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	iTunes is almost as big a biz as OEM Windows Apple's iTunes, software and services group generated almost as much revenue in 2013 as the Microsoft division responsible for licensing Windows to computer and smartphone makers, according to comparisons of the companies' financial statements. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Solving the Big Data Challenge of Sensor Data This webcast will focus on sensor data applications and IBM's differentiated offering to solve the IT challenges of sensor data for better business insight and competitive advantage. Highlights include unique attributes of sensor data and the big data challenges they present. View Now In this Issue Apple shifts to hardware-first TV strategy with revamped set-top box 8 iPad apps that are complex, powerful and advanced Phil Schiller up again in next round of Apple-Samsung battle Apple's iPhone shipments strong in China, but can't catch Xiaomi Jonny Evans: Failing Microsoft must bring Office to iPad Jonny Evans: Apple values your privacy, ads firms complain Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhones aren't worth killing for Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks, iOS 7: Text Shortcuts explained Richi Jennings: Is this a leaked iPhone 6 picture? (NO! MAKE IT STOP!) Preston Gralla: Office to be released for the iPad before Windows tablets? What gives, Microsoft? Richi Jennings: Microsoft Office on the iPad raises questions Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks: Part two (N-Z) WEBCAST: VCE Vblock™ Specialized System for SAP HANA® Deploy SAP HANA® fast and with low risk. VCE brings together all of the necessary components for SAP HANA® into a single, standardized converged infrastructure system to ensure maximum performance at scale even with high data volumes. Learn More Apple shifts to hardware-first TV strategy with revamped set-top box Apple is gearing up to launch a revamped Apple TV, but will not push into the television market this year, as many assumed. Read More 8 iPad apps that are complex, powerful and advanced Most people don't think of the iPad as a high-end computing device. These eight apps prove otherwise. Read More Phil Schiller up again in next round of Apple-Samsung battle Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller is among the witnesses that lawyers for Samsung plan to call when the two companies return to court in California in late March. Read More Apple's iPhone shipments strong in China, but can't catch Xiaomi Apple's iPhone shipments to China hit a record in the fourth quarter, but the company was pushed out of the top five smartphone makers in the country by strong demand for phones from local vendor Xiaomi. Read More Jonny Evans: Failing Microsoft must bring Office to iPad Microsoft may have chosen a new CEO but it seems it still hasn't figured out how to carve a future in the Apple-driven Post-PC computer world. And it all comes down to Office. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple values your privacy, ads firms complain Apple puts your privacy way above its own short-term gain -- you can tell this is true because Ad Age today calls the firm, "slow, cocky and downright stingy" because it won't share your private information with advertisers, which kind of makes them cry. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Big Data, Big Opportunity New platforms like Hadoop are being used to gain a competitive advantage through big data. Learn More Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhones aren't worth killing for Your iPhones aren't worth killing for, Apple confirms in its 2014 Supplier Responsibility Report, where it says it is doing everything it can to avoid using conflict minerals. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks, iOS 7: Text Shortcuts explained Thanks to iCloud, Apple's OS X Mavericks and iOS 7 let you use the same Shortcuts for text entry on your Mac as on your mobile device. Here's how to enable and use the feature. Read More Richi Jennings: Is this a leaked iPhone 6 picture? (NO! MAKE IT STOP!) Al Madrigal tells it like it is. The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 6 rumor factory is ramping up nicely. Here are the latest faked images to fool almost everyone. I'm sure Katie Cotton is a happy bunny today. When will out-of-control bloggers get the hint? You are being played! In IT Blogwatch, bloggers calling BS yesterday, feel vindicated today. Read More Preston Gralla: Office to be released for the iPad before Windows tablets? What gives, Microsoft? The on-again, off-again love affair between Office and the iPad continues: The latest rumors say that Office will arrive on the iPad even before it comes to Windows tablets. No matter the truth of things, Microsoft needs to make clear its Office strategy, or else it will give up ground to competitors. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft Office on the iPad raises questions The Rashomon of Microsoft Office Yes, no, and maybe. The door is ajar. Similar to a Zen koan, bloggers are struggling to find meaning in recent statements made by Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) marketing master Tami Reller. Asked if the software giant is still contemplating the meaning of Office on the iPad and Android, the cryptic response was as clearly heard as the sound of one hand clapping. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers listen for trees falling in a forest. Read More Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks: Part two (N-Z) OS X Mavericks hints and tips: Here, as promised, is part two of the A-Z guide to some of the operating system's best tips, tweaks and features. Read More
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