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January 20, 2012  5:22 PM

iBooks textbooks for iPad: A load off kids’ backs and onto IT’s



Posted by: Alex Barrett
Apple, Google, iPad

As a mother, news of Apple's iBooks textbooks for iPad is a weight off my shoulders -- and my kid's. My son is in middle school, and while a lot has changed since I was in eighth grade, one thing I can relate to is...

December 16, 2011  2:52 PM

VMware View Kindle Fire client coming soon



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Amazon, Android, BYOD, desktop virtualization, iPad, Kindle Fire

VMware updated its View clients for Apple iPads and Android tablets today, and View shops will soon have an Amazon Kindle Fire client as well. The tech...


November 29, 2011  3:10 PM

BlackBerry Mobile Fusion: RIM knows it’s in trouble



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, mobile device management, Research in Motion

Diversify, diversify, diversify! It's common advice in the investment world, especially when the economy's not looking so rosy. The theory is, if you hold stakes in lots of different kinds of companies, the failure of one company (or even a whole industry) won't sink your entire portfolio. For...


November 22, 2011  11:29 AM

iPads in the NFL: Are you ready for some consumerization?



Posted by: Colin Steele
iPad

NFL players love technology. For proof, just check out Chad Ochocinco's 30,000 tweets or all the athletes who grew up playing as much football on the...

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October 21, 2011  12:35 PM

Early iPhone 4S sales top 4 million: News in brief



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, iCloud, iOS, iPad, iPhone, mobile device security, Motorola, Research in Motion, Samsung, Verizon Wireless

By Julia Anderson and Colin Steele, Editors Apple sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices in the three days after its launch, the company reported....


October 14, 2011  7:51 AM

Admins Anonymous: A BYOD support group at Dell World



Posted by: Colin Steele
BYOD, Dell, desktop virtualization, iPad, mobile device management

By Bridget Botelho, Senior Site Editor AUSTIN, Texas -- A session here at Dell World on the convergence of endpoint devices turned out to be a support group for administrators dealing with the consumerization of IT and


October 13, 2011  3:31 PM

BYOD: It’s about voice, too



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, Apple, AT&T, BlackBerry, BYOD, desktop virtualization, iPad, iPhone, mobile virtualization, ShoreTel, unified communications, Verizon Wireless, VMware

As the bring-your-own device phenomenon grows, so do the options for separating personal and business communications on the same device. TelephoneDesktop virtualization...


October 13, 2011  9:24 AM

BlackBerry outage brings global disruption: News in brief



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Box.net, Citrix, Dropbox, Google, iCloud, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Research in Motion, VMware

A massive BlackBerry outage has left users with limited email and messaging services for much of this week. The BlackBerry outage began Monday for users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and it spread to North America on Wednesday. Research in Motion (RIM) has blamed the BlackBerry outage...


October 5, 2011  1:42 PM

BlackBerry vs. Microsoft: Who will survive?



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Research in Motion, Windows Phone 7

NEW YORK -- There's room for a third vendor to succeed alongside Apple and Google in the mobile OS market. Who that vendor will be -- Microsoft or RIM -- is up for debate.


September 28, 2011  11:31 AM

Welcome to the mixed-infrastructure nightmare



Posted by: Colin Steele
Android, BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, mobile device management

Managing heterogeneous environments is a huge pain. That's one of the major lessons I learned over three years of covering the virtualization market. Lots of vendors say they can manage mixed infrastructures, but they all have shortcomings. The platform vendors have limited features for managing...