iOS 7 update: online forums awash with complaints, pleas

Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets Network World Daily News AM September 20, 2013 Share this email iOS 7 update: online forums awash with complaints, pleas Online Apple forums are awash with confusion, frustration, ignorance, and desperation as thousands of existing iPhone and iPad users trying to update and use iOS 7, which was released yesterday. But there are also plenty of jubilant posts about successful downloads and flawless operation. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles 2. Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets 3. INSIDER 5 ways devops can benefit IT 4. Review: Moto X is the Android smartphone no one needs 5. iOS 7: A must-have upgrade, why exaclty? 6. Hungry? Let's print lunch 7. HP offers support for Apple iPads 8. Digital dead drops, nerdy and subversive 9. Product Pitch: EPSON BrightLink Pro whiteboard projector 10. iPlant: Not an Apple product but could help grow more apples 11. 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013   Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco are flush with cash, and so are many other tech companies READ MORE Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insinuated that the company is working on a version of Office for the iPad and for Android tablets when he addressed Wall Street analysts on Thursday. READ MORE INSIDER 5 ways devops can benefit IT Devops is about getting the people responsible for creating applications to work more closely with the people who maintain apps in production. The goal? Faster delivery, better quality apps. 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Let's print lunch Pablos Holman sees a day not too far off when our diets will be tailored to our metabolisms, adding a few bits of broccoli, a smattering of beets and some meat -- all extruded from a 3D printer in an appetizing form to please our palates. READ MORE WEBCAST: Juniper Networks Improving Data Center Application Performance and Agility Join IDG and Juniper Networks for a live webinar on Sept. 26 at 11am PT // 2pm ET for insights into how you can remove network barriers through the integration of VMware NSX with Juniper platforms. View Now HP offers support for Apple iPads Is your iPad out of warranty? Hewlett-Packard wants to help. READ MORE Digital dead drops, nerdy and subversive Here's a fascinating idea that's been around for a few years: Digital Dead Drops. READ MORE Product Pitch: EPSON BrightLink Pro whiteboard projector Brian Savarese from EPSON shows off feeatures of its BrightLink Pro all-in-one interactive whiteboard projector, which lets people collaborate, annotate and print out group projects. READ MORE iPlant: Not an Apple product but could help grow more apples A multi-institution effort to share and digest Big Data about plants and animals in the name of feeding a growing global population has been awarded a second $50 million grant by the National Science Foundation to continue its work. READ MORE 10 Sorriest Technology Companies of 2013 Microsoft, Apple and Samsung among those issuing mea culpas READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. 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