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	Headphone makers will be wary of Apple's Lightning audio pitch Apple will find it difficult to convince headset manufacturers to switch to a Lightning port for audio, an analyst argued today. 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 Microsoft should grab Apple's 'Handoff' for Office Samsung matters more than Apple in deciding wireless charging's future Developer demos iPad split-screen in photos, video Review: Microsoft Office Online vs. Apple iWork for iCloud vs. Google Drive Apple settles e-book antitrust dispute with U.S. states, consumer group E.U. launches probe into Apple's tax affairs Groups ask Apple to end toxic chemical use Jonny Evans: The wearable future of Apple's Beats: a fantasy Jonny Evans: iOS 8: Apple kills creepy Wi-Fi Location Tracking? Not really Jonny Evans: Yet more iOS 8 secrets Apple isn't talking about Jonny Evans: 8 ways you'll use Apple's iOS 8 HealthKit every day Richi Jennings: Latest iPhone 6 rumors and features and pictures! Oh my! Jonny Evans: 18 OS X Yosemite details you probably don't know WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Why Customers Deploy a Flash 1st Strategy on EMC VNX Storage Read why with a FLASH 1st strategy, customers don't need to compromise between performance and TCO. Learn More Microsoft should grab Apple's 'Handoff' for Office There's no good reason Microsoft can't adopt Apple's "Handoff" technology in its iOS and OS X Office apps, an analyst said today. Read More Samsung matters more than Apple in deciding wireless charging's future Samsung and Apple are the leading handset manufacturers in the world, but when it comes to which one can drive the mobile market for wireless charging, Samsung looks like the bigger player. Read More Developer demos iPad split-screen in photos, video The developer who earlier this week uncovered code within iOS 8 that pointed to a split-screen mode posted demonstrations of the feature in action. Read More Review: Microsoft Office Online vs. Apple iWork for iCloud vs. Google Drive Online word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation apps can be surprisingly useful, or surprisingly lame, and not even Microsoft aces Office document compatibility Read More Apple settles e-book antitrust dispute with U.S. states, consumer group Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement in the e-books price-fixing lawsuit with U.S. states and a consumer group ahead of a trial for damages scheduled for July 14, according to records in a New York federal court. Read More E.U. launches probe into Apple's tax affairs The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Apple's corporate tax affairs on suspicion that the company did not pay its fair share of income taxes. Read More WHITE PAPER: HGST Flash Performance for Oracle RAC with PCIe Shared Storage This paper talks about a unique offering that makes it possible for Oracle RAC database to run on PCIe SSDs. The RAC cluster need not have any other shared storage, yet it still achieves the best performance, availability, scalability, and cost savings for building out blocks of databases for the public or private cloud. View Now>> Groups ask Apple to end toxic chemical use Environmental pressure groups and human rights organizations sent a joint letter to Apple's chief environmental officer on Tuesday asking her to eliminate toxic chemicals from the company's supply chain. Read More Jonny Evans: The wearable future of Apple's Beats: a fantasy Just put a battery inside, give them processors and a little connectivity and you have the best designed headphones on the market, equipped with state-of-the-art audio technology. Read More Jonny Evans: iOS 8: Apple kills creepy Wi-Fi Location Tracking? Not really The positive slant of most reports on Apple's move to limit one of the ways firms collect data about iOS 8 users suggests consumers in the post-Snowden age aren't yet certain how much privacy they are prepared to lose for their protection or convenience. Read More Jonny Evans: Yet more iOS 8 secrets Apple isn't talking about Apple appears to be figuring out how to make its platform more open and more customizable for customers while also becoming more integrated for developers. The effect? iOS 8 is becoming rather more than a mobile OS... Read More Jonny Evans: 8 ways you'll use Apple's iOS 8 HealthKit every day Apple's HealthKit will let developers use your iPhone as a digital health hub. I've gathered together a bunch of existing products and solutions to show how these might work with you and HealthKit across a typical day. Read More Richi Jennings: Latest iPhone 6 rumors and features and pictures! Oh my! Release date on track. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still expected to unveil the next iPhone in September. So where are all the rumors of features? You can rely on your humble blogwatcher to round them up, periodically. Here's the latest batch, which puts a little more flesh on the bones. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers trust but verify. Read More Jonny Evans: 18 OS X Yosemite details you probably don't know Apple hasn't yet opened up public beta testing for OS X Yosemite, but fresh information about the next generation of the Mac slips out almost every day. I've gathered together a few details you probably haven't come across before. Read More
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