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Top 10 boozy mobile apps 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share Network World Daily News PM August 22, 2013 Share this email Data glitch halts NASDAQ trading All trading on the NASDAQ market was halted on Thursday due to a glitch in a system used to disseminate trading information. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Top 10 boozy mobile apps 2. 5 steps Microsoft can take to beef up Windows Phone 8 market share 3. INSIDER How Analytics Tools Measure a Corporate Turnaround 4. Sinofsky captivated by Andreessen Horowitz, becomes board partner 5. Assessing BlackBerry CEO's July 2012 Predictions of Success 6. 4G: The new enterprise network 7. Popular download management program has hidden DDoS component, researchers say 8. 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