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Panama's hugely ambitious plan to improve education using BYOD

Pop quiz, hotshot: What if you're supposed to oversee a BYOD approach that delivered a consistent educational experience to 100,000 students across an entire country? And what if those students couldn't be counted on to have a formal schoolhouse, let alone consistent access to the Internet? Here's how Panama partnered with a Silicon Valley startup to ace that test.

How the San Francisco Giants please the most wired fans in the nation

An online service to help sell extra tickets, free Wi-Fi in the ballpark, and a new social media cafe are all ways that the Giants IT organization serves its fans.

Wi-Fi coming to Pittsburgh rivers to modernize marine commerce

The program is being viewed as a potential model for bringing Wi-Fi service to waterways all across the U.S.

Larry Ellison admits it: Quick, cheap, and cloud are the future

Oracle's Larry Ellison, in partnering with Salesforce, embraces a cloud model very different from the expensive, on-premise business he has long presided over.

AirDrop will be a killer business feature in iOS 7 -- with one big risk

AirDrop's zero-configuration nature and its ubiquity in iOS 7 will make it a perfect way for mobile professionals to exchange files and information. AirDrop is designed to encourage safety and security, but it could open a new path for clever social engineering attacks.

Build 2013: Microsoft renews its relationship with developers

Microsoft's message to its developer community is clear: the Redmond giant may be transitioning to devices and services, but it's not leaving the platform behind.

Surface RT gets Outlook, but not speed

Surface RT got the Windows 8.1 preview this week too, offering users an Outlook app, but no noticable speed improvements.

What's new for BYOD in Windows 8.1

Many of the improvements will require IT involvement or the purchase of other new Microsoft products. But overall, Windows 8.1 is gradually becoming a better BYOD citizen, which should help Microsoft blunt the invasion of the iPad into the enterprise.

How Windows 8.1 solves the problem of different screen sizes

As displays achieve higher resolutions, scaling becomes more critical than ever. Here's how to handle scaling your Windows 8.1 app so it will look great on any display.

Gone in 60 seconds: The saga of my stolen iPhone

Last week, my Apple iPhone 5 got stolen out of my hands on a San Francisco city bus. Here's what happened next -- and how you can prevent it from happening to you.