Smartphones, mobile apps mushroom; Android software piracy rampant

	Android software piracy rampant despite Google's efforts to curb | Many Android apps leak user privacy data
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	Smartphones, mobile apps mushroom, says researcher Research released Friday confirms what most of us anecdotally know but maybe haven't done much about from a management perspective: Smartphone usage is skyrocketing in the enterprise, and the average number of apps on the devices has been showing 50% year-over-year growth since 2008. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Virtualize your end-to-end IT infrastructure A virtual storage infrastructure available only from HP can double your capacity utilization and cut management costs in half with innovations that unlock trapped capacity in individual servers or in enterprise disk arrays. Learn how. Read Now In this Issue Android software piracy rampant despite Google's efforts to curb Many Android apps leak user privacy data Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 will turn us into a mobile contender iPhone 4 fails to slow Android demand for long Get rich on Windows Phone 7? 7 ways to exercise without leaving your desk Samsung drops developer support for Symbian LTE leap suits a small carrier, MetroPCS chief says Android Now Ties iPhone In Consumer Interest Verizon Wireless launches recycling/trade-in program Report: India says BlackBerry message tracking does not work Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna raises $21 million more for 4x4 802.11n Android texting app requires no hands Apple iPhone app manages mainframe Sprint leaders quit Clearwire board IPass now supports Android for Wi-Fi connections globally LTE comes to Dallas Inside A Smartphone Rollout With Life and Death Consequences Amazon to Launch Android App Store -- and Tablet, Too? Apple expands patent war with Nokia to U.K. RIM jumps into tablet game WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Sign up now! Android software piracy rampant despite Google's efforts to curb Pirating Android apps is a long-standing problem. But it seems to be getting worse, even as Google begins to respond much more aggressively. The dilemma: protecting developers' investments, and revenue stream, while keeping an open platform. Read More Many Android apps leak user privacy data Researchers have created Android-based code that tracks what applications on a smartphone actually do with the data they have access to. They do a lot, it turns out, and most of what they do is unknown to the enduser Read More Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 will turn us into a mobile contender Citing developer uptake, the company says its upcoming mobile platform will close the gap with Google's Android and Apple's iPhone Read More iPhone 4 fails to slow Android demand for long Apple's rollout of the iPhone 4 in June temporarily slowed down demand for Google Android smartphones, but a new study shows consumers are again very hungry for Android devices. Read More Get rich on Windows Phone 7? Microsoft takes next step in mobile ad service for WP7 apps"Monetizing" somehow doesn't sound as appealing as "raking in money" but that's the idea for Windows Phone 7 applications to be able to include mobile advertisements. Read More 7 ways to exercise without leaving your desk Turn sedentary work time into a workout opportunity Read More Samsung drops developer support for Symbian Samsung is dropping support for Symbian from its Mobile Innovator developer support program, it said in a letter sent out on Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA The Most Important Metric for your VMs The management tools selected to support virtualization is essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Learn More LTE leap suits a small carrier, MetroPCS chief says MetroPCS, with a customer base of just 7.6 million, doesn't seem the most likely mobile operator to launch the first commercial LTE networks in the U.S., but its small size actually was one of the reasons the carrier jumped on the new technology, MetroPCS Chief Operating Officer Thomas Keys said Thursday. Read More Android Now Ties iPhone In Consumer Interest One year ago, if you told an average person you were thinking about buying an Android, they'd have thought you were some sort of robot-mongering madman. Read More Verizon Wireless launches recycling/trade-in program Verizon Wireless Friday unveiled a program aimed at helping users of wireless devices easily recycle them. Read More Report: India says BlackBerry message tracking does not work India's Department of Telecommunications (DOT) is not satisfied with the access Research In Motion (RIM) is providing to security agencies for interception of communications on both its instant messenger and enterprise services, according to a report on Friday in The Economic Times, an Indian daily. Read More Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna raises $21 million more for 4x4 802.11n Quantenna Communications, a maker of an advanced 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, has reaped $21 million from its fifth round of venture funding. The money will be used to speed up deployment of its 4x4 MIMO silicon through carriers and retail channels Read More Android texting app requires no hands A free Android application to be unveiled on Thursday at the Mobilize conference in San Francisco will let mobile phone users send and receive text messages without touching or looking at the phone. Read More Apple iPhone app manages mainframe Network management vendor William Data Systems says it has created an iPhone app that lets users manage IBM's z/OS mainframe environment. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Strategies for PST File Elimination This paper will review the Mimosa NearPoint™ for Microsoft® Exchange disk-based data management solution, which optimizes the storage capabilities of Microsoft Exchange. Read Now. Sprint leaders quit Clearwire board Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse and two other Sprint executives have resigned from the board of Clearwire "out of an abundance of caution" after Clearwire raised concerns about possible antitrust issues, Clearwire said Thursday. Read More IPass now supports Android for Wi-Fi connections globally iPass unveiled an application Thursday designed to give Android smartphone users secure connections to 150,000 Wi-Fi hotspots globally Read More LTE comes to Dallas MetroPCS is on a roll, as the small wireless carrier launched 4G LTE services in its second market in just the last two weeks. Read More Inside A Smartphone Rollout With Life and Death Consequences Tired of carrying around pagers, doctors at Emory Southern University Hospital wanted to receive pages on their BlackBerries, iPhones and Androids. After all, the pager seemed like a relic compared to today's smartphones running cool apps and trading tons of messages over a beautiful touch screen. Read More Amazon to Launch Android App Store -- and Tablet, Too? Amazon will launch its own Android app store, challenging Google's official app collection, according to TechCrunch. The site uncovered uncovered details about how the store will function, including developer royalties, DRM and a pricing structure. A source also hinted that Amazon is working on building its own tablet computer. Here's a closer look: Read More Apple expands patent war with Nokia to U.K. Apple this week added to its attack on Nokia over patent violations by filing a lawsuit in the U.K., alleging multiple counts of infringement. Read More RIM jumps into tablet game The BlackBerry PlayBook, which RIM says is enterprise-ready, takes aim at Apple's iPad with full support of Flash as well as Java Read More
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