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	Android Apps: 9 Best, No-Cost Social Network Downloads Share, save and savor all things social with these nine free Google Android apps, hand-picked by CIO.com's mobile maestro, Al Sacco. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG IDG Mobile Survey Complete the IDG Global Solutions Mobile Survey for the chance to Win an Apple iPad. Now in its second year, this survey examines the user habits, new adoptions and user experiences within the Mobile World. Click to continue In this Issue 5 Pros and Cons for AT&T's T-Mobile Buyout T-Mobile Deal Will Help US, AT&T Says Verizon HTC Thunderbolt: Eight Key Features and Facts Amazon's Appstore for Android Opens for Business Apple Sues Amazon Over 'App Store' Name BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0.3 Expected This Week: 9 Key Features RIM Details Upcoming Cloud-Based BES; General Availability "Late 2011" Google Says Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Threatens Innovation Opera Releases Browsers for Smartphones, Tablets BlackBerry Security: RIM Tells Users, Admins to Disable Webkit Browser JavaScript RIM Exec: BlackBerry Video Conferencing App Coming "Very Soon" Wi-Fi Group Plans to Simplify Hotspot Access WHITE PAPER: Dell Is Virtualization safe for business critical applications? The benefits of Tier 1 virtualization for small and medium-sized organizations are undeniable: Increased business agility, greater efficiencies and lower cost, to name a few. Learn how Dell and VMware are enabling better performance and reliability for applications in the virtual infrastructure. Read Now 5 Pros and Cons for AT&T's T-Mobile Buyout AT&T says its $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile USA will improve call quality and broadband availability for its customers, and bring next-generation cellular service to 95 percent of Americans. The deal would make AT&T the largest cellular carrier in the United States with around 130 million customers. It would also give Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile USA's current owner) about an 8 percent stake in AT&T. Read More T-Mobile Deal Will Help US, AT&T Says AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA will advance U.S. leadership in mobile data and improve consumers' wireless experience, the company's top executives said on a conference call Monday morning. Read More Verizon HTC Thunderbolt: Eight Key Features and Facts Verizon Wireless this week releases the long-awaited Android-powered Thunderbolt smartphone from HTC. Here are eight facts and features you need to know about Verizon's first LTE handheld before you buy. Read More Amazon's Appstore for Android Opens for Business Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to U.S. users of smartphones with Google's operating system. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Virtual Briefing Center: Content for the CIO and CFO Visit the Oracle CIO2CFO Virtual Briefing Center, where you will find a wide variety of materials rich in advice and thought leadership to help you steer toward success in today's challenging economic and IT landscape. The goal is to help you use technology to optimize and streamline performance, forecasting, governance and risk management. Join Now! Apple Sues Amazon Over 'App Store' Name Apple has filed suit against Amazon.com over the use of the term "App Store." As Bloomberg reports, Apple alleges that Amazon began luring developers to its mobile software program in the beginning of 2011 by referring to an upcoming App Store of its own. The Internet retail giant launched its Appstore for Android on Monday. Read More BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0.3 Expected This Week: 9 Key Features With BlackBerry administrators and corporate smartphone users in mind, CIO.com's Al Sacco breaks down the most valuable features in the soon to be released BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 Service Pack 3. Read More RIM Details Upcoming Cloud-Based BES; General Availability "Late 2011" RIM today announced details about an upcoming, cloud-based version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) for Microsoft Office 365, with hosted BES for other messaging platforms coming in the future. Read More Google Says Microsoft Patent Lawsuit Threatens Innovation Google took a slap at Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the software giant's patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble's Android-based e-reader stifles innovation. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Reducing Network Complexity In this white paper you will learn about the challenges associated with conventional switch solutions; the advantages of HP's Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF), and the very real business benefits that can result from installing HP A-series switches that employ this technology. Read now Opera Releases Browsers for Smartphones, Tablets Opera Software has released updated versions of its Mini and Mobile smartphone browsers, and adapted the browsers' interface for tablets, the Norwegian company said on Tuesday. Read More BlackBerry Security: RIM Tells Users, Admins to Disable Webkit Browser JavaScript BlackBerry users running the BlackBerry 6 OS should disable browser JavaScript to avoid a potential security issue, RIM says. Read More RIM Exec: BlackBerry Video Conferencing App Coming "Very Soon" BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's (RIM) much-anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet launch i Read More Wi-Fi Group Plans to Simplify Hotspot Access The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to make getting onto a public hotspot as easy as connecting to a cellular network, a change that mobile operators are likely to welcome as they look to shift more data traffic onto Wi-Fi. Read More
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