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	Apple defies PC downturn again, boosts Mac sales Apple on Wednesday said it sold 4.1 million Macs in the March quarter, growing sales during a period when the personal computer industry overall continued to contract. Read More WHITE PAPER: Unisys Keeping UP with Mobile Trendsetters Is your organization making the most of mobile? In this IDG Research Services study, we take a global look at adoption trends, examining how and why some companies are pulling ahead of the mobile curve. We offer the best practices and prescriptive advice that you can put to work today—for a more mobile tomorrow Learn more In this Issue Tim Cook to Microsoft: Better late than never for Office on iPad Android mobile ad traffic beats iOS for first time IPhone sales drive strong Apple earnings in Q2 Jonny Evans: OS X Beta Seed: Apple's open is closed Richi Jennings: Apple puts pre-release OS X on the map Apple kicks off public OS X beta testing Apple patches Secure Transport, but not because of Heartbleed Apple offers free recycling of its products worldwide Apple customers downsize iPhone, iPad storage in March quarter Russian Android SMS Trojan hits U.S. WHITE PAPER: BMC Software MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More Tim Cook to Microsoft: Better late than never for Office on iPad Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks Microsoft could have benefitted from bringing the Office suite to iPads earlier, but it was better late than never. Read More Android mobile ad traffic beats iOS for first time Android smartphones and tablets now get the most mobile ad traffic worldwide, but iPhones and iPads still get 52% of the revenue. Read More IPhone sales drive strong Apple earnings in Q2 Apple's iPad shipments declined, but iPhone sales were strong as the company reported a hike in profit and revenue during the second quarter of 2014. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X Beta Seed: Apple's open is closed Apple-focused bloggers will now have to do something other than breaking confidentiality agreements or exploring LinkedIn's Apple employee pages to tell their tales. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple puts pre-release OS X on the map Beta Seed: Help find hidden treasure. Yesterday, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) quietly started a new program which permits users to try out pre-release versions of OS X. Named "Beta Seed", the program is available to anyone free of charge. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers believe silence is golden. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Deliver Better Service and Support, More Efficiently People and businesses can do amazing things when technology runs at its best. Changing requirements and expectations have placed new demands on IT; now it's time for a new approach to service and support. Learn More Apple kicks off public OS X beta testing Apple today followed Microsoft in opening up pre-release, or beta, versions of its personal computer operating system to all comers. Read More Apple patches Secure Transport, but not because of Heartbleed Apple today issued a security-only update for OS X, patching 25 vulnerabilities in Mavericks, its newest operating system, and 7 bugs in older editions. Read More Apple offers free recycling of its products worldwide Apple is offering to recycle its products for free worldwide, and has included third-party products like mobile phones and PCs in the program in some countries. Read More Apple customers downsize iPhone, iPad storage in March quarter U.S. iPhone and iPad sales skewed more toward devices with less storage space in the March quarter compared to the final three-month period of 2013. Read More Russian Android SMS Trojan hits U.S. An Android Trojan app that sends SMS messages to premium-rate numbers has expanded globally over the past year, racking up bills for users in over 60 countries including the U.S., malware researchers from Kaspersky Lab said. Read More
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