Interest in smartphones is flattening

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Computerworld Mobile/Wireless Computing Jan 29, 2016 Interest in smartphones is flattening Both Apple and Samsung this week predicted slow growth for smartphone and mobile phone sales in early 2016, making investors queasy. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Seeking new revenue, AT&T and Verizon eye the Internet of Things • Get ready for top-end smartphones with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chip • JR Raphael: The Android malware monster will never die • Apple is in a position to overtake Samsung as world's top chip buyer • Verizon to let SMBs buy smartphones on the installment plan • Deep learning is coming to your Android phone • Verizon and Samsung partner on tech to beef up indoor wireless coverage • Verizon is building for the Super Bowl and staying for the boom • Mac sales slide 3%, contribute smallest-ever portion of total revenue Video/Webcast: CDW Straight Talk about Hybrid Cloud: How to Navigate the Challenges to Get the Results your Business Needs Join Frost and Sullivan and CDW on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT for a live discussion on how to navigate the challenges to get the results your business needs. Read More ▶ Seeking new revenue, AT&T and Verizon eye the Internet of Things AT&T and Verizon, the nation's two biggest carriers, are seeing their traditional U.S. wireless businesses shrink, having suffered from an ongoing price war and declining buyer interest in new smartphones. Read More ▶ Get ready for top-end smartphones with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chip Smartphones will get 4K video playback and unprecedented LTE and wireless speeds with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 820. Many flagship handsets with that chip will be announced soon. Read More ▶ JR Raphael: The Android malware monster will never die But here's the dirty little secret security software vendors don't want you to know: There's really no reason to be scared. Read More ▶ Apple is in a position to overtake Samsung as world's top chip buyer Apple was the world's second-largest chip buyer last year, spending more than $29 billion, up by 7.1 percent compared to 2014, according to a study released by Gartner. Read More ▶ Verizon to let SMBs buy smartphones on the installment plan Verizon will let small business customers take advantage of monthly payment plans for new smartphones and other devices, avoiding a big cash outlay upfront. Read More ▶ Deep learning is coming to your Android phone Android phones may soon get a whole lot smarter thanks to a new partnership between Google and chip maker Movidius that promises to bring machine intelligence directly into mobile devices. Read More ▶ Verizon and Samsung partner on tech to beef up indoor wireless coverage Verizon and Samsung announced 4G small-cell LTE technology to improve in-building wireless coverage for business customers. Read More ▶ Verizon is building for the Super Bowl and staying for the boom Verizon Wireless is installing nearly 100 cells to make sure its network can handle the crush of a million or more fans around this year's big game in the San Francisco Bay Area. Almost all will stay up after the game's over. Read More ▶ Mac sales slide 3%, contribute smallest-ever portion of total revenue Apple said it sold 5.3 million Macs in the December quarter, a 3% decline from the same period the year before. Read More ▶ White Paper: IBM Corporation Agile Development: Why requirements matter Find out how requirements management can bring significant value to agile development the characteristics of an effective requirements management approach to develop complex products and systems and regulated information technology. Read More ▶ IT Careers 2016: What's important to IT professionals? Check out our January Digital Magazine, which features results from Computerworld's IT Careers 2016 survey. We polled more than 200 IT professionals to learn their top concerns, what's most important to them in their jobs and what would entice them to switch jobs. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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