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	Getting around Google+: 25 tips and tricks for power users The last of JR Raphael's three-part how-to series includes advanced tips and tricks to help you take your Google+ experience to the next level. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SOA Software Live API Security Webinar – SOA Software API Security Webinar. Tues. Sept. 10. 1 PM EST/10 AM PST. Opening up an interface to backend systems to virtually any software developer in the world, REST and JSON-based APIs can increase confidentiality, integrity and reliability risk. Learn how some large organizations have succeeded in API security. Click HERE to register In this Issue Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work Google takes second browser spot on the back of mobile NAND flash prices are sliding on low demand Verizon eyes combined wired-mobile services, won't go into Canada Apple to hold rare event in Beijing, suggesting imminent iPhone launch in China Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia's mapping apps EMC optimizes VNX hybrid array for flash Lookout security for Samsung Knox smartphones Richi Jennings: Android 4.4 has RIDICULOUS name #GrannyEyed WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Make Backups Reliable, Available, and Secure Recent surveys have shown that almost half of today's data centers are using the same backup system architecture that was all the rage 20 years ago. The other half are using disk in some fashion. This Deep Dive will explain the evolving role of disk and tape, as well as how they can work together to bring you the best of both worlds. View now >> Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work The U.S. isn't doing a good job keeping secrets. Think Edward Snowden. But demand for trustworthy IT professionals is strong, especially if they want to work for Amazon Web Services. Read More   Google takes second browser spot on the back of mobile Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said. Read More   NAND flash prices are sliding on low demand NAND flash prices slipped 5% to 10% in the second half of August, and prices are expected to continue to slide in the fourth quarter of 2013. Read More   Verizon eyes combined wired-mobile services, won't go into Canada Verizon Wireless has no plans to expand into the Canadian mobile market, the head of its parent company said Tuesday in the wake of a deal to bring all of the wireless subsidiary under Verizon Communications. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Moovweb Responsive Delivery: The Next Generation of Mobile In this tech dossier from Moovweb, learn about responsive web delivery, an approach to mobile development that can reduce costs and increase agility so companies can build great mobile solutions without the big rewrite of their existing sites. Read now! Apple to hold rare event in Beijing, suggesting imminent iPhone launch in China Apple is holding perhaps its first ever media event in China on Sept. 11, signaling that the U.S. company is paying greater attention to the nation's thriving tech market. Read More   Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia's mapping apps Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's. Read More   EMC optimizes VNX hybrid array for flash EMC's VNX hybrid storage line is now built for flash first, with revamped software that can take full advantage of multicore processors, producing what the company calls a major boost in performance. Read More   Lookout security for Samsung Knox smartphones Samsung Knox smartphones will include mobile security software from Lookout to protect business users from mobile threats, the San Francisco company said Tuesday. Read More   Richi Jennings: Android 4.4 has RIDICULOUS name #GrannyEyed Kit Kat kaper kreates kontroversy. The next version of Android will be called KitKat. Google is teaming up with Nestlé and Hershey in a bizarre branding exercise. Wait, did I say bizarre? I meant genius, obvs. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers boggle. Read More
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