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Spotlight: Canadian Tire ditches BYOD, goes with corporate-issued BlackBerrys

Concerned about the security risks of BYOD, Toronto-based Canadian Tire has decided to issue its 3,000 employees corporate-owned BlackBerry 10 devices, according to a report by  Computerworld .

SAP unveils mobile enterprise apps with consumer feel

Enterprise software giant SAP has unveiled consumer-style apps for the mobile enterprise under the Fiori name.

Senate to scrutinize Apple's $100 billion overseas cash hoard

On Tuesday, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will question Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer about Apple's practice of shifting profits offshore to avoid U.S. tax payments.

Samsung gets lion's share of $5.3 billion in Android profits

Samsung captured 95 percent of the $5.3 billion in profits generated by global Android smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest stats by Strategy Analytics.

Google takes on Apple's Siri with Google Now

Google is looking to take on Apple's Siri with its revamped Google Now service for the desktop.

Spotlight: IT managers can access Fiberlink MDM through Google Glass

Despite the privacy and safety concerns enterprises could have with Google Glass, Fiberlink has decided to embrace the new product and enable IT managers to access its MaaS360 mobile device management platform through Google Glass.

Google: Pull the Windows Phone 8 YouTube app or else

Google has demanded that Microsoft pull its Windows Phone 8 YouTube app, which contains a number of features that Google deemed to have violated its terms of service. Features that Google took issue with include the ability to download videos, as well as the removal of advertisements embedded by YouTube.

Survey: Shortage of in-house mobile app developers prompts enterprises to outsource

There is a shortage of in-house expertise that is forcing enterprises to outsource mobile application development, according to a survey of 232 IT and business leaders conducted by IT staffing firm TEKsystems.

Windows 8.1 now official, will be free

Its official: The widely reported Windows Blue update to the Windows 8 operating system will be named Windows 8.1.

HP SlateBook X2 is serious Android laptop hybrid

Hewlett-Packard this week took the wraps off a new laptop-tablet hybrid that runs on the Android operating system. The SlateBook X2 is priced at $479.99, and comes with both the tablet and keyboard dock portion in the same package. It is not possible to buy the tablet as a stand-alone item.