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	Apple refreshes, renames iPad as 'Air,' goes Retina on the Mini Apple today unveiled a revamped and renamed 9.7-in. iPad, calling it the "iPad Air" to reflect its thinner, lighter form and to evoke the thin MacBook Air laptop. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The Importance of Performance Monitoring in the Midmarket Midmarket organizations are transforming their IT infrastructure to better accommodate the needs of the business. Two major pieces of this transformation are virtualization and cloud computing, which rely heavily on network performance to ensure success. View Now In this Issue Live blog: Apple Event, October 2013 Perspective: iPad and the keyboard -- getting inside Apple's head Analyst pumps Tuesday's iPad reveal as 'most important upgrade' since 2010 Apple needs 22% of TV set market to stay on top iPhone 5C production cut rumors 'tell us nothing' New iPhone 5C theory: Apple missed out on China's 'Golden Week' carrier subsidies Apple warns of SSD failures in MacBook Air, offers free replacements Apple hires Burberry CEO to run retail, keep brand burnished Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption Apple fixes iCloud bug that 'Barbie-ized' OS X, iOS calendars Microsoft rips page from Apple's playbook, sells app gift cards BlackBerry Messenger relaunches for Android, iPhone after month delay Apps deployed on iPhone and iPad dominate in the enterprise Apple, others can now comment on Samsung's proposed patent remedies Microsoft revamps Yammer's iPad app Jonny Evans: How to get your Mac ready for OS X Mavericks Jonny Evans: Seven power saving tips for iOS 7 Antone Gonsalves: Why the iPhone 5s is too good WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Connecting the Clouds: Best Practices for Integrating ITSM In this Industry Insight, BMC discusses how utilizing a SaaS approach to IT Service Management can position your IT organization to best manage the growing number of cloud-based services along with your enterprise's internal systems. Learn More Live blog: Apple Event, October 2013 Here's how Apple's announcements today unfolded in real time, in reverse chronological order. Read More   Perspective: iPad and the keyboard -- getting inside Apple's head By arming a larger iPad with a 64-bit processor and a keyboard cover, Apple could crack the nascent 2-in-1 device market, noted analyst Tim Bajarin said today. Read More   Analyst pumps Tuesday's iPad reveal as 'most important upgrade' since 2010 Apple's expected unveiling tomorrow of new iPads will be the "most important upgrade since the original," a bullish Wall Street analyst contended today. Read More   Apple needs 22% of TV set market to stay on top While the iPod, iPhone and MacBook catapulted Apple into the ranks of the Fortune 50, sales have leveled off somewhat and for the company to continue being a cash-generating machine, it will need new technologies -- a key one being an industry-changing flat-screen TV. Read More   iPhone 5C production cut rumors 'tell us nothing' Apple has cut orders for the iPhone 5C by between a fifth and a third, Asian sources have told the Wall Street Journal and the Reuters news service, leading some financial analysts to again argue that the company misjudged the appeal of the lower-priced smartphone. Read More   New iPhone 5C theory: Apple missed out on China's 'Golden Week' carrier subsidies Apple mistimed the launch of the iPhone 5C and priced the smartphone too high, missing out on aggressive subsidies offered by Chinese mobile carriers during an important holiday. Read More   Apple warns of SSD failures in MacBook Air, offers free replacements Apple is warning customers that solid-state drives in some MacBook Airs are failing and is offering free replacements. Read More   Apple hires Burberry CEO to run retail, keep brand burnished Apple on Tuesday tagged Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as the company's new head of retail and online stores, filling a spot in the executive top tier that's been vacant for nearly a year. Read More   Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption A close look at Apple's iMessage system shows the company could easily intercept communications on the service despite its assurances to the contrary, researchers claimed Thursday at a security conference. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn More Apple fixes iCloud bug that 'Barbie-ized' OS X, iOS calendars Apple today fixed an iCloud bug that had turned OS X and iOS users' calendars into a gaudy range of colors that one frustrated customer labeled the "Barbie Dreamhouse" palette. Read More   Microsoft rips page from Apple's playbook, sells app gift cards Microsoft today said it would start selling gift cards good for purchases on its digital content market, taking a page out of Apple's iTunes playbook. Read More   BlackBerry Messenger relaunches for Android, iPhone after month delay Nearly a month after problems delayed release of its BlackBerry Messenger apps for iPhone and Android, BlackBerry said it had relaunched the app on Monday. Read More   Apps deployed on iPhone and iPad dominate in the enterprise Companies are using the iOS platform more than 95% of the time to launch their custom and standard commercial apps, a new survey of Good Technology's 5,000 global customers found. Read More   Apple, others can now comment on Samsung's proposed patent remedies Interested parties, including Apple, may comment on a proposal from Samsung to refrain from seeking injunctions for five years against any company that agrees to a licensing framework regarding mobile standard essential patents in Europe. Read More   Microsoft revamps Yammer's iPad app Microsoft has enhanced its Yammer enterprise social networking suite's mobile applications, email integration and document collaboration. Read More   Jonny Evans: How to get your Mac ready for OS X Mavericks Apple is letting developers know to submit their OS X Mavericks apps now for inclusion in the Mac App Store when the new OS ships "later this Fall". The alarm bell isn't just for developers. It's for users, too. So, here's the Apple Holic guide to getting your Mac ready for the upgrade. Read More   Jonny Evans: Seven power saving tips for iOS 7 iOS 7 is a major step forward for Apple and its mobile devices, setting the scene for future improvements in the ecosystem. However, there have been some complaints of battery drain, so here's seven power saving tips for iOS 7. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Why the iPhone 5s is too good Apple's finely tuned technology in the iPhone 5s tracks users' activities so well that it's worth considering the privacy implications. Read More
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