Living with the Moto G (2014): How good can a budget phone be?

	BlackBerry Passport sells out; CEO foresees profitability in 2015 | Apple's most common iOS 8 questions answered
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	Living with the Moto G (2014): How good can a budget phone be? It's amazing what kind of smartphone experience $180 can buy these days. With the Moto G, you're paying $180 outright -- no contracts, no commitments, no obligations to pay inexplicably high monthly bills for the next 24 months of your life. You can take the phone and use it wherever you want, including at a prepaid carrier that'll charge you as little as $30 to $45 a month, no strings attached. Read More WEBCAST: Interactive Intelligence How Moving Your Contact Center to the Cloud Eliminates Risk The total cost of ownership (TCO) debate between a premises and cloud decision continues to wage on. Depending on how you look at it, it seems that you arrive at a different conclusion. However, the missing factor in nearly all cloud contact center and unified communications TCO discussions is the consideration of buyer risk. Learn More In this Issue BlackBerry Passport sells out; CEO foresees profitability in 2015 Apple's most common iOS 8 questions answered FBI director worries about encryption on smartphones Bossie Awards 2014: The best open-source desktop and mobile software Forget 'airplane mode,' devices are OK'd for inflight use in Europe Former Microsoft software guru Ray Ozzie releases a mobile app -- and it's for the iPhone Tim Cook's Apple rises to 'Bendgate' challenge Early iPhone 6 usage 8x higher than iPhone 6 Plus Apple quickly replaces bungled iOS 8 update WHITE PAPER: Unify Embracing a Flexible Work Environment This Infographic highlights the costs of losing experienced workers and the steps you can take to support a more flexible work environment Learn More BlackBerry Passport sells out; CEO foresees profitability in 2015 BlackBerry's new qwerty Passport smartphone quickly sold out just hours after going on sale, with another 200,000 back orders waiting in line, BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced in an earnings call. Read More Apple's most common iOS 8 questions answered Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked iOS 8-related questions. Read More FBI director worries about encryption on smartphones The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is concerned about moves by Apple and Google to include encryption on smartphones, the agency's director said. Quick law enforcement access to the contents of smartphones could save lives in some kidnapping and terrorism cases, FBI Director James Comey said. Read More Bossie Awards 2014: The best open-source desktop and mobile software InfoWorld's top picks in open-source productivity tools, desktop utilities and mobile apps. Read More WHITE PAPER: Unify Five Reasons to Think Again about UC If unified communications is on your mind, you're probably looking for ways to leverage your current technology investment, flexible deployment options, global support capabilities, a vendor with a clear market vision, and expert advice. Look no further. Click here to learn how Unify can address all of your UC needs. Learn More Forget 'airplane mode,' devices are OK'd for inflight use in Europe Airline passengers traveling on European airline flights will be able to leave their mobile phones and other gadgets on throughout the entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency said. Read More Former Microsoft software guru Ray Ozzie releases a mobile app -- and it's for the iPhone Former Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has just released a mobile app and service -- and it's not for Windows Phone, but instead the iPhone. They can't be pleased in Microsoft Land about this. Read More Tim Cook's Apple rises to 'Bendgate' challenge With "Bendgate" and a faulty software update, Apple certainly endured a couple of difficult days. But you can't ignore the speed and efficiency with which it responded to these unexpected challenges. Read More Early iPhone 6 usage 8x higher than iPhone 6 Plus Apple's iPhone 6 may have outsold the larger 5.5-in. iPhone 6 Plus by eight to one in North America, according to early analysis of online traffic. Read More Apple quickly replaces bungled iOS 8 update Apple yesterday released iOS 8.0.2, a replacement for the botched update that shipped the day before but crippled iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices by knocking them off their mobile carriers.The turn-around for 8.0.2 was notable for its speed: Less than 36 hours after Apple yanked the flawed iOS 8.0.1, it began offering the substitute to customers. Read More
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