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	NFC-based mobile payments still years from mass adoption The "mobile payments" industry isn't really about payments. It's about personalized, commerce-related services delivered to a user's smartphone or tablet: paying for something is just one of them, and arguably the least important for now. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Aerohive Networks Free Evaluation Guide from Aerohive Aerohive creates simple and powerful enterprise WiFi, VPN, and Routing solutions that push the envelope and keep you and your users buzzing. Discover how Aerohive can help you start small and grow to any size, eliminate downtime and complexity, and enforce secure access and connectivity. HIVE ON. In this Issue iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 3 7 reasons Google's Nexus 7 beats the iPad Petition to 'fix' Apple's Bonjour technology now online How iOS growth underscores Google's brilliant Android strategy Inside the IT challenges of sports and entertainment INSIDER Three tools to pinpoint rogue access points Location and tracking technologies: Understanding the technology Sprint to deploy small cell gear from Alcatel-Lucent Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' As Dad helps control Curiosity, family will live on 'Mars time' WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Send Less Data across the WAN Because WAN deduplication works on all IP traffic, it plays a key role in a variety of IT initiatives including server consolidation, virtualization, and application delivery. Learn how this proven technology can dramatically improve the performance, reliability, and efficiency of data backup and recovery. Learn more. iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 3 The iOSphere Ecstasy Index soared on reports that iPhone 5 will be announced on Sept. 12, but so did the Rage Index with the rumor that it will sell for $800. Read More 7 reasons Google's Nexus 7 beats the iPad The Google tablet's advantages in flexibility, usability, and form factor might make you ditch your iPad Read More Petition to 'fix' Apple's Bonjour technology now online The petition asking for changes to Apple's Bonjour and Airplay technologies is now online and accepting digital signatures until Aug. 10. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The iEverything Enterprise Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more. How iOS growth underscores Google's brilliant Android strategy After shipping 24 million iPhones and 17 million iPads, iOS devices accounted for more than 70% ($26 Billion) of Apple's $35 billion third-quarter 2012 sales. Comparatively, Android is deployed at a rate of about 1 million units a day, increasing worldwide market share by 90 million per calendar quarter. This barely affects Google's financial performance, but at the same time ensures its core advertising... Read More Inside the IT challenges of sports and entertainment At the same time sports and entertainment organizations are being inundated with data, they're trying to figure out how to boost connectivity within their venues, but also how to monetize the treasure trove of attendee information. Read More INSIDER Three tools to pinpoint rogue access points Locating and tracking an object via radio waves has been in everyday use since the WWII invention of RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging). Today, everybody from automobile drivers to airline pilots to mapmakers to construction professionals rely on GPS, another form of radio-based location and tracking. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Location and tracking technologies: Understanding the technology In principle, the use of a Wi-Fi signal for location and tracking is simple. There's no need for the approach used in RADAR, generating and bouncing a signal off of the object to be located or tracked, because Wi-Fi-equipped devices are usually transmitting data, and with that unique information identifying a given station. Once a given environment is installed with sensors or access points, as required to meet the specifications of a given solution, and any calibration required to tell the infrastructure what to expect when signals are sent from a known location - a form of RF fingerprinting, if you will - you're good to go. Read More Sprint to deploy small cell gear from Alcatel-Lucent Sprint plans to deploy small cell gear from Alcatel-Lucent to augment its wireless coverage -- including in its new 4G LTE network -- in high-traffic areas, the two companies announced Monday. Read More Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Apple considered developing a car or a camera after seeing the iPod's success, and in early 2011 one of its top executives recommended making a 7-inch iPad, Friday's testimony and documents revealed in the company's patent suit against Samsung. Read More As Dad helps control Curiosity, family will live on 'Mars time' Once Curiosity lands on Mars, NASA lead flight director David Oh and his colleagues responsible for the rover's operation will be required to live their earthly lives on Mars time. Oh's wife, Bryn, and their three children - Braden, 13, Ashlyn, 10, and Devyn, 8 -- will do so as well, by choice and in the spirit of adventure. Read More
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