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	Fujitsu glove uses NFC, sensors to speed hands-free work Fujitsu Laboratories has developed wearable technology in the form of a glove and a head-mounted display that could help speed up maintenance work and other applications where NFC tags are widely used. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Introducing Social Business for the Mid-Market This report provides directional guidance for mid-market companies to appropriately use Social Business to achieve their goals. Learn More. In this Issue Nokia's Treasure Tag helps you find lost items First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014 How to save your email archive from a service provider 5 Changes We Want to See in Samsung's Galaxy S5 Report finds iOS apps riskier than Android apps Google eyes 34 cities for next step in gigabit fiber expansion 7 Tech Acronyms and Abbreviations That Need to Go Away The surprise power hog for mobile storage: software WHITE PAPER: Dell Software How to Build a Massively Scalable Next-Generation Firewall This paper highlights seven measures of performance and scalability, and outlines how to use them to select a massively scalable next-generation firewall. Read now! Nokia's Treasure Tag helps you find lost items Nokia has unveiled its Treasure Tag device, which can help people use their smartphones to find valuables like keys or a bag by putting a tag on them. Read More First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014 The first smartphones based on a mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system will be launched this year, the company's CEO said Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software What to Look for When Evaluating Next-Generation Firewalls These liabilities create security vulnerabilities and force enterprises into expensive workarounds like deploying separate gateway antivirus products and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).Next-Generation Firewalls remedy these problems. Learn More How to save your email archive from a service provider Read More 5 Changes We Want to See in Samsung's Galaxy S5 Korean electronics giant Samsung is expected to unveil the next version of its popular Galaxy S series smartphone, the GS5, next Monday at media events in Barcelona and New York City. The company sent invites two weeks ago to the main Mobile World Congress event in Spain, and the smaller Manhattan simulcast event, and though it did not expressly state that the Galaxy S5 will be announced, the company's use of the number 5 on the invites seems to point to the GS5. Rumors also suggest the "Galaxy Gear 2" smartwatch -- or whatever Samsung decides to call its next-generation watch -- will also make an appearance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! Report finds iOS apps riskier than Android apps How many apps do you have on your smartphone or tablet right now? Well, take that number, and multiply it by 0.9. That's about how many of your apps are a potential security concern according to a new study from Appthority. Read More Google eyes 34 cities for next step in gigabit fiber expansion Google has chosen 34 cities across the U.S. as the next sites for possible expansion of its gigabit-speed Fiber Internet service. Read More 7 Tech Acronyms and Abbreviations That Need to Go Away IT is full of shorthand. (Hey, there's one example.) Many abbreviations and acronyms have become standard terms in tech, if not everyday language. But some terms just need to be retired. Read More The surprise power hog for mobile storage: software Flash storage can be a big power consumer in mobile devices, but it's not the flash that sucks up all that energy, it's the software that goes with it, according to researchers from the University of California at San Diego and Microsoft. Read More
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