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	Apple CEO apologizes for Maps, pledges improvements Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted today that the company's controversial new Maps application on iOS "fell short" of Apple's commitment to the "best experience possible" for users. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sprint Streamline your business with UC&C from Sprint If you're still weighed down by an outdated communications infrastructure, you're holding your business back. Our comprehensive cloud-based unified communications & collaboration (UC&C) solution offers a risk-mitigating migration strategy, providing scalability, network & cost efficiency, greater reliability, & enhanced mobility for all employees. GET THE DETAILS In this Issue 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes honor real, but offbeat research Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s Transcript of open letter from Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizing for Maps in iOS 6 Trying to fill 6,000 jobs, Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa A Linux user switches to DOS Apple's contract with Google regarding Google Maps still had 1 year left Criminals hack Adobe certificate Independent discovery of vulnerabilities will improve Android security overall iPhone 5 shows an Apple first: custom CPU core design What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die? Software defined networking still in slow lane INSIDER Nontechie CIOs: translators or meddlers? Virtual reality gets real 8 Hiring Tips for Identifying Superstar Developers WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks A Wireless LAN that Understands Apple Let your users wirelessly print from iPads, project in conference rooms, and share content using Apple TVs. Aruba AirGroup makes it possible to use Apple Bonjour services in the enterprise or in classrooms. With AirGroup, only the necessary set of services are made visible to mobile devices, based on the user identity and location. Read now. 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes honor real, but offbeat research Groundbreaking research into monkey butts, green hair, diamonds and dead fish was honored this year. Read More Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s A newly leaked video shows off two coming BlackBerry 10 smartphones from RIM, while also describing an elaborate marketing campaign designed to help launch the devices in the first quarter of 2013. Read More Transcript of open letter from Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizing for Maps in iOS 6 Transcript of Apple CEO Tim Cook's letter to customers, sparked by Apple Maps flap. Read More Trying to fill 6,000 jobs, Microsoft pitches $10,000 H-1B visa With the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. This didn't mean that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for good. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! A Linux user switches to DOS Every now and then a new piece of hardware, or software, is released that causes me to pause and think, "Why, on Earth, do we update our tech so often? What, exactly, can I do with the latest stuff that wasn't possible with the previous version?" Read More Apple's contract with Google regarding Google Maps still had 1 year left When Apple removed YouTube as a built-in app in iOS 6, it was reported their contract with Google had come to an end. That being the case, the story went that both Apple and Google were less than enthused about renewing said contract. Apple, after all, is seeking to rid itself of all things Google. And Google, well, they'd much rather prefer a standalone YouTube app for iOS with bundled advertisements... Read More Criminals hack Adobe certificate Criminals have broken into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them being legitimate code. Read More Independent discovery of vulnerabilities will improve Android security overall Android's openness gives its community and the market influence in the prioritization of Android's improvement. Android product managers must have a challenging job, because so many other developers, users, contributors and ODMs have the ability to influence the direction of Android's evolution. Openness also benefits Android through community-generated value. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. iPhone 5 shows an Apple first: custom CPU core design More details of the iPhone 5 CPU emerged this week, confirming Apple's claimed performance gains. But more importantly, they are the first indications of the impact of Apple's custom chip design, rather than relying on standardized cores licensed from ARM. Read More What comes next as Facebook and Twitter slowly die? Gibbs follows up on his column from two weeks ago wherein he claimed " I think I know just what might be the smart [social media] tubes of the future. Read More Software defined networking still in slow lane Cheaper network hardware and more efficient networking software, promised by suppliers earlier this year through the development of a new management system, is still some way off. Read More INSIDER Nontechie CIOs: translators or meddlers? As IT becomes inexorably woven into everything a business does, it's crucial to have a CIO who act as a translator between the two worlds. A nontechie just might be the right person for the job. Insider (registration required) Read More Virtual reality gets real 10 examples of virtual reality in gaming, science and training simulations Read More 8 Hiring Tips for Identifying Superstar Developers Hiring a developer can be a make or break decision for your business--hiring the wrong one can ruin your project or end up costing you later. What can you do to cut through all the noise and spot the standouts from the stand-ins? Learn how to uncover the secrets of finding a 'superstar' developer. 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