super high-def displays change everything The new super high-resolution screens bring beauty, clarity and precision to our work and play, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Are they worth the extra money? Definitely. Read More Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy Microsoft's surprise launch of Office Mobile for the iPhone shows that the software giant continues to favor Windows' future over Office's fortune, analysts said. Read More 5 outstanding Android keyboard apps Make your Android device better than ever with a custom onscreen keyboard that suits your style. These five options represent the best the platform has to offer. Read More As once-mighty Symbian enters hospice, will it be missed? Shipments of new Symbian smartphones from Nokia are rapidly dying, less than three years after the last time it topped the list of the world's most-used mobile platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Shape of Email Our "Shape of Email" research attempts, for the first time, to describe the content of a typical corporate inbox in terms of its importance and relevance to the user. Learn More Preston Gralla: Office for the iPhone means a half-victory for Microsoft's freethinkers Microsoft's sudden, surprise release of Office for the iPhone is a victory for those in the company who recognize the company's future doesn't lie in turf wars and in-fighting, but instead in releasing the best products for the widest audience. But the victory is only a partial one. Read More US prosecutors propose kill switch to prevent smartphone theft U.S. prosecutors are proposing that smartphone makers offer a "kill switch" in all new phones produced by the start of next year as part of an initiative to cut down on theft, which sometimes turns violent. Read More New MacBook Air still stymies repairs, upgrades Apple's newest MacBook Air, nearly identical to its predecessor, is not any easier to repair, iFixit said after tearing apart one of the just-released ultra-light notebooks. Read More New terms in Sprint contracts look toward WiMax shutdown An amendment to Sprint Nextel's subscriber terms of service points toward the carrier's expected shutdown of its 4G WiMax service. Read More Obama directs agencies to move toward sharing spectrum President Obama has directed federal agencies to take new steps toward sharing their wireless spectrum with commercial operators in an effort to meet growing demands for mobile data services. Read More
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