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	Microsoft to wrap Nokia deal Friday, name subsidiary 'Microsoft Mobile' Microsoft today said that it will close the $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business on Friday, about eight months after revealing the deal. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities IT Organizations with passion for and actions around customer experience will lead the Service Revolution. Learn More>> Learn More In this Issue Can we talk? Internet of Things vendors face a communications 'mess' Google's Project Loon tests move to LTE band in Nevada Alibaba set to offer mobile phone services Preston Gralla: Microsoft to complete Nokia deal on Friday -- and become big-time Android player Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: What's the best smartphone? That's the wrong question. 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 Can we talk? Internet of Things vendors face a communications 'mess' Vendors will tell you that the Internet of Things (IoT) has arrived. We're here to tell you that it hasn't. Read More   Google's Project Loon tests move to LTE band in Nevada Google has expanded its Project Loon tests to the Nevada desert and, for the first time, into licensed radio spectrum. Read More   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 Alibaba set to offer mobile phone services Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao sites already sell everything from clothes and furniture to car tires and medicines. But soon they'll also be offering 3G data and voice call plans as well, the Chinese e-commerce giant said Thursday. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft to complete Nokia deal on Friday -- and become big-time Android player When Microsoft completes its $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia on Friday, it will be doing more than buying a mobile phone division and beefing up its commitment to Windows Phone. It will also become a big-time Android player. Read More   Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: What's the best smartphone? That's the wrong question. There is no one 'best.' All we can really do is determine the best smartphone for you. Read More
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