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What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games

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What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games
Enterprise mobile apps are shifting from small, narrowly task-oriented programs to larger, more complex ones. To design them well, enterprise developers can learn a lot from a surprising source: mobile games. Read More


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Apple dominates other smartphone vendors in consumer satisfaction
The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index has found, not surprisingly, that people really like their iPhones. Read More

iGuess: Speculation on what Apple HDTV might look like
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10 top reasons for integrating Wi-Fi radios in small cellular cells
With the growing demand for mobile data, cellular service operators are increasingly turning to small cells -- picocells, microcells, metrocells and femtocells -- to deal with the capacity crunch in dense urban areas and to add coverage in areas with low or zero cellular signal levels, such as indoors and in remote rural locations. Read More

Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?
As consumerization continues to spread throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses and data breaches, one researcher says. Read More

How to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone
IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers. Read More

SMS a killer app at 20; irrelevant at 25?
The first SMS-capable mobile phones were approved for sale in Europe 20 years ago this month. By any measure, SMS has become a huge success, at least for the telephone companies, with more than 6 trillion SMS messages sent worldwide in 2010, generating more than $110 billion in revenue. But the future may not be anywhere near as bright because of increasing use of "free" Internet-based services such as Facebook, Apple's iMessage and WhatsApp.com. Read More


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Gartner recommends up to 300% more Wi-Fi to support iPads!
Tablets, like the iPad, are becoming more prevalent in the enterprise. Execs, doctors, teachers, and sales people are demanding more access to corp. apps and resources over their mobile devices. According to Gartner, the limited networking capabilities of the iPad will force IT departments to increase Wi-Fi capacity by 300%. Learn More

LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream
LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy. Read More

Just months after failed AT&T merger, T-Mobile now champions competitive balance
Given its very recent attempts to merge with AT&T, you would think T-Mobile wouldn't be a vocal proponent of maintaining competitive balance in the wireless industry. Read More

Wi-Fi Alliance's Passpoint program on track for June certifications
The Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint Program, which aims to make Wi-Fi hotspots work more like cellular and LTE networks, is on track to start issuing certifications this summer. Read More

For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says
Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday. Read More



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