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	Faster upgrade plans like AT&T Next could be new frontier in wireless AT&T's Next smartphone and tablet upgrade and no-contract plan, competes with a similar plan called Jump! from T-Mobile and another expected soon from Verizon Wireless. 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. In this Issue Smartwatches still in a 'so what' phase JR Raphael: 7 hot Android launches on the horizon right now Chrome 28 on iOS bolsters browser's ties to Google app ecosystem HTC adds HTC One Mini, with 4.3-inch screen, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor T-Mobile sales of Xperia Z and Lumia 925 start Wednesday Apple probes iPhone 5-related death in China Droid Ultra smartphone expected at next week's Verizon event Nokia has best quarter for Lumia smartphones sales, trims losses Faster Wi-Fi deployed with launch of iPad program at prep school Sprint kicks off tri-band device sales Leap will make AT&T bigger, but who's the biggest? Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Lenovo drops Yoga 11 hybrid with Windows RT from online sales Alternative fixes released for Android 'master key' vulnerability Yahoo buys Admovate to ramp up its mobile advertising 15 current and future uses for drones Verizon's mobile and Fios drive revenue growth WHITE PAPER: HP Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor. Read Now! Smartwatches still in a 'so what' phase With Apple's iWatch and several competing smartwatches from major manufacturers in the works, some analysts question whether consumers will embrace such wearable technology. Read More JR Raphael: 7 hot Android launches on the horizon right now Summer may traditionally be the slow season for Android launches, but you wouldn't know it by watching the wave of hot devices about to splash onto shore. Read More Chrome 28 on iOS bolsters browser's ties to Google app ecosystem Google has updated Chrome for iOS, which now opens some links in other Google apps, yet more evidence of the search giant's push to subvert rivals' ecosystems by keeping users corralled within its own. Read More HTC adds HTC One Mini, with 4.3-inch screen, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor HTC has finally unveiled its much-rumored "HTC One mini" handset, and will bring the compact version of its flagship smartphone to select markets as soon as August. Read More T-Mobile sales of Xperia Z and Lumia 925 start Wednesday T-Mobile began in-store sales of both the Xperia Z from Sony and the Nokia Lumia 925 on Wednesday. Read More Apple probes iPhone 5-related death in China Apple promised to investigate a report that a young Chinese woman was electrocuted when she answered her iPhone 5 while it was plugged into its charger. Read More Droid Ultra smartphone expected at next week's Verizon event Several smartphone launches are imminent, including next Tuesday's Verizon Wireless event in New York City to unveil what the carrier's calling "the next generation of one of their most popular family of devices." Read More Nokia has best quarter for Lumia smartphones sales, trims losses Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still reported a net loss. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Enable Faster Backup and More Effective Long-Term Archiving EMC Data Domain Systems respond to the challenges organizations are struggling with as they balance requirements for disk-based backup, long-term backup retention, and cost-effective archiving. The systems support long-term backup retention and provide a foundation for supporting new archiving workloads. Learn more. Faster Wi-Fi deployed with launch of iPad program at prep school The emergence of faster Wi-Fi on the 802.11ac standard has been a big hit with schools and universities that have struggled with slower networks because of the enormous influx of data-sucking smartphones, tablets and laptops used by students. Read More Sprint kicks off tri-band device sales Sprint will begin selling two LTE hotspots and an LTE USB modem on Friday -- the first tri-band LTE devices the carrier has offered. Read More Leap will make AT&T bigger, but who's the biggest? The two biggest mobile operators in the U.S. are fiercely competitive and closely matched in size. So will AT&T's proposed multibillion-dollar acquisition of Leap Wireless change the balance? Read More Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Microsoft launched Outlook Web App for iOS, a "native" app that reprises -- and amplifies -- the in-browser OWA corporate workers have long used on devices that don't support the full-fledged Outlook client. Read More Lenovo drops Yoga 11 hybrid with Windows RT from online sales Lenovo has discontinued sales of the Yoga 11 convertible with Windows RT on its website, which analysts said was a sign of PC makers moving away from their commitment to the struggling OS. Read More Alternative fixes released for Android 'master key' vulnerability More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Read More Yahoo buys Admovate to ramp up its mobile advertising Yahoo has bought ad tech startup Admovate to grow its mobile advertising sales and provide a stronger channel for personalized display advertising. Read More 15 current and future uses for drones For a nation already on edge about NSA spying, drone technology is just another reason to keep looking over our shoulders. Read More Verizon's mobile and Fios drive revenue growth Verizon Communications has reported a revenue increase of 4.3% for the second quarter of 2013, compared to a year ago, with mobile and Fios broadband customers additions driving the growth. Read More
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