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	Microsoft teases 'Office Lite' for Windows' touch UI Microsoft previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," formerly called "Metro," user interface, and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry Trade up your licenses for free There is an easy, no-cost way for you to leverage your existing BlackBerry® investment and make the move to BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10. Trade up your licenses for free to receive new licenses and server software that allows you to secure and manage BlackBerry® 10 smartphones. Learn more about the free license trade up offer. 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This paper highlights: • How to offload significant upfront capital expenses • On-premise vs. cloud UC tradeoffs • Side-by-side pricing comparison of hosted UC service and IP PBX Read now. Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer Sprint announced it will soon sell two Windows Phone 8 smartphones that run over fast LTE, the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo. Read More A Facebook Reader could prove a mobile boon If reports are accurate, Facebook may soon be where smartphone and tablet users can get the latest news from around the world. Read More Verizon notches 500th LTE market, declares initial rollout done Verizon Wireless has completed the initial rollout of its 4G LTE network, covering 95 percent of the U.S. population, and is now looking to reuse other spectrum for LTE and deploy small cells using the technology. Read More Sprint set to become 'spectrum powerhouse' Sprint shareholders Tuesday set the stage for a potentially massive change in the wireless carrier competitive landscape by approving SoftBank's bid to buy 78% of the company for $21.6 billion. Read More Jonny Evans: Smartphone sales slow as consumers await Apple's new iPhones The Apple effect is hitting the smartphone business all over again, as analysts report slowing sales of devices from all vendors, including those of the current generation iPhone pending introduction of a lower cost iPhone and the iPhone 5S. We've seen this before, of course -- consumers want to see what Apple's got before they choose which device to buy. Read More Dish drops bid for Clearwire, ending brutal bidding war Dish Network has dropped its offer to buy Clearwire, probably clearing the path for a strengthened Sprint Nextel to complete its takeover of the struggling but spectrum-rich mobile operator. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 Smart VoIP Strategies New White Paper on VoIP Advantages for Small Business! Download this new white paper today for a close look at how a VoIP phone solution can help your small business stay ahead of future challenges. Learn more. Ultimate ultrabook shootout Our testing of eight Windows 8 ultrabooks reveals that users looking for a sleek form factor will have to accept tradeoffs. Read More JR Raphael: What the Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play Editions are actually like to use The Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play Editions offer pure Android software with smokin' hot hardware -- so what are the devices actually like to use? Here's a hands-on look at the pros and cons. Read More Preston Gralla: Why touch is killing Windows 8 apps At his keynote speech at the BUILD conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hyped how important touch is to Windows and the future of computing. But because of Microsoft's reliance on touch, Microsoft and others have dumbed down Windows 8 apps so that many are barely useful. Read More JR Raphael: New 'Google Play Edition' phones show off subtle changes to Android OS Google's new Galaxy S4 and HTC One "Google Play Edition" devices give us a glimpse at some subtle changes that appear to be on the way to Android. Read More Developers express enthusiasm for Firefox OS, survey shows Developers find Firefox OS the most compelling among new smartphone OSes, generating more interest than Tizen and BlackBerry 10, even though no commercial products have been launched for it. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5s / 6 -- features / rumors -- release date sooner? New BYOD iToy release earlier than expected? The Apple iPhone 5S has been spotted again. In today's IT Blogwatch, we round up the rumors and fettle the features, as mused by the masses. Oh, and what of the imagined iPhone 6 -- is it possible we'll see it this year? 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