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	Sharknado takes a big bite out of Twitter A disaster movie on the SyFy channel about sharks raining down on L.A., lit up Twitter. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Federal IT Innovation Caught in a Catch-22 Fed resources shoring up old infrastructure, holding back new technologies. Read Now In this Issue Queen Victoria's gadgets: Tech gear for the steampunk set Yahoo buys Admovate to ramp up its mobile advertising 16 matchbox PCs: Small but powerful Salesforce.com launches new CRM product in the cloud Yahoo profit rises by 46%, though sales still drag Jive improves gamification, analytics in enterprise social suite Twitter hands French prosecutors identities of anti-Jewish posters 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! Queen Victoria's gadgets: Tech gear for the steampunk set Occupying a fantastic world where Charles Darwin meets Steve Jobs, steampunk-modded devices blend 19th- and early 20th-century styles with 21st-century tech. Get an eyeful of these cool and clever computers, cellphones, speakers and more. 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 16 matchbox PCs: Small but powerful These tiny systems, ranging from bare-bones boards to full-blown, ready-to-run PCs, are ideal for hackers and hobbyists who want to create their own powerful machines. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Bring Mobile Innovation to your Enterprise. With the mobility revolution well underway, CIO's and Line of Business owners are faced with the struggle to develop a winning mobile strategy. In this exclusive SAP KnowledgeVault Exchange, find out how to give your company an edge by developing a secure, future-proof mobile strategy. Learn More Salesforce.com launches new CRM product in the cloud Salesforce.com is hoping customers will tap more pieces of its growing cloud software portfolio with a new product, Sales Performance Accelerator, that combines its CRM software with its Work.com performance management application as well as customer lead information from Data.com. Read More Yahoo profit rises by 46%, though sales still drag Yahoo's profits rose by 46 percent in the second quarter, aided by nearly a dozen product launches, though sales at the company were still down. Read More Jive improves gamification, analytics in enterprise social suite Jive is rolling out of its software assembly line a new version of its enterprise social networking suite with enhanced gamification and sharper analytics, as well as deep integration with Salesforce.com's Chatter, Microsoft's Yammer and Evernote. Read More Twitter hands French prosecutors identities of anti-Jewish posters Twitter has handed French prosecutors information enabling the identification of some of those responsible for posts last year apparently contravening French laws on hate speech, according to the Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF), which had filed suits against the company to compel it to release the data. Read More
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