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	Nokia Lumia Icon on sale Feb. 20 exclusively at Verizon | Tizen OS gets Baidu, ZTE, Softbank and Sprint among 15 new partners
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	Wireless charging moves forward -- rival groups team to adopt standards The Alliance for Wireless Power and Power Matters Alliance announced they have reached an agreement to establish interoperability standards for wireless power charging. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! In this Issue Nokia Lumia Icon on sale Feb. 20 exclusively at Verizon Tizen OS gets Baidu, ZTE, Softbank and Sprint among 15 new partners LG G Pro 2 has a 5.9-in. screen and shoots video at 120 frames per second 8 iPad apps that are complex, powerful and advanced Acquisitions likely to hit Lenovo's profits in short term Samsung hints at new UI for upcoming Galaxy S5 JR Raphael: Android design fails: 12 stupid sins that need to stop Windows Phone's Q4 share stumbles as Nokia's sales slump Verizon reboots its home monitoring service Chromebooks to get VMware virtual desktop service Nvidia will shun mainstream phones with Tegra 4i, CEO says JR Raphael: Android upgrade report card: Grading the manufacturers on KitKat WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Big data and analytics for a holistic customer journey This White Paper offers an in-depth discussion on how you can use big data analytics to enhance experience while boosting the bottom line. It includes informative case studies on how other companies have used big data analytics to delight their customers. View Now Nokia Lumia Icon on sale Feb. 20 exclusively at Verizon Verizon Wireless will sell the Nokia Lumia Icon smartphone starting Feb. 20 for $199.99 and a two-year contract. Read More Tizen OS gets Baidu, ZTE, Softbank and Sprint among 15 new partners The fledgling Tizen smartphone OS has managed to attract 15 new backers, three of which are big name brands in Asia, including the Chinese search giant Baidu, handset maker ZTE, and Japanese mobile operator SoftBank Mobile. Read More LG G Pro 2 has a 5.9-in. screen and shoots video at 120 frames per second LG Electronics' G Pro 2 has a bigger screen than its predecessor, but improved video and camera features are what the company hopes will make the device stick out from the competition. 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 Acquisitions likely to hit Lenovo's profits in short term Lenovo reported a 30% jump in its net profit for the fourth quarter of last year, with its earnings driven by a record number of devices shipped. Read More Samsung hints at new UI for upcoming Galaxy S5 Samsung dropped a hint that its coming Galaxy S5 smartphone will have an updated user interface, possibly featuring simpler, flatter icons. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Best Practices for SPSS on Power Systems Organizations adopting the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services 4.2 can be affected by many variables. Read the white paper which explores the best practices and characteristics of running the software on a POWER7 platform, and learn how this can influence performance optimization and scalability. Learn More JR Raphael: Android design fails: 12 stupid sins that need to stop Android design has come a long way over a short time, but some apps are hanging onto cringe-worthy habits that just won't die. Read More Windows Phone's Q4 share stumbles as Nokia's sales slump Windows' share of the smartphone market fell slightly in the December quarter as the biggest manufacturer supporting Microsoft's OS, Nokia, posted less-than-stellar sales numbers, IDC said. Read More Verizon reboots its home monitoring service Two years after launching its smart home remote monitoring service amid fanfare, Verizon Communications stopped offering the service to new customers. It plans a reboot later this year. Read More Chromebooks to get VMware virtual desktop service VMware will offer virtual desktop services for Google's Chromebooks, allowing them to run Windows applications on the pared-down laptops based on the Chrome OS. Read More Nvidia will shun mainstream phones with Tegra 4i, CEO says Nvidia isn't interested in the mainstream smartphone market and will focus its Tegra efforts on tablets and high-end "superphones," the company's CEO said Wednesday. Read More JR Raphael: Android upgrade report card: Grading the manufacturers on KitKat Three months after KitKat's release, how are the Android manufacturers faring when it comes to upgrades? The grades are in, and they aren't all good news. Read More
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