Qualcomm's new chips target low-cost smartphones with premium features
Low-cost smartphones could be packed with premium features thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 425, 435 and 625 mobile chips. Users…
House bill would prevent patchwork of state laws banning smartphone encryption
Four bipartisan members of Congress introduced legislation this week to preempt a potential patchwork of state and local government laws…
Encryption boost from U.S. House bill: Stop States’ smartphone stupidity
Amazingly, some Hill dwellers are pro-encryption, and are starting to fight for citizens’ privacy rights. The first step seems to…
Mobile apps get the crowdsourcing treatment
When developing mobile enterprise applications, there are two basic options: Plan the process in advance in exquisite detail or listen…
Microsoft skills: What's hot and what's not?
It’s a good time to be in IT. Job seekers have the advantage as employers struggle to hire tech talent…
Stock-market jitters have rocked network spending, Cisco says
The world’s financial markets got off to such a rough start this year that some enterprises froze plans to upgrade…
The second complaint was going to be 'no music'
Network admin pilot fish walks into the office one morning and is immediately accosted by a user who can’t get…
8 more cool tools for success in DevOps
8 more cool tools for devops success Image by iStockphoto DevOps has been gaining steam at organizations of all stripes…
12 steps to getting more from Apple’s Maps
Even if it doesn’t plan on porting the service to Android, Apple continues to improve Maps, so I’ve put together…
Android root malware is widespread in third-party app stores
Four third-party app stores for Android have apps with a malicious component that seeks root access to devices, according to…