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	Restaurants take different Wi-Fi paths Brinker International owns or franchises more than 1500 restaurants globally, and it recently sold its Macaroni Grill and On the Border businesses to a private equity firm. Suddenly, both chains had to create entirely new IT and network infrastructures, including in-restaurant wireless LANs. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Discover the Mishaps of Digital Channels Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels - Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches - has often occurred in a piecemeal way. Read More In this Issue Sprint makes CTIA splash with 3D smartphone, Evo tablet LTE performance will hinge on picocell backhaul Will AT&T's T-Mobile buy lead to a duopoly? Wi-Fi group plans to simplify hotspot access AT&T deal won't mean iPhones for T-Mobile users … yet Android Apps: 9 Best, Free Social Networking Choices Android is hot…and getting hotter. CTIA 2011: Snapkeys demos 'invisible' tablet typing T-Mobile USA announces new products sans AT&T Sprint CEO says AT&T takeover would stifle innovation RIM's PlayBook tablet on sale April 19 at Best Buy Senators to Apple: Pull iPhone DUI checkpoint alert apps WEBCAST: Adobe Deliver Engaging Communications with PDF Portfolios Learn how easy it is to create and send a single PDF Portfolio using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. See how to create a rich, branded PDF Portfolio containing many types of documents, each with a rich preview experience. Learn More Sprint makes CTIA splash with 3D smartphone, Evo tablet Sprint hopes to replicate success of last year's Evo 4G Read More LTE performance will hinge on picocell backhaul CTIA Wireless news: New products will drive microcell architectures, ensure throughput Read More Will AT&T's T-Mobile buy lead to a duopoly? AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile this week continued a decade-long trend of consolidation in the wireless industry and raised questions about whether the industry will inevitably turn into a duopoly. Read More Wi-Fi group plans to simplify hotspot access The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to make getting onto a public hotspot as easy as connecting to a cellular network, a change that mobile operators are likely to welcome as they look to shift more data traffic onto Wi-Fi. Read More WHITE PAPER: Siemens Finding the Value in Unified Communications This paper examines the four stages of return companies can see from their UC investments: Lower communications costs are followed by lower operational costs, then better productivity, and finally a true competitive advantage. Read More AT&T deal won't mean iPhones for T-Mobile users … yet Giddy T-Mobile users hoping to get their hands on an iPhone shouldn't hold their breath. Read More Android Apps: 9 Best, Free Social Networking Choices Share, save and savor all things social with these nine free Google Android apps, hand-picked by CIO.com's mobile maestro, Al Sacco. Read More Android is hot…and getting hotter. Along with its meteoric rise in popularity, the platform is generating some legal heatYes, Android is smokin'! It's clearly been hot in the sense of a big success, extremely popular and market buzzword. And, more recently, there seems to be some heat-generating intellectual property friction around the platform. So, hot and heated. But, the legal issues, albeit in the press because of the popularity of the platform, are just visible examples of what any organization developing with... Read More CTIA 2011: Snapkeys demos 'invisible' tablet typing At the ShowStoppers event at CTIA 2011, Computerworld's Matt Hamblen gets a demonstration of Snapkeys' 'invisible typing' technology, which can be used on tablets to help speed up typing skills on those mobile devices. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How much network downtime can your business tolerate? Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now T-Mobile USA announces new products sans AT&T T-Mobile maintained its business-as-usual by unveiling several products at CTIA in Orlando. Read More Sprint CEO says AT&T takeover would stifle innovation Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Tuesday that the proposed $39 billion AT&T takeover of T-Mobile USA would "stifle innovation and put too much power in the hands of just two carriers." Read More RIM's PlayBook tablet on sale April 19 at Best Buy RIM and Best Buy announced Tuesday that the PlayBook tablet will be available at the retailer on April 19. Read More Senators to Apple: Pull iPhone DUI checkpoint alert apps Four U.S. senators Tuesday called on Apple to yank iPhone and iPad apps that help drunken drivers evade police, saying the programs are "harmful to public safety." Read More
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