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	Microsoft puts the squeeze on Windows to shoehorn it into 16GB devices Microsoft has revealed how it will squeeze Windows 8.1 onto devices with storage space as small as 16GB to fulfill a promise earlier this year that OEMs could produce low-cost tablets and laptops. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITEworld InCITE Mobile & BYOD Do you manage mobile devices for your company? Are you interested in the latest developments in the mobile market. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter with the latest news, analysis, tips, and reviews of the latest smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices, plus the MDM tools and techniques to manage them in the enterprise. Subscribe In this Issue Would Amazon really make a phone? Of course Brace yourself, here comes the mobile appsplosion Apple and Samsung spar over $2.2B damages claim Jonny Evans: Google's flat Android plan is not just about Apple Michael Horowitz: The Woops of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) raises its ugly head again Richi Jennings: Will consumers ever see a 3D Amazon phone? WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Making the Move to a Cloud-Based ITSM Platform Today's mature cloud-based ITSM solutions can give you the flexibility and agility you need—without sacrificing security, stability or performance. Learn More Would Amazon really make a phone? Of course The idea of an Amazon smartphone, reportedly in the works for a September release, may seem far-fetched or foolhardy but isn't that big a stretch for the ambitious shopping, device and content giant. Read More Brace yourself, here comes the mobile appsplosion Companies are engaged in a kind of arms race with competitors to see how many apps they can get everyone to use. But this aggressive push for more apps is going to end up giving users app fatigue. Read More Apple and Samsung spar over $2.2B damages claim Apple outlined for the first time on Friday how it came up with the US$2.2 billion in damages that it wants a California jury to award it for Samsung's alleged "massive infringement" of five Apple patents. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software The Perfect Combo: ITIL, ITSM and Social Media BMC explores how best-in-class organizations are leveraging these to drive user satisfaction and organizational success. Learn More Jonny Evans: Google's flat Android plan is not just about Apple User interfaces won't be defined by what you see on the display forever, of course. Voice and gesture recognition will become part of the user interface equation -- this absolutely makes sense when the challenge of developing logical user experiences for wearable devices really takes off. Read More Michael Horowitz: The Woops of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) raises its ugly head again WPS is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. It is also a security nightmare, and it has just been extended to include NFC. No WPS for me, thank you. Read More Richi Jennings: Will consumers ever see a 3D Amazon phone? Amazon 3D phone: A bungle in the jungle? For more than three years, rumors of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) smartphones have pricked up bloggy ears. Never tiring of never-ending tales of unreleased phones, bloggers have trampled through dense Amazonian foliage to return with The Legend of the 3D Smartphone. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers switch on their Nooks. Read More
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