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	As iPad sales slump, Cook hijacks analysts' fast-uptake explanation Apple on Wednesday conceded that it sold 16% fewer iPads in the March quarter than in the same period last year, fulfilling analysts' expectations -- in spades -- that iPad sales have slowed. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   IT Friction and Your Organization This report outlines key issues that cause friction between business users and IT. Learn More In this Issue Public cloud market ready for 'hypergrowth' period Apple users were left at risk by 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches HTC One (M8) grabs some Apple, Samsung converts Tech bigwigs agree to a settlement in Silicon Valley hiring case Top vendors join to bolster OpenSSL, other open source projects, after Heartbleed Tip of the Hat: Heartbleed prompts chastened tech giants to fund OpenSSL San Diego's SAP system has tripled some employees' workloads Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Here comes the black market for XP patches FCC defends new net neutrality proposal Apple CEO Tim Cook steps up on the auction block again Google+ creator Vic Gundotra is leaving Google Facebook launches FB Newswire for social newsies Verizon boosts revenue, income on mobile and broadband growth Facebook buys ProtoGeo, maker of Moves fitness tracking app Salesforce.com adds 'SOS' for service, taking cue from Amazon's Mayday Huawei still selling to carriers in the U.S. JR Raphael: How to get cheap home phone service with OBi -- and without Google Preston Gralla: Can Microsoft's new mini tablet save the Surface? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference + Expo Trending now: Consumerization of enterprise IT You've heard about consumerization...but how can you use it to give your organization a competitive edge? Find out at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn how consumer-driven technology can transform your business, your workplace, and your customer relationships. Learn more Public cloud market ready for 'hypergrowth' period The public cloud market is set for what one analyst firm calls "hypergrowth." Read More   Apple users were left at risk by 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer said. Read More   HTC One (M8) grabs some Apple, Samsung converts The innovative HTC One (M8) smartphone first went on sale a month ago and appears to be attracting plenty of buyers looking to upgrade olderApple or Samsung smartphones. Read More   Tech bigwigs agree to a settlement in Silicon Valley hiring case The four remaining defendants in Silicon Valley's closely watched employee hiring case -- Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel -- have agreed to a settlement, according to a new court filing. Read More   Top vendors join to bolster OpenSSL, other open source projects, after Heartbleed Reeling from the Heartbleed security fiasco, major IT vendors including Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Google and Cisco are backing a Linux Foundation initiative designed to boost open source projects considered critical to the industry. Read More   Tip of the Hat: Heartbleed prompts chastened tech giants to fund OpenSSL Computerworld offers a Tip of the Hat to Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica for an incisive look at how only a potential disaster could convince top tech execs to finally help fund the OpenSSL and other open-source projects. Read More   San Diego's SAP system has tripled some employees' workloads San Diego's $50 million SAP system has ended up tripling employees' workloads for certain types of tasks, but the city has also failed to devote enough attention to training, according to a consultant's report released earlier this month. Read More   Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Here comes the black market for XP patches For most people, XP patches will be unobtainable through legitimate channels. Sounds like a market to me. Read More   FCC defends new net neutrality proposal A new net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission meets the goals of past efforts and does not destroy open Internet principles, as critics have feared, FCC officials said Thursday. 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 Apple CEO Tim Cook steps up on the auction block again   Apple CEO Tim Cook is back on an auction block, repeating an offer that last year brought in $610,000 for the Washington, D.C.-based Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Read More   Google+ creator Vic Gundotra is leaving Google Vic Gundotra, a key executive at Google who helped to create Google+, is leaving the company, he announced on Thursday. Read More   Facebook launches FB Newswire for social newsies Facebook, looking to provide more valuable news information, is providing a new tool to that will post real-time content related to the day's news. Read More   Verizon boosts revenue, income on mobile and broadband growth Driven by growth in mobile and Fios broadband customers, Verizon Communications on Thursday reported first quarter 2014 revenue of $30.8 billion, up from $29.4 billion a year earlier. Read More   Facebook buys ProtoGeo, maker of Moves fitness tracking app Facebook is moving into the hot space of fitness tracking by acquiring a Finland-based mobile app maker. Read More   Salesforce.com adds 'SOS' for service, taking cue from Amazon's Mayday Salesforce.com was so impressed by the Mayday customer support feature that Amazon.com rolled out for its Kindle Fire HDX tablets that it's now working to create its own version. Read More   Huawei still selling to carriers in the U.S. Despite its setbacks in the U.S., Huawei Technologies still expects growth from its carrier business in the nation, and is focusing on the market's smaller network operators to increase sales. Read More   JR Raphael: How to get cheap home phone service with OBi -- and without Google An inexpensive device called OBi can give you dirt cheap home phone service -- but the way it works is about to change. Here's a hands-on guide to navigating the transition. Read More   Preston Gralla: Can Microsoft's new mini tablet save the Surface? It looks as if Microsoft's long-rumored Surface Mini may finally be on the verge of being released. Can the small tablet help save the Surface line, or will it be too little, too late? Read More
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