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	BlackBerry starts looking for buyer or partner as new OS struggles Blackberry's board of directors has formed a committee to explore strategic alternatives for the future of the company that could include joint ventures or a sale of the company, as it struggles to turn its new BlackBerry 10 operating system into a success. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry Get off to a great start When you install BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 you qualify for 30 days of complimentary support to get you started using the software to its full potential. Also, all purchases of annual BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 licenses come with complimentary BlackBerry® support, including 12x5 access to technical experience, online support and more. Learn more about the support services that are available once you've downloaded BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. In this Issue Reports pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 ZTE's Firefox OS smartphone soon available on eBay in US, UK Elgan: So what's wrong with being tracked by advertisers? 10 small devices. No, we mean really small. Asus kills its line of Windows RT tablets Asus preps new Transformer and MeMO tablets for later this year Photos of BlackBerry Z30 emerge amid difficult times for smartphone maker Don't expect innovative UIs to boost smartphone sales YouTube founders take on Vine, Instagram with leap back into video Bad connections dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi network Preston Gralla: Will the lack of good Windows 8 apps kill Windows tablets? WHITE PAPER: Symantec Out of the Box Experience This whitepaper first discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and then considers the merits of a separate solution for protecting one's virtual environment, or using a unified solution that offers comparable virtualization protection capabilities. Read now! Reports pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 Apple will unveil its next iPhone on Sept. 10, according to unnamed sources cited by the AllThingsD blog. Read More ZTE's Firefox OS smartphone soon available on eBay in US, UK Sales of the ZTE Open Firefox OS phone will start soon via eBay's stores in the U.S. and U.K. Read More Elgan: So what's wrong with being tracked by advertisers? Companies are getting more aggressive about using your phone to track you and then send you location-based mobile ads. So what? Read More 10 small devices. No, we mean really small. From the world's tiniest semiconductor laser to a bee-sized flying robot, these minuscule devices -- many of which cannot be seen by a human eye -- are changing our world. Read More Asus kills its line of Windows RT tablets Asustek CEO Jerry Shen confirmed that his company will no longer produce Windows RT tablets. Read More WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. HR and Finance Were made for Each Other Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View now >> Asus preps new Transformer and MeMO tablets for later this year Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans to launch new tablets in its Transformer and MeMO Pad lines of Android tablets later this year as it aims to build up its brand alongside the Google Nexus 7 series. Read More Photos of BlackBerry Z30 emerge amid difficult times for smartphone maker Signs of life at BlackBerry are still emerging, despite recent layoffs, an $84 million quarterly loss reported in June and record-low market share. Read More Don't expect innovative UIs to boost smartphone sales LG Electronics and Motorola Mobility are betting on updated user interfaces on smartphones in a bid to differentiate their latest products, but analysts aren't convinced that's enough to break Apple and Samsung's dominance. Read More YouTube founders take on Vine, Instagram with leap back into video YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen launched the Mixbit.com website and app, that together enable users to shoot, edit and stitch together videos that can be uploaded to the site and remixed. Read More Bad connections dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi network Large parts of a public Wi-Fi network built by Google in Mountain View, Calif., don't work properly and, according to local residents, haven't worked for months. Read More Preston Gralla: Will the lack of good Windows 8 apps kill Windows tablets? New research showing that Windows 8 has barely half of the most popular iOS apps is one more reason that Windows 8 tablets haven't caught on. Apps sell tablets, and unless Microsoft closes the app gap, Windows tablets may never make it. Read More
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