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	Microsoft to lay off 18,000 in next year Microsoft announced today that it will cut its workforce by up to 18,000 jobs, or 14% in the next year, as part of a broad effort to streamline the company in the wake of its acquisition of phone-maker Nokia. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. 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Here's how some of the nation's most progressive corporations are meeting the many needs of their mobile workers - without overwhelming their IT departments - with the help of Box. Learn more! Apple fashions 'brilliant' partnership with IBM for instant enterprise cred The business-focused deal between Apple and IBM unveiled Tuesday is "brilliant," one analyst said, noting that Apple now gets into the enterprise through the front door rather than the back. Read More   Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small. Read More   Apple and IBM: A winning combo for IT One thing is clear about the Apple-IBM partnership: It will change the dynamic of the enterprise mobility market in significant ways. Read More   JR Raphael: Talk to the wrist! 40 handy voice commands to try with Android Wear Voice commands are the easiest way to interact with Android Wear watches -- but it's all too easy to forget just how versatile those commands can be. Read More   How AT&T, Verizon Force Smaller Carriers to Keep Prices High You may not be an AT&T or Verizon wireless customer, but part of your monthly cell phone bill likely winds up in their coffers. That's because the two mobile giants charge sky-high roaming rates when competitors' customers access the AT&T and Verizon networks as they travel out of range of their smaller networks. Read More   How CIOs Can Boost Mobile App Adoption CIOs with an eye on mobility have probably spent a small fortune creating a private enterprise app store. They've spent countless hours tending to an environment where business managers plant seeds for app ideas and developers bring those ideas to fruition. Often, the number of mobile enterprise apps sprouts like weeds. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Box The Next Frontier for the Mobile Enterprise IDC focuses this article on the new IT platform. This 3rd IT Platform will be the new wave for about the next 25 years, so they urge all current companies to embrace it themselves. They also talk about how mobile is a huge part of this new platform, and that not only sales for smartphones are rapidly expanding, but so is developer interest. Learn more >> Jonny Evans: 17 Siri tips for Apple's iOS 7 While you wait for Apple's iOS 8 Siri improvements it makes sense to make sure we're getting the best from what the voice assistant already offers through these short tips. Read More   Motorola unveils speech input tool for warehouse workers Motorola Solutions on Tuesday unveiled a speech technology upgrade targeting mobile device workers in warehouses and distribution centers. Read More   Apple agrees to pay up to $400M in e-books price-fixing case Apple has reached a settlement in a long-standing case that accused the company of fixing the price on e-books, with the company paying up to $400 million, depending on the outcome of its appeal in the case, a law firm has announced. Read More   Visa launches 'Checkout' for quick and easy payments from any device Visa announced a new simplified digital payment service called Visa Checkout, which is designed to allow customers to pay quickly for goods online on any connected device. Read More   Microsoft gets real, admits its device share is just 14% Microsoft COO Kevin Turner acknowledged that his company's operating systems power only a small fraction of all devices worldwide. Read More   Senate passes bill allowing mobile phone owners to unlock devices The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allow mobile phone customers to unlock their devices for the purposes of switching carriers. Read More   JR Raphael: The first app every Android Wear owner needs Most Android Wear apps provide additional watch-specific functions, but one program actually fills a big gap in the operating system itself. Read More
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