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	Preston Gralla: Microsoft phone chief: Nokia's Android phones will help get us to 1 billion users In case you thought that Microsoft would put the kibosh on Nokia's line of Android phones now that the company sale has gone through, rest assured they're here to stay. Former Nokia CEO and current Microsoft devices chief Stephen Elop says that they're key to getting Microsoft to 1 billion users of its services. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS The Impact of Customer-Centric Marketing on Manufacturers Manufacturers have traditionally fostered close relationships with retailers and channel partners who sell their products rather than interacting directly with consumers. But this is changing. Learn how manufacturers can succeed in this new era of customer-centric manufacturing. Learn more In this Issue Jonny Evans: Steve was right: Motorola Mobility 'anticompetive', 'abusive', says EU Darlene Storm: Lured by a PUP: Zona is a Netflix-like piracy app with more choices than Popcorn Time Sharon Machlis: Vida.io creates Google Charts in the cloud Marian Cook: The greenfield dream: What if you could start from scratch? Sharky: At least they figured THAT out WEBCAST: RMG Networks Top 4 Digital Signage Fails Join RMG Networks for a look at four of the most common reasons digital signage fails in corporate businesses. Learn about strategies to prevent those failures and realize the full potential digital signage represents. Learn More Jonny Evans: Steve was right: Motorola Mobility 'anticompetive', 'abusive', says EU You do not lose if Apple succeeds. If you don't want an iPhone there are others available. However, if Motorola Mobility had succeeded in asserting FRAND patents against Apple then no other firm but they would have been able to create alternative smartphones. Open? Huh. Read More   Darlene Storm: Lured by a PUP: Zona is a Netflix-like piracy app with more choices than Popcorn Time If Popcorn Time was 'Hollywood's worst nightmare,' then the piracy app Zona -- from Russia with love -- could give Hollywood night terrors while being a dream come true for pirates. Zona has a Netflix-like user interface, but offers more details and many more choices like 6,500 movies, 5,000 TV series, 300 TV channels, 550 radio stations, sports broadcasts, online games and even one million hours of music. The bad news is that the closed-source Java app Zona is often flagged as a PUP, or a dangerous relative to adware. Here's a review of Zona. Read More   WHITE PAPER: RMG Networks   Deliver Productivity Breakthroughs with Digital Signage Retailers have long recognized the influence that digital signage provides over a shopper's point-of-purchase decision making process. Learn More Sharon Machlis: Vida.io creates Google Charts in the cloud The goal is to make it easier to create either simple Google Charts or complex D3 visualizations Read More   Marian Cook: The greenfield dream: What if you could start from scratch? There is, in the reality of running IT, a tension between the old and the new, stabilization and innovation, the known and the unknown. How do you squeeze value from the existing systems while bringing on the new? But what if you could ditch all of your current systems and start fresh? An IT greenfield sounds dreamy, doesn't it? How would you do it? Read More   Sharky: At least they figured THAT out This company uses vendors to augment its IT support staff for thorny problems like recurring email outages. And the ventor techs make that a thing of the past -- until one day email goes out again. Read More
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