What's new in Android 4.3? More than you might think

	Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom | JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer
	Computerworld Blogs				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	JR Raphael: What's new in Android 4.3? More than you might think Android 4.3 is by no means an earth-shattering release, but it does deliver some pretty significant new features and under-the-hood improvements. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More In this Issue Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer Preston Gralla: Windows tablets tank, account for only 1 percent of Web tablet traffic Darlene Storm: Spying to continue, House votes down plan to defund the NSA JohnWThompson: Is your company still relevant? Will it be tomorrow? Sharky: Pretty sure there WAS an L in there somewhere WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Eliminating the Challenge of Remote Backup In today's global economy, many companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to backup processes. Providing IT services to remote locations generally requires investment in local servers, storage, and networking. Read Now Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Read between the lines of last night's Apple fiscal call (and take a look at its financial statements) and it's crystal clear new products are coming as Apple's r&d spend so far this year already dwarfs what it spent in the year before iPhone. Read More JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer For a simple little device, there's a lot to say about Google's new $35 Chromecast media streamer. Here are 10 interesting things you might not know about the product. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows tablets tank, account for only 1 percent of Web tablet traffic If you judge market share by Web usage, Windows tablets have failed. A new report by the online ad network Chitika finds that they account for one percent of all Web tablet traffic, compared to 84.3 percent for iPads. Worse yet, the numbers haven't budged for months. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now Darlene Storm: Spying to continue, House votes down plan to defund the NSA The proposal to defund the NSA, to cut the heart of the metadata collection program, was defeated in the House. Meanwhile the NSA claims it can't search its own email! The NSA chief claimed the reason for the secrecy surrounding all the surveillance was not to hide the collection program from Americans, but from those trying to kill Americans. Lastly, encryption may be a moot point if the NSA and FBI are holding the master encryption keys. Read More JohnWThompson: Is your company still relevant? Will it be tomorrow? As a CEO, people often ask me how I sleep at night knowing that, especially in the IT industry, the competitive landscape can shift almost instantaneously. I tell them the truth: I sleep like a baby. I sleep for two hours and get up and cry for two hours. Read More Sharky: Pretty sure there WAS an L in there somewhere User at this state agency has a problem with her mainframe account, so her supervisor requests a new ID on the mainframe -- and that requires some approvals to gain access to certain screens. Read More
	DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: CLOUD COMPUTING In our in-depth report on cloud computing, we take a closer look at platform-as-a-service, security-as-a-service and back-end-as-a-service, weighing the benefits and challenges of each service and sharing tips from early adopters. This free, 12-page magazine-style report is available now [Registration required] To read the report, click here. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: PREMIER 100 IT LEADERS Now's your chance to get a worthy CIO or other top IT executive nominated for next year's Premier 100 IT Leaders awards! Deadline is Friday, Aug. 30. To make a nomination, click here. KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST NEWS ON CONSUMERIZATION Our weekly Consumerization of IT newsletter covers a wide range of mobile hardware, mobile apps, enterprise apps and IT trends related to consumerization. We cover BYOD, smartphones, tablets, MDM, cloud, social and how consumerization affects IT. Stay up to date with news, reviews and in-depth coverage. JOIN THE COMPUTERWORLD CONVERSATION ON GOOGLE + Be sure to add Computerworld to your Google+ circles to keep track of breaking news, features, blogs, tech reviews and career advice. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL A recent survey found that 67% of senior IT professionals are expected to be available during their vacations, but in reality it seems like everyone does at least some work while away. Do IT pros every really get a summer vacation? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
	Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter You are currently subscribed to computerworld_blogs as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Computerworld, please send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. Copyright (C) 2013 Computerworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. **