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Thursday, 27th October 2011

The Customer Connection Isn't the 'Last Mile'

Writing for Wharton's blog, Todd Hewlin and Scott Snyder in "Unwiring the Enterprise: Are You Ready to Lose Control?" mention an interesting concept, that of wireless becoming the last foot for moving cloud content to within arm's reach of every person on the planet. I thought about this and wonder why IT and telecoms folks always dis their…

Mobile David Strom comments

Want OS Updates? Go iPhone, Android Leaves Users in the Lurch

Companies and consumers trying to decide which mobile/smartphone OS to adopt might want to look over Michael DeGusta's Android support history chart. DeGusta paints a sad story indeed, demonstrating that no Android phone has consistently received timely OS updates over its lifecycle. In fact, some phones have never been current at all, shipping…

Mobile Joe Brockmeier comments

14 New Google Offers Partners

Google Offers has signed on 14 new deal providers as partners, allowing users to purchase, manage and redeem offers from many providers in one place. This if-you-can't-beat-em-join-'em arrangement gives Google over a dozen tiny needles to stick into Groupon, LivingSocial and other competitors. Google wants to beat its commerce competitors with…

Jon Mitchell comments

Sponsored Resources

Combining High-Availability and BCA Best Practices

There are no simple answers to everything in life. A tool that might work great for one task might be a poor fit for another task. A hammer, for instance, is perfect for building a shelf, yet not so useful when trying to fix a computer. (Unless your definition of "fix" has deteriorated to "utterly destroy" at that point.)

Brian Proffitt comments

Storify Update a Cleaner Social News Experience

Today Storify launched its new editor interface, featuring slicker, easier-to-use tools for fast content curation. The new foundation flip-flops the search and editor sides of the interface, and places a higher priority on each content curator writing their own text for the story. Photo searches are big and bright, and the results are displayed…

Social Alicia Eler comments

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