Google, Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones. Plus: IT hiring rises where it counts

First look: Amazon's new Fire Phone IT hiring rises where it counts ITworld Today June 19, 2014 Share this email As iPhone thefts drop, Google and Microsoft plan kill switches on smartphones Responding to more than a year of pressure, Google and Microsoft will follow Apple in adding an anti-theft "kill switch" to their smartphone operating systems. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. First look: Amazon's new Fire Phone 2. IT hiring rises where it counts 3. Microsoft kills off plan to pay people to write good things about Internet Explorer 4. BlackBerry ekes out a profit as revenue tumbles nearly 70 percent 5. China cuts access to Dropbox 6. Apple's new iMac is $200 cheaper -- and slower 7. Internet traffic congestion real, but sporadic, study says 8. Bank not liable for customer's $440,000 cybertheft 9. BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Rails 4 Way Resource compliments of: Akamai Technologies, Inc. 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