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iPhone 4S takes enterprise by storm

Good Technology activated more iPhone 4S devices than any other mobile device during the last quarter of 2011. The 4S outpaced the iPhone 4 and iPad 2, and it put the breaks on Android's rising share Read more...

What's on tap at CES 2012

Ultrabooks are slated to dominate the scene in the business tools category at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. However, the super-thin devices won't be the only cool new gadgets Read more...

Consumer tech is spreading in federal agencies

Android-powered smartphones and iPhones have joined the Coast Guard. The first branch of the U.S. military to officially allow personnel to use these devices, the Coast Guard plans to supply them Read more...

Google fattens patent portfolio with huge purchase from IBM

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) last month quietly purchased 1,030 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM), covering a variety of technologies, including the architecture of microprocessors, servers, routers, relational Read more...

RIM, Microsoft partner to take BlackBerry Enterprise Servers to the cloud

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are partnering to create a new RIM-hosted BlackBerry enterprise service available for Microsoft's Office 365 cloud computing suite. RIM Read more...

Google opts to trigger 'remote kill' switch

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) took the rare step late Saturday of invoking its "remote kill" switch to remotely erase apps from Android-powered devices infected by hidden malware. There were 58 malicious Read more...

Android could cause problems in the enterprise

Much has been said about the havoc that workers can bring to the corporate IT environment when they insist on using iPhones, iPads and other devices designed for consumers. Less has been said about Read more...

What Verizon's iPhone might mean for you

Beginning in early February, iPhone lovers will have a choice of carriers when purchasing the popular device. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said this week that it will go head-to-head with AT&T (NYSE: T), Read more...

Tablets dominated CES

Most of the tech news last week came out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and much of that news centered on tablet computers. Here is a round-up of overviews and impressions from Read more...

A road map for mobility through 2020

The rapid adoption of smartphones and tablet computers over the last couple years is merely a preview of the enormous changes in store for mobile computing, pundits predict. Some, including Read more...

Press Releases

Xamarin Accelerates and Simplifies iPhone and iPad App Development with MonoTouch 5.2 Release

New testing framework, memory profiler and rapid UI creation library help more than 5,000 paying customers build mobile apps faster CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xamarin, a leading provider of Read more >>

Vonage Launches New Mobile App Providing Free Calling and Texting to Other App Users Around the World

Savings of more than 70 percent on international calls to those without the appHOLMDEL, N.J., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) announced the launch of Vonage Mobile®, the Read more >>

Holiday Tablet Traffic Jumps 229%

Jumptap January MobileSTAT Report Also Shows Latest iOS Garners Higher CTR than Android CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- If you didn’t get a tablet this holiday season, you may be one of the few. Read more >>

Studio LLC Develops Facebook Application Using Smartphones As Controller

Anyone with an iPhone, iOS device or Android phone can control a Facebook applicationHOBOKEN, N.J., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Studio LLC (www.whoisstudio.com) a leading advertising Read more >>

Wizzard Announces Podcast Apps Featuring Matt Paxton, Organizer from A&E’s Emmy Nominated Show Hoarders

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s leading podcasting network, today announced that Matt Paxton, featured organizer on A&E’s hit show Hoarders, has launched Read more >>