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	iOS 7 delivers some needed enterprise-friendly tweaks Since it supports enterprise single sign-on, iOS 7 should be a more business-friendly operating system when it arrives next week, says columnist Ryan Faas. He offers a look at what's new in iOS 7 and why IT pros should care. Read More WEBCAST: HP HP Mobile App Development Survey Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now In this Issue Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant With new iPhone 5s, Apple launches the 64-bit smartphone war Sprint's early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones Super-fast Wi-Fi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps Preston Gralla: Nokia's Android plans forced Microsoft into $7.2 billion buyout Michael Horowitz: Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world Jonny Evans: iPhone 2013: Apple lays foundations for future innovation FCC to auction H block spectrum in 2014 HTC cuts jobs at US operations Antone Gonsalves: The greatest mobile threats (and Android malware isn't one of them) Vodafone gets approval to buy Kabel Deutschland for $10 billion New iPhones help lay groundwork for global LTE roaming Couchbase open source data store goes mobile WHITE PAPER: HP Inside the Minds of Enterprise Mobile App Developers The success of smartphones introduced a new paradigm for developing applications that's having a broad and deep impact on application development tools and software architectures. Read Now! Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant Apple's iBeacons system will enable purchases, contextual marketing, automated check-ins and much more. And it's closer than you think. Read More With new iPhone 5s, Apple launches the 64-bit smartphone war The 64-bit smartphone clash has been joined between rivals Apple and Samsung. But will everyday smartphone buyers even care, much less notice? Read More Sprint's early upgrades program to launch Friday, same day as new iPhones Sprint will reportedly launch a One Up early upgrade program on Friday that allows customers to get a new device every year with a smartphone or tablet trade-in. Read More Super-fast Wi-Fi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps Earlier this year we tested several consumer-level 802.11ac routers. Here, we take a look at two enterprise-level access points. They're a part of the so-called "Wave 1" phase of the 802.11ac standard: both access points support up to three spatial streams and 80 MHz wide channels, offering theoretical data rates up to 1.3Gbps. But just as we saw with the 802.11ac routers, you won't get throughput rates nearly that fast. Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia's Android plans forced Microsoft into $7.2 billion buyout The rumor has been confirmed: Nokia was working on an Android smartphone at the time that Microsoft decided to buy Nokia's phone business. That's likely one of the key reasons that Microsoft decided to take the plunge and and make the deal. Read More Michael Horowitz: Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world By default, Android devices phone home, copying Wi-Fi passwords to Google servers. While they may be encrypted, it seems fairly obvious that Google can read these Wi-Fi passwords. And if Google can read them, the U.S. government can compel them to turn over the passwords. WPA2 encryption? Extra-long random password? It's all meaningless. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation How Organizations Are Improving Business Resiliency This Forrester Technology Adoption Profile examines how IT decision-makers' expectations and approaches are evolving to address increasing demands from their organization and clients. Learn More. Jonny Evans: iPhone 2013: Apple lays foundations for future innovation Innovation takes time. It requires foundations be in place. Apple is building these as it hatches wider plans. Read More FCC to auction H block spectrum in 2014 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band for commercial mobile services in an auction beginning Jan. 14. Read More HTC cuts jobs at US operations In another sign of trouble at HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker started downsizing its U.S. operations, cutting an undisclosed number of staff. Read More Antone Gonsalves: The greatest mobile threats (and Android malware isn't one of them) Don't let security vendors' obsession with Android malware fool you. There are far more serious threats lurking. Read More Vodafone gets approval to buy Kabel Deutschland for $10 billion Vodafone is close to acquiring Kael Deutschland, Germany's largest cable operator, for $10 billion. Read More New iPhones help lay groundwork for global LTE roaming Apple's new iPhones show how smartphone vendors are overcoming the technical hurdles that have limited roaming using LTE. Read More Couchbase open source data store goes mobile Couchbase is launching a version of its namesake NoSQL open source data store that can run on mobile devices, called Couchbase Lite. Read More
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