Thursday, April 04, 2013

Facebook reveals 'Home' software for Android phones

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg explains the theory behind Facebook Home

Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud: Salesforce.com?

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April 04, 2013
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Facebook reveals 'Home' software for Android phones

Facebook has released new software for Android phones that gives quick access to Facebook services and aims to further boost use of the social network on mobile devices.

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Issue highlights

1. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg explains the theory behind Facebook Home

2. Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud: Salesforce.com?

3. U.S. gets flood of H-1B petitions on first day

4. BlackBerry details extensive security protection in BlackBerry 10 OS

5. No humor zone: 33 things you should never say to a TSA agent

6. EFF patent lawyer rates lawyer-rating patent 'terrible'

7. Gartner: Tablet shipments to outstrip PCs by 72% in 3 years

8. Sophos fixes vulnerabilities in its Web security appliance

9. Three Ubuntu Linux versions will reach end of life in May

10. Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells

11. Amost 2.4 billion computing devices will ship this year, forecasts Gartner

12. 7 mobile apps that jump-start team collaboration

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg explains the theory behind Facebook Home

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg explains new software for Android phones that gives quick access to Facebook services and aims to boost use of the social network on mobile devices.Dubbed "Home," the software is a set of apps that users can download. READ MORE

Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud: Salesforce.com?

Who is Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud? READ MORE

U.S. gets flood of H-1B petitions on first day

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received roughly 50,000 'packages' with H-1B petitions on Monday, the first day of filing for the next fiscal year. READ MORE

BlackBerry details extensive security protection in BlackBerry 10 OS

The recent release of the BlackBerry 10 operating system sets the stage for a security evolution as well, according to Alex Manea, manager of security services at BlackBerry. READ MORE

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No humor zone: 33 things you should never say to a TSA agent

There is no humor in an airport. It's a fact. And while most travelers business or otherwise know that, there are a few out there who haven't gotten the message or perhaps the choose to ignore it. Either way the "People Say the Darndest Things" or "What Not to Say at an Airport" section has become one of the more popular destinations on the TSA Blog site. READ MORE

EFF patent lawyer rates lawyer-rating patent 'terrible'

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted a patent to a lawyer-rating service called Super Lawyers that has some patent experts shaking their heads. "It's a terrible patent," says Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and its exemplary Patent Busting Project. "It's a classic example of the patent office not doing a good job." READ MORE

Gartner: Tablet shipments to outstrip PCs by 72% in 3 years

Three years from now, tablet computers will outsell traditional Windows PCs, and do so by a whopping 72%, according to the latest projections from Gartner. In between, PC shipments drop at ever faster rates. READ MORE

Sophos fixes vulnerabilities in its Web security appliance

Security vendor Sophos has released an update for the software used on its Web gateway security appliance in order to address three serious vulnerabilities in the product's Web-based user interface. READ MORE

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Top 10 Cloud Backup and DR Best Practices

Building out a complete disaster recovery infrastructure can be cost prohibitive for many organizations. This paper identifies the many ways the public cloud can supplement backup and recovery strategies and offers overall best practices to ensure secure and efficient data protection. Learn More

Three Ubuntu Linux versions will reach end of life in May

Hard on the heels of Canonical's decision last month to halve the support life for non-LTS releases of Ubuntu Linux, the company late last week announced that three versions of its popular Linux distribution will reach end of life in May. READ MORE

Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells

Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds. READ MORE

Amost 2.4 billion computing devices will ship this year, forecasts Gartner

Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cellphones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. READ MORE

7 mobile apps that jump-start team collaboration

From conducting video meetings to coordinating to-do lists, these collaboration apps for iOS, Android and more will have your far-flung team working in sync in no time. READ MORE

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Current Cloud Adoption Trends

No longer limited to early adopters in small organizations, cloud computing has become pervasive in midsize and large organizations. The survey results in this report highlight how strategic-minded IT decision makers in North America are overcoming security concerns and adopting private, public and hybrid clouds. Learn More

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