YAWN: iPhone 5S and 5C release rumors reach criticality

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	Richi Jennings: YAWN: iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C release rumors reach criticality   How will you contain yourself? Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), to absolutely nobody's surprise, will launch two new iPhones next month. Rumors are, as usual, rife about colors, cameras, case designs, and other crud. Your humble blogwatcher really hates this time of year. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can exclusively reveal nothing of any interest or novelty, whatsoever. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Report: Apple's board loses its nerve as Cook readies new product play Preston Gralla: Asus kills its RT tablet but Microsoft moves full speed ahead on next-generation Surface RT Video Brew: One small step for Kirobo, one giant leap for robot kind Rob Walker: Analytics add color to the customer conversation Sharky: Why would the bosses need to know that last bit? WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP ProLiant Dl360p & DL380p Gen8 Severs The DL360p and DL380p deliver innovative advances in performance, serviceability and lifecycle automation to address the pressing demands of today's data-intensive and virtualized IT environments. Read Now Jonny Evans: Report: Apple's board loses its nerve as Cook readies new product play Apple is expected to reignite competition in its many markets once it begins its new product salvo this Fall -- or is it? Do reports claiming the company's Board of Directors are concerned about the "pace of innovation" at Apple suggest all may not be well in Cupertino? Read More   Preston Gralla: Asus kills its RT tablet but Microsoft moves full speed ahead on next-generation Surface RT Asus has pulled the plug on its RT tablet, but that doesn't appear to worry Microsoft because it appears to be moving full speed ahead on the next generation of RT tablets. Is Microsoft suffering from hubris, or does it know something the rest of the world doesn't? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Plantronics, Inc. Making Voice a Successful Part of Your UC Rollout You've thought long and hard about the investment you're making in Unified Communications. We've compiled ten steps to streamline the audio aspect of your UC deployment. Putting an audio strategy in place now can help you plan, deploy and eventually drive higher adoption rates. Download our workbook now! Read Now! Video Brew: One small step for Kirobo, one giant leap for robot kind Why do robots become astronauts? Simple: Because they like space. Read More   Rob Walker: Analytics add color to the customer conversation The world is not black and white. Therefore, businesses can't think in black and white, and business processes need to be multi-dimensional to accomodate – especially when dealing with customers. Read More   Sharky: Why would the bosses need to know that last bit? Pilot fish gets a somewhat nasty note from a manager, complaining that emails that he receives from an online form don't always contain a return email address -- but the ones a co-worker receives do. Fix it! Read More
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