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	INSIDER Fast, cheap and easy: Five IT certifications that won't break you Achieving any certification worth its salt is never easy, but some are faster to complete than others -- and easier on your wallet as well. Here are five worth considering. 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 Facebook matures as software firm, but developers still wary AT&T wants to acquire DirecTV, report says Worm-like Android malware spreads via text messages Facebook users duped by offer for bogus hacking tool Facebook adds tools in effort to woo developers Google breaks out separate mobile Docs, Sheets, Drive apps Wearables offer hazy hope for mobile chip growth Facebook shows mobile app developers the money with new ad network New CEO tries to break Acer's reliance on PCs Apple-Samsung jury homes in on Steve Jobs' remarks Richi Jennings: Microsoft IE -- another horrible, horrible, closed-source FAIL WHITE PAPER: SAS Unlocking the Promise of Demand Sensing & Shaping Many organizations have limited insight into big data. These limitations have significant opportunity costs and can have a negative effect on identifying and understanding customer demand patterns and related supply constraints. This paper explains how the use of advanced analytical techniques and big data can enhance supply chain networks. Learn more Facebook matures as software firm, but developers still wary Facebook is not your scrappy startup anymore. It's providing a host of tools for third-party developers aimed at catching bugs swiftly, more toolkit options and lending a big helping hand in app development. Read More   AT&T wants to acquire DirecTV, report says AT&T has approached satellite provider DirecTV about a possible acquisition, in a bid to more closely integrate TV and broadband services, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read More   Worm-like Android malware spreads via text messages   A piece of malware targeting Russian-speaking Android users abuses a person's contact list to try and infect other devices, according to security vendor Eset. Read More   Facebook users duped by offer for bogus hacking tool   Symantec has seen another round of a ham-fisted but surprisingly successful attack that targets Facebook users hoping to break into their friends' accounts. Read More   Facebook adds tools in effort to woo developers Facebook, in a push to make its platform more useful for third-party developers, is launching tools to give their apps more exposure, including a mobile "like" button. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Neustar Inc.   3 Reasons Why You Need User Web Performance Measurements Learn why a traditional (technical) understanding of website performance needs to be replaced with a competitive one, a model where performance equates to revenue. Learn More Google breaks out separate mobile Docs, Sheets, Drive apps Google is releasing separate mobile apps for its Docs, Sheets and Slides apps, breaking them out from the Google Drive storage service where they used to reside. Read More   Wearables offer hazy hope for mobile chip growth Wearables could become the next big growth market for mobile devices, but they'll have to get more useful and less expensive first. Read More   Facebook shows mobile app developers the money with new ad network Facebook will extend its advertising business by distributing ads from its marketers to third-party mobile apps. Read More   New CEO tries to break Acer's reliance on PCs Jason Chen has been Acer's CEO for about 100 days, but he's already making major changes at the company as he boosts efforts to diversify beyond PCs and turn around years of financial and operational instability. Read More   Apple-Samsung jury homes in on Steve Jobs' remarks   The jury deciding the $2.2 billion patent-infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung began its first full day of deliberations trying to tackle the question of what Steve Jobs said when he decided to sue Samsung and whether he also wanted to go after Google. Read More   Richi Jennings: Microsoft IE -- another horrible, horrible, closed-source FAIL ''SOS! You're all in danger!'' Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) tells us more about last week's Internet Explorer vulnerability. In an updated 'advisory,' Satya's gang tell us how to work around the problem until they've managed to issue a fix -- unless you're on Windows XP, natch. Assuming you don't want to descent into the ninth circle of hell, known as EPM, let's all deregister vgx.dll, K? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers make like Chicken Little. Again. Read More
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