Friday, July 12, 2013

What’s in the cards for Android 5.0?

Here comes half a billion dollars' worth of Moto X Android phone ads

Report: Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption

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July 12, 2013
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What's in the cards for Android 5.0?

Android smartphone and tablet makers are notorious for not updating their devices to the latest versions of the OS in a timely fashion — if ever. But it appears Google has been deploying a stealthy strategy to mitigate this problem somewhat: They have released new apps or revised many of the ones that come with Android. For users, this means an improvement in the overall Android experience.

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Issue highlights

1. Here comes half a billion dollars' worth of Moto X Android phone ads

2. Report: Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption

3. Japanese government accidentally shares internal mails over Google Groups

4. Ditch XP movement finally helps PC business

5. Verizon joins Ubuntu carrier advisory group

6. Insurance company, WellPoint, fined $1.7m over data exposure

7. Sprint guarantees unlimited talk, text and data 'for life'

8. Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up?

9. INSIDER BYOD decision points: Who pays?

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Here comes half a billion dollars' worth of Moto X Android phone ads

Smartphone ads, thus far, have tended to follow a few fairly standard blueprints – there's the high-concept ad, full of pretty pictures and pompous voice-over about "simplifying everything" or whatever the slogan du jour is. Then there's the hater ad, where the company indirectly but obviously makes fun of a chief competitor. And there's the shock-and-awe ad, where they just can't fully express to you how amazing the phone is. READ MORE

Report: Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption

Microsoft helped the U.S. National Security Agency circumvent the company's own encryption in order to conduct surveillance on email accounts through Outlook.com, according to a new report in the Guardian. READ MORE

Japanese government accidentally shares internal mails over Google Groups

A Japanese ministry is conducting an internal investigation after a Google Groups account used for international treaty negotiations was left on its default, publicly viewable settings. READ MORE

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Ditch XP movement finally helps PC business

Companies buying new PCs to avoid the end of support for Windows XP helped the computer industry dodge an even gloomier quarter, IDC said. READ MORE

Verizon joins Ubuntu carrier advisory group

Verizon Wireless became the first U.S. carrier to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, but it is not clear whether it will eventually promote phones running the open-source Ubuntu OS on its network. READ MORE

Insurance company, WellPoint, fined $1.7m over data exposure

Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday. READ MORE

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Sprint guarantees unlimited talk, text and data 'for life'

Sprint and its new owner, SoftBank, hit the ground running on Thursday by announcing service plans that can include guaranteed talk, text and data for life. READ MORE

Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up?

Today, Microsoft announced its biggest reorganization in years, and a lot of the new leaders have backgrounds in consumer businesses. Here's who's running the show. READ MORE

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BYOD decision points: Who pays?

As enterprises implement BYOD initiatives, IT managers have some key decisions to make: who purchases the devices, who pays for data plans and carrier contracts, and how does the company manage a mix of corporate and personal access to data on the devices. READ MORE

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