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	Amazon Fire teardown pegs parts cost just below 32GB iPhone 5S Parts for the 32GB Amazon Fire smartphone cost $205, just shy of the cost of parts of a similarly configured Apple iPhone 5S and well below the Samsung Galaxy S5, both with the same 32GB storage tally. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Unlocking the collective knowledge of people Five years ago, IBM observed the planet was becoming instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. 20,000 engagements later, here's what we know and believe about social business. Read more In this Issue Android grabs record 85% smartphone share AMD's Kaveri processors coming to smaller, cheaper desktops China's Xiaomi rises to fifth place in smartphone rankings AMD's 64-bit ARM board points toward x86 coexistence Intel's MinnowBoard Max coming in late, commanding higher prices iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip Lithium-metal battery could boost gadget power Qualcomm plants the seeds for 4K video, silicon brains in mobile devices Mobile devices to get faster LP-DDR4 memory in '15 Sharky: But aside from THAT, not a problem WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Lowering Management Costs to Enable the Dynamic Data Center Today's business consumers require rapid access to new tools, applications and services (mobile, social, analytics) and have become impatient with the slow application development/testing cycles and the inefficiency of today's data centers. Learn more! Android grabs record 85% smartphone share Google's dominance of the smartphone market has reached new heights, with its Android operating system now accounting for a record 84.6 percent share of global smartphone shipments, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Read More AMD's Kaveri processors coming to smaller, cheaper desktops Advanced Micro Devices wants to help gamers build cheaper, smaller desktops through new processors the company started shipping on Thursday Read More China's Xiaomi rises to fifth place in smartphone rankings Xiaomi became the world's fifth-largest smartphone vendor in the second quarter, catapulted into the top five for the first time by its hit products in its home market of China, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Read More AMD's 64-bit ARM board points toward x86 coexistence Advanced Micro Devices is moving closer to a motherboard design that will accept both x86 and ARM chips with the shipment of its first 64-bit ARM board. Read More Intel's MinnowBoard Max coming in late, commanding higher prices It's been a rough start for Intel's MinnowBoard Max open-source computer, which has been delayed and is now pricier. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation WHY EMC BACKUP FOR VNX Learn why you should use EMC Backup for next-generation VNX, including how EMC backup can reduce virtualized application backup times by 90% and speed recovery by 30x to keep pace with data growth and new demands of virtualization. Learn More iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls An open-source project has released the first free application for the iPhone that scrambles voice calls, which would thwart government surveillance or eavesdropping by hackers. Read More Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip Samsung and Apple, in the second quarter, sunk to their lowest shares of the global smartphone market in recent years as Chinese smartphone vendors came on strong, market research firm IDC said. Read More Lithium-metal battery could boost gadget power Researchers at Stanford University have made progress toward designing a battery with a lithium anode, a development that could increase battery power in electronics. Read More Qualcomm plants the seeds for 4K video, silicon brains in mobile devices Smarter contextual awareness, 4K video and augmented reality are just some of the new technologies that will be offered by smartphones and tablets over the next year or so, according to Qualcomm's product blueprints. Read More Mobile devices to get faster LP-DDR4 memory in '15 Thanks to the rise of mobile gaming and 4K video, LP-DDR4 memory will reach smartphones and tablets close to two years earlier than expected, an analyst said. Read More Sharky: But aside from THAT, not a problem This college's main computer facility is located in one building's basement, which normally is not a problem -- until the day a nearby water main breaks. Read More
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