Review: Best tools for mobile device management

U.S. tech companies ask nations to reform surveillance Review: LG's G2 is great for geeks Network World Daily News AM December 09, 2013 Share this email Review: Best tools for mobile device management Mobile device management tools make sense when you are trying to control who can access your enterprise network and applications from particular phones and tablets. But to effectively evaluate these products, you should first identify what you're trying to control: the apps on particular devices, the pairing of a user with his device, the device itself, or the files on each device. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. U.S. tech companies ask nations to reform surveillance 2. Review: LG's G2 is great for geeks 3. Microsoft fails to mention Skype in promises to protect users from NSA surveillance 4. Making math formulae work on web pages with MathJax 5. Are You Human ... beats bots better than CAPTCHA 6. Switching hits high gear in Q3 7. 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