Issue highlights 1. Cisco celebrates 10,000th patent 2. Want to shoot a drone? Just pay $25 3. Breakfast at Google's: Could a Nexus 7 update be on the menu? 4. Microsoft's reorg does accomplish one thing 5. Microsoft, Google not doing enough on smartphone thefts, says SF DA 6. Product Review: AirTight Networks Wi-Fi 7. Siemens Enterprise Communications Unveils "Project Ansible" 8. About those iPhones that apparently didn't electrocute anyone 9. Apple acquires Locationary for local listings 10. What's in the cards for Android 5.0? 11. Products of the week 7.15.13 |
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Earlier this month, Cisco celebrated its 10,000th U.S. patent. Patent No. 8,478,859 enables a way to indicate presence so that end users can determine the best way to communicate. READ MORE |
A resident in the small town of Deer Trail, Colorado, recently proposed a townwide ordinance that would offer $25 licenses to hunt and shoot down drones, and he's getting support from local government leaders. READ MORE |
Google has invited press to breakfast, leaving us to speculate as to what big announcements it could be serving up. READ MORE |
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Microsoft's most recent reorganization isn't sitting well with the punditocracy, who feel the that it does nothing to solve some functional problems Microsoft has, nor establish a successor for Steve Ballmer as CEO. The one thing it does seem to do is hide failure. READ MORE |
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón speaks on July 19 about the reaction of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google to his call for more to be done about smartphone thefts. READ MORE |
Many years ago (well, it seems like many years), I bought a product from AirTight Networks (I can't remember the product's name, unfortunately) that was basically a standalone Wi-Fi IDS/IPS box, about the size of an AP. Even though it could be updated over the Web, the company decided to phase it out, and regardless they never did a .11n version. Sigh. As someone who runs a small business, I need solutions... READ MORE |
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Siemens Enterprise Communications has unveiled a glimpse of its "Project Ansible," a communications and collaboration platform designed to extend beyond today's definition of unified communications (UC). The new platform is designed to deliver increased business performance using real-time engagement by unifying voice, video, social communications, search, business process applications, and... READ MORE |
Question: If, as multiple press reports suggest, it appears to be unauthorized iPhone chargers built by third parties that have been responsible for an electrocution and a near-fatal shock in China, why do headlines about these tragedies almost all call them "iPhone electrocutions?" That's a rhetorical question. Of course I know why. READ MORE |
Apple has acquired Locationary, a start-up based in Toronto that provides a platform for aggregating and managing local business listings. READ MORE |
7 Google apps that hint at what Android 5.0 will look like READ MORE |
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and Symantec READ MORE |
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