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How to prepare for cloud-based enterprise mobility management
What’s the fastest, easiest, low-cost way for your organization to achieve multi-platform enterprise mobility management (EMM) without sacrificing...
Using local security to lock down your mobile device
Being able to lock your mobile device is important because, in many cases, it's your first line of defense. It may not be the strongest form of...
BlackBerry shakeup claims operating, marketing and financial chiefs
BlackBerry's chief operating, marketing and financial officers are leaving as recently appointed CEO John Chen makes his mark on the struggling...
FCC's in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage
Anyone who dreads hearing one end of a loud phone call all the way from Anchorage to Miami, take heart: The plan to allow cellphones on planes could...
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages
Three major U.S. carriers have agreed not to charge their customers for premium text messages, which have emerged as a route for unauthorized...
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...
Company settles charges it billed mobile users for unwanted services
The owners of an Atlanta company have agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that they crammed US$10 million worth of charges onto...
Cell-phone mishaps and mysteries from the masses
Real-life smartphone mini-disasters are widespread. They can be maddening and often amusing.
Pinterest tackles mapping with new Place Pins product
Pinterest is tweaking its service on the Web and mobile to make it easier for users to plan trips and locate their content with a new mapping product.
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...
Instagram, finally, debuts on Windows phones
Instagram is now available for Windows phones, some three years after the photo-sharing app's launch, the company announced Wednesday.
Get ready for the 'Internet of customers,' Salesforce.com CEO Benioff says
Much has been made about the "Internet of things," but behind every device is a customer, and companies that fail to recognize this do so...
Twitter brings new filters to search on mobile
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Google wants you walkin' in its Winter Wonderlabs
Google opened gadget showrooms in six U.S. cities as the holiday shopping season quickly approaches.
Nokia shareholders approve sale of smartphones to Microsoft
More than 99 percent of Nokia's shareholders have voted to approve Microsoft's acquisition of the Finnish company's Devices &...
Sidecar and Lyft switch from donations to minimum fares in California
People using the transportation apps Lyft and Sidecar in California will no longer be able to skimp on their fares, now that both apps have ditched...
When it comes to driving, Google may not be OK with Glass
Google has acknowledged that the best time to be on your computer might not be while you're driving.
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 15
Fortunately for the iOSphere, Bloomberg found a “person familiar with Apple’s plans” to spill the beans and provide a week’s worth of rumor...
Google Play Music debuts on iOS, with unlimited songs for $9.99 a month
Google Play Music, a rival option to streaming services like Spotify and Rdio, is now available for iOS, six months after launching on the web and...
FCC app lets consumers check how mobile broadband providers stack up
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has released a smartphone app that will allow users to measure the speed of their mobile broadband...
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