2013 Year End: Apple Review

	Jonny Evans: 10 signs Apple is very serious about China | Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac
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	2013 Year End: Apple Review In 2013 Apple, once dominant in the smartphone and tablet arenas saw increasing competition that took away its market share. Take a look back at Apple's biggest moments in 2013 in our year end review. Be sure to check out our other year end pieces. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Find out whether SaaS-based ITSM is right for you Software-as-a-service is more than just a cloud-based delivery model—it's a new approach to service that lets companies optimize utilization of in-house IT resources while providing service more effectively. Learn More In this Issue Jonny Evans: 10 signs Apple is very serious about China Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac Review: Apple's 15-in. MacBook Pro delivers on speed, battery life EFF hits Google for removing 'vital privacy feature' with Android 4.4.2 Apple supplier Foxconn still struggles to limit working hours, labor group says Google buys maker of agile, mobile robots Canada launches antitrust probe into Google practices Microsoft times BUILD dev conference to fall outside Apple's shadow WHITE PAPER: Tintri Storage Intelligence for Virtualized Environments Built on the industry's first and leading VM-Aware Storage architecture, this paper discusses how Tintri Flash First Design including VM-level QoS works and how it makes virtualization simple, predictable and efficient. Read now! Jonny Evans: 10 signs Apple is very serious about China Apple has taken giant steps to connect with Chinese consumers as it approaches the China Mobile iPhone deal. It knows China will become the world's biggest Apple market. This is a serious relationship. Read More Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac Google yesterday launched its new packaged apps, dubbed 'Chrome Apps,' for the Mac, making good on a promise from September when it kicked off testing. Read More Review: Apple's 15-in. MacBook Pro delivers on speed, battery life Apple's newest 15-in. MacBook Pro looks just like last year's model but delivers on faster performance and solid battery life, says columnist Michael deAgonia. Read More EFF hits Google for removing 'vital privacy feature' with Android 4.4.2 The Android 4.4.2 update that began to roll out Monday to Google's Nexus devices removed a feature that gave users fine-grained control over app permissions, prompting criticism from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox Growing Pains in Mid-Market Storage This fact-based paper takes a close look at how mid-sized businesses are facing the significant growth in unstructured data and how the requirement to manage, store and protect it is putting a huge drain on valuable money and resources. Read now! Apple supplier Foxconn still struggles to limit working hours, labor group says Foxconn Technology Group has come up short in trying to limit the overtime hours of its workers in China, but still made progress in improving the working conditions at three of its factories that make products for Apple, a labor group said Thursday. Read More Google buys maker of agile, mobile robots Google has acquired Boston Dynamics, a company that builds robots that mimic the movements of humans and animals with stunning dexterity and speed. Read More Canada launches antitrust probe into Google practices The Canadian Commissioner of Competition believes Google has abused its dominant search position and in an ongoing investigation has filed a document with the Federal Court of Canada demanding more information on the company's practices. Read More Microsoft times BUILD dev conference to fall outside Apple's shadow Microsoft will return to San Francisco in April to reprise its BUILD developers conference. Read More
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