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Many organizations struggle to define mobile work/play boundaries

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Many organizations struggle to define mobile work/play boundaries
The K-12 private education Paideia School in Atlanta now hands out about 550 Apple iPads each year to students for classroom teaching and homework purposes. And while students love them, some parents are now pressing the IT department to restrict use of apps on the devices because they think there's too much game-playing. Read More


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High Performance Data Center Firewall Survey
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Apple iPads, latest Android and Windows machines all in for big discounts. Oh, and free snow globes. Read More

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FCC proposes allowing in-flight cellular use on airplanes
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Transforming Your Organization with Mobility
This whitepaper intends to help organizations understand the critical elements of a mobilization solution, the value and inter-dependencies, and important enablement assessment questions. Learn More

Gift Guide 2013: Home and digital life gadgets
Like many categories that we've chosen for this year's holiday gift guide, the lines are blurred. Several devices within the "home" category could fall into the "Audio Gear", "Video gear" or "Work/Office Gear" categories, considering how much work we do at home, or how much home technology we bring to work. Read More

Review: Google gets it right with Nexus 5 Android smartphone
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White House wants 5,000 veterans in wireless tech jobs by 2015
The White House today said it strengthened the nonprofit program aimed at getting veterans and returning service members jobs in the hot wireless telecommunications arena. Read More

8 iPad Apps That Are Complex, Powerful and Advanced
Most people don't think of the iPad as a high-end computing device. These eight apps prove otherwise. Read More

Qualcomm tackling faster LTE, but how fast is up for debate
Mobile device chips coming next year from Qualcomm will be able to use wide spectrum bands that carriers are beginning to patch together with new technology, but its lofty performance claims need to be taken with a grain of salt. Read More


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Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations
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Gift Guide 2013: Games and gaming gear
Let's face it - this holiday season is going to be really good for the video gamer on your holiday list. Not only are there two new gaming consoles coming out (the Xbox One and Sony Playstation 4), but there are a bunch of games that will keep you entertained for months on end. Plus the accessories to enhance those games and experiences continue to be top-notch. Read More

HP: 90% of Apple iOS mobile apps show security vulnerabilities
HP today said security testing it conducted on more than 2,000 Apple iOS mobile apps developed for commercial use by some 600 large companies in 50 countries showed that nine out of 10 had serious vulnerabilities. Read More

13 highly productive Android apps that play nice with your PC
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AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages
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18 cool apps that online journalists are using
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