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According to this press release put out by Google, there is a new contender in the fight for smartphone supremecy. Thats right, Google is throwing it’s hat in the ring with it’s own Google branded phone. And the kicker with Google’s new touch based cell phone, the Nexus One, is that they will [...]
Trouble For The iPhone App Store
A recent blog post on CNN money talks about a few problems that have arisen since the inception of the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The App Store is a new feature in the latest version of the iPhone OS that allows users to download applications directly onto their devices. The App [...]
Survey Reports 8 in 10 Businesses Use Macs
A recent survey from Yankee Group Research Inc. reports that 8 in 10 businesses now use Apple Mac computers. This is almost double the amount from only 2 years ago. The Yankee Group surveyed over 700 senior IT managers and C-level executives. Out of those surveyed, 21% reported having over 50 Macs. [...]
Apple releases version 8 of the iPhone SDK
Apple has just released the 8th edition of the iPhone SDK. This version is the beta release 8, and includes XCode 3.1. This version includes everything that is needed to author, test and publish software applications for the iPhone OS. The new iPhone SDK is fully compatible with iPhone OS 2.0 and [...]
Smartphone security and the new iPhone
In this article from eWeek, the author discusses the security issues that IT managers must consider when deploying the new Apple iPhone, Blackberry devices from RIM, or any other smartphones. The article describes one CIO that only allows certain kinds of smartphones on his organization’s network, and even then only allows them to do [...]