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	iOS 8 split-screen hints at iPad's enterprise ambition Apple will debut a split-screen feature for the iPad in this year's iOS 8, tilting its tablet toward PC-like functionality and mimicking a core feature of Microsoft's Windows 8 on tablets, according to a report Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: JAMF Software Manage Everything Apple for Business with JAMF Now, managing & securing Apple devices is as simple as using Apple devices. Take a test drive. Learn More (learnmore.jamfsoftware.com) In this Issue Apple CEO Tim Cook -- now, half-off Hands-on: OS X 10.9.3 delivers Improved 4K display support Tip of the Hat: An expansive look at Apple's big asset Apple and Google agree to drop all patent suits Apple and Samsung fail to settle patent dispute in California Are iPads Making the Grade on College Campuses? Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks: Using Apple's hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows doesn't matter: 27 million Office for iPad downloads Jonny Evans: OS X: Sharing files between Windows and Mac Jonny Evans: Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Store? Jonny Evans: Samsung beats Apple in hype with its Heathrow claims Jonny Evans: OS X: Everything you need to use Smart Folders Richi Jennings: Apple and Google give peace a chance. Richi Jennings: The next patent fight 'twixt Apple and Samsung: Graphene Richi Jennings: New iPad 6 and iOS 8 rumors rampant, ahead of WWDC14 WHITE PAPER: CDW Delivering Business Intelligence This white paper provides an overview of BI building blocks and deployments -- from classic data warehouses to Big Data and real-time analytics, as well as the demand for mobile solutions that can provide actionable intelligence from anywhere. View Now Apple CEO Tim Cook -- now, half-off A lunch date with Apple CEO Tim Cook went for $330,000 yesterday in an online charity auction -- a little more than half what someone paid last year for a 30-minute coffee break with him. Read More Hands-on: OS X 10.9.3 delivers Improved 4K display support The new 10.9.3 update to Mavericks offers improved support for 4K displays. Before the update, Retina MacBook Pros and the new Mac Pro were able to drive 4K displays, but using any resolutions below the monitor's native resolution would result in soft, slightly blurry-looking screen elements and jaggy text. The new resolution options and system optimizations in 10.9.3 make scaled resolutions look much, much better. Read More Tip of the Hat: An expansive look at Apple's big asset Apple is the company the tech world looks to for innovation, and for leadership. The company is on multiple 'most admired' lists. To what does the company credit that success? Clearly, it's design capabilities. Read More Apple and Google agree to drop all patent suits Two giants of the mobile phone industry, Apple and Google, have agreed to drop all current patent infringement lawsuits between them, they said Friday. Read More Apple and Samsung fail to settle patent dispute in California Apple and Samsung Electronics told a court in California that they had failed to reach a settlement in their patent dispute, suggesting that a deal akin to that between Google and Apple may not be on the cards anytime soon. Read More Are iPads Making the Grade on College Campuses? Apple has made a big push to get iPads in the hands of college students -- and productivity apps such as iWork and now Office for iPad are helping. But one university professor says tablets 'fall far short' of meeting the prerequisites for serious college coursework. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X Mavericks: Using Apple's hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool Wi-Fi is essential to most Mac users, but what happens when your network gets sketchy? Apple's hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics tool should help you improve Wi-Fi performance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Taking Your Enterprise Mobile: An Executive Checklist This white paper from Citrix provides a checklist to follow to ensure your company can embrace enterprise mobility securely. Learn More Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows doesn't matter: 27 million Office for iPad downloads Microsoft clearly made the right move when it released Office for the iPad instead of holding it as a bludgeon to get people to buy Windows tablets. That's the takeaway from Microsoft's announcement that there have been 27 million downloads of Office for the iPad since its release six weeks ago. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X: Sharing files between Windows and Mac The Mac is back even while PC sales fall. This means many Mac users today find themselves in mixed platform offices, while Windows switchers may still need to grab some precious files off their old machines. Here's how it's done. Read More Jonny Evans: Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Store? What's clear as Apple puts together the pieces for its Next Big Thing is that with Ahrendts at the helm its retail stores will become the place to go if you want to take a look at its next industry-changing product releases. Read More Jonny Evans: Samsung beats Apple in hype with its Heathrow claims When it comes to reality distortion it is Samsung, not Apple, that must be bought down to Earth. Read More Jonny Evans: OS X: Everything you need to use Smart Folders Smart Folders can save you time -- so long as you use them. In this short report we'll look at what they are, how they're made and create an example folder. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple and Google give peace a chance. Ended, the patent war has. Hell has frozen over: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) have finally declared a truce in their long-standing patent war. Now joining forces on a quest to fight the evil trolls of Patent Pending, the two companies will likely continue to fight the good fight in patent courts for years to come. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are exhausted after the battle. Read More Richi Jennings: The next patent fight 'twixt Apple and Samsung: Graphene Invisible wonder-material is next IP battleground. Apple and Samsung may be squaring up for another patent fight. Or so the news agenda would have you believe. Our two favorite protagonists are amassing patents about graphene in sheet form. Ain't the future brilliant? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers rub their crystal balls. Read More Richi Jennings: New iPad 6 and iOS 8 rumors rampant, ahead of WWDC14 iPad 6 release date still assumed to be November. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to introduce side-by-side app multitasking next month. At WWDC14, Tim's crew will show off a split-screen feature to allow two apps to run simultaneously—or so the rumors say. Cue much salivation from BYOD fanbois. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers make the obvious comparisons to Windows 8 and Touchwiz. Read More
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