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Computerworld Honors 2013: Mobile app helps get fresh food to people in need

Posted June 4, 2013 - 10:52 am

Community Plates' job is straightforward: move surplus food from supermarkets, grocers and restaurants to agencies that help feed the hungry.
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Computerworld Honors 2013: Life-changing lessons via mobile device

Posted June 4, 2013 - 10:44 am

This may be the Information Age, but there are 750 million illiterate adults worldwide who can't take advantage of today's wealth of data to better their lives. In fact, illiteracy, poverty and a lack of electricity impede millions from learning and benefitting from the technology advances that have marked our era.
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Computerworld Honors 2013: Mobile tech expands banking in Kenya

Posted June 4, 2013 - 10:34 am

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) wanted to reach millions of potential customers in Kenya, but most of those potential customers didn't have access to traditional brick-and-mortar banking facilities.
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Google targets developers with cloud-based backend kit

Posted June 4, 2013 - 8:49 am

Google wants more developers to use its App Engine cloud service, and has launched Mobile Backend Starter to make it easier.
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Dual persona smartphones non grata at Starz

Posted June 4, 2013 - 6:18 am

Among several BYOD strategies Starz has tried over the past five years, dual persona smartphones -- offering employees a business and personal interface -- took off like a lead balloon.
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ARM fills out mid-range line with new A12 processor

Posted June 3, 2013 - 7:35 pm

The company had an ageing low-end chip and a power-hungry high end chip. Now it's filled in the middle, although it will be a while before the chip is available
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Zynga lays off 18 percent of workforce, shifts focus to mobile

Posted June 3, 2013 - 4:14 pm

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Does the brand of smartphone matter for reliability and performance?

Posted June 3, 2013 - 2:59 pm

I have only had two different Android phones over my smartphone “career”, one LG and one Motorola. I think that my daughter is old enough to have a smartphone, and I am going to go with a pre-paid plan to prevent her overuse of the phone (set amount of minutes and data per month without risk of overages).
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Google says 'no' to sexually explicit content on Glass

Posted June 3, 2013 - 2:32 pm

Google Glass can, in theory, be used for lots of things, but sexually explicit material is one area now off limits to developers.
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Tested: T-Mobile's LTE is smokin' fast in seven cities

Posted June 3, 2013 - 12:46 pm

T-Mobile may not have deployed its new LTE network in many areas yet, but in the seven cities where we recently tested the service, we found great speeds and coverage--adding another highlight to an already impressive T-Mobile story this year.
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How Fortune 500 companies are managing BYOD

Posted June 3, 2013 - 12:19 pm

Employees must accept strict controls and security policies prior to gaining network access.
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Nokia Lumia 928 review: Humdrum phone makes Windows Phone even less appealing

Posted June 3, 2013 - 12:14 pm

The Nokia Lumia 928 doesn't do much to stand out from the company's other mobile offerings.
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Why you won't benefit from Google's unlocked phones

Posted June 3, 2013 - 11:05 am

Google's obsession with unlocked phones reflects the tech giant's utopian ideals, but it doesn't acknowledge how people actually buy and use their handsets.
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The BYOD mobile security threat is real

Posted June 3, 2013 - 10:50 am

Cloud storage, text messaging, poor accountability and the "Bad Leaver" open the doors to data breaches in a BYOD environment, says a cyber-crime expert in this interview.
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Hands-on with Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, Iconia W3

Posted June 3, 2013 - 10:29 am

After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed off what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in smaller screen sizes, following the success of Apple's iPad mini and Google's Nexus 7.
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LTE and smartphones drive mobile traffic, says Ericsson

Posted June 3, 2013 - 10:01 am

The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data traffic. The challenge for operators will be to turn that into more revenue, as users prefer Wi-Fi networks, an analyst said.
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Japanese Internet icon, free from prison, starts app design firm

Posted June 3, 2013 - 6:28 am

A Japanese entrepreneur who founded one of the country's largest web portals and was a national celebrity before being jailed for securities fraud is now free and has launched a firm to develop smartphone apps.
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Preston Gralla: Microsoft's mobile corpse stirs with signs of life

Posted June 3, 2013 - 6:15 am

The numbers Microsoft is posting in mobile aren't at the level it is accustomed to in areas like desktop operating systems and productivity suites. But they're on the rise.
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Bitcoin Foundation is doubling the size of its staff -- to four

Posted June 3, 2013 - 6:15 am

The Bitcoin Foundation is seeking a QA pro and a project manager as it aims to expand its staff to four full-timers.
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Foxconn developing 5 Firefox OS devices, could include tablet

Posted June 3, 2013 - 5:43 am

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla's Firefox OS and is developing more than five devices running the mobile operating system for its customers.
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BrandPost: Will Health Care Avoid BYOD?

Posted May 31, 2013 - 8:07 pm

Legal restrictions, device specialization may keep full BYOD from hospitals
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BrandPost: Meeker: Mobile Just Keeps Getting Bigger

Posted May 31, 2013 - 7:21 pm

Latest Internet analysis shows no slowdown in mobile usage patterns
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How to turn an iMessage into a standard text

Posted May 31, 2013 - 4:44 pm

Here is a neat tip for iPhone owners who have a bunch of friends using iMessage, but they can't quite, just yet, entirely trust that iMessage always gets through.
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Gmail reinvents the inbox (again) at nine

Posted May 31, 2013 - 2:29 pm

A look at Gmail's new inbox and glance at Gmail innovations of past.
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Download free SMS Backup & Restore app for Android devices

Posted May 31, 2013 - 2:05 pm

Here's how you can download the SMS Backup & Restore app free for Android devices.
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