Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Network World First Look: Apple’s iOS 7

Organizations push for Congress to curtail NSA spying

Google buys Waze with an eye toward enhancing Maps

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June 11, 2013
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Network World First Look: Apple's iOS 7

Apple iOS software designed for improved usability

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Issue highlights

1. Organizations push for Congress to curtail NSA spying

2. Google buys Waze with an eye toward enhancing Maps

3. FAA wants all aircraft flying on unleaded fuel by 2018

4. Apple's most important WWDC milestones

5. Apple posts video of 2013 WWDC keynote

6. HP adds purpose-built all-flash array to 3Par lineup

7. Apple posts print and video ad touting "Our Signature"

8. How to Solve 4 Impending Windows 8 Problems

9. Acer bets big on Android (yes, Android) PCs

10. Cities search for solution to phone-theft epidemic

11. HP gets down to business with new commercial desktops

12. HP launches new CRM and MDM tools

13. It's in a book: Reading Rainbow turns 30

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Organizations push for Congress to curtail NSA spying

Privacy advocates are pushing the U.S. Congress to rein in the U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to collect massive amounts of data from U.S. residents, as alleged in recent news reports. READ MORE

Google buys Waze with an eye toward enhancing Maps

Google is buying the crowdsourced mapping app developer Waze, in a move geared toward adding more real-time navigation tools to its own Maps software, the company announced Tuesday. READ MORE

FAA wants all aircraft flying on unleaded fuel by 2018

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week put out a call to fuel producers to offer options that would safely let general aviation aircraft stop using leaded fuel by 2018. READ MORE

Apple's most important WWDC milestones

Over the years, WWDC has grown increasingly popular. Tickets to WWDC 2013, for instance, sold out in just a few minutes. As Apple has grown, so has the importance, and again, popularity of WWDC. That said, here is a ranking of the most important WWDC events over the last 11 years. READ MORE

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Apple posts video of 2013 WWDC keynote

Apple just posted video of its 2013 WWDC keynote. You can check it out over here. Or, if you're pressed for time, 9to5Mac put together this handy 2-minute recap of everything you may have missed. READ MORE

HP adds purpose-built all-flash array to 3Par lineup

Hewlett-Packard will extend its 3Par enterprise storage line into flash-only territory this week, promising to combine higher speed with familiar software. READ MORE

Apple posts print and video ad touting "Our Signature"

At the end of Apple's keynote yesterday, Tim Cook rolled out a new ad touting Apple's "signature" if you will. Video of the ad can be seen below. And a nice accompanying print ad. The ad reads: READ MORE

How to Solve 4 Impending Windows 8 Problems

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Acer bets big on Android (yes, Android) PCs

Acer's "prototype" N3-220 Android all-in-one is more than than just a trial balloon, executives said Monday. It represents the first in a series of PCs that will use Google free mobile OS to carve out a new niche in the ultra-competitive PC market. READ MORE

Cities search for solution to phone-theft epidemic

Upgrade your firewalls, insist on 16-character passwords, and apply all your security patches the day they come out. None of that may matter: The sad reality is that the biggest computer crime your organization is likely to face is the physical theft of a mobile device, should one of your traveling sales staff find their car broken into and their laptop bag stolen or merely become the victim of a subway bump-and-grab. READ MORE

HP gets down to business with new commercial desktops

With everyone busy talking about the Xbox One, the PS4, and games, games, games on the eve of the E3 expo, HP has engaged in a bit of clever counter-programming by announcing several new commercial desktop PCs. READ MORE

HP launches new CRM and MDM tools

Mobile devices and the cloud have transformed the way business is conducted. HP introduced new tools today for business customers to leverage that transformation and work seamlessly with Salesforce and Good for Enterprise. READ MORE

It's in a book: Reading Rainbow turns 30

The first episode of Reading Rainbow - the iconic PBS television series that encouraged a generation of kids to turn off the tube and pick up a book - aired 30 years ago today on June 6, 1983. There would be a total of 155 over the show's 21-year run, which ended in 2006. READ MORE

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