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TechRepublic Member | November 18, 2011

Cross-platform apps make sense, so take off your iOS blinders

Donovan Colbert explains why vendors, publishers, and companies should take off their iOS blinders and create apps for the Android Market. Read more

Resource of the day

Open Data Center Alliance: Usage Model Requirements

When investing in a new piece of tech, it helps to know what the requirements are beforehand. Check out this video to learn more about usage model requirements for an open data center.


Test BYOD in your organization with employee tablets

Patrick Gray says that employee tablets could serve as a useful test of tablet computing and BYOD for your company. Read more

Turn your Motorola Xoom into a portable desktop computer

Jack Wallen shows you how to turn your tablet into a portable desktop computer with the help of a docking station and a wireless keyboard. Read more

Additional TechRepublic resources

 

Geek Gifts 2011: Tablet roundup

In the past 12 months, the tablet market has taken off, and many of those tablets are running the Android OS. Here's a look at some of the most popular and talked about tablets available. Read more

iPhones and iPads, not Macs, driving Apple's push into business

Increasingly, iPhones and iPads are making inroads into the business market for Apple. Take the poll and let us know your organization's level of interest in adding either of these devices to the IT inventory. Read more

Full Android source code released

The source code for Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 3.x Honeycomb has been released on Google's Android open-source project Git servers. Read more

Create a lightweight version of PhoneGap in Android

In this PhoneGap tutorial, mobile developer Kyle Miller presents some tricks about how to use WebViews in Android and more. Read more


Featured multimedia

 

Cracking Open the Amazon Kindle Fire

Bill Detwiler cracks open the Amazon Kindle Fire. Inside this Android-based tablet, he found hardware from Texas Instruments, Elpida, Micron. View on site

Jason Hiner's 20 most useful iPad apps

The iPad isn't a computer replacement for everyone, but it's very good at several basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to its strengths. View on site

Inside Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (screenshots)

Thanks to Android 4.0's newfound ability to take screenshots, we can bring you the inside look at Google's enormous Ice Cream Sandwich effort. View on site



Today's recommended downloads

Security in Cloud Computing (Intel Corporation)

Disasters Within Disasters: Active Directory Protection (Quest Software)

Video: Enabling Agile and Intelligent Businesses (Oracle)

3Q10 x86-based Server Customer Satisfaction Study (IBM)

Live Webcast: Build a Business Case for Open Source Drupal (Acquia)


Perennial favorites

 

Enterprise: 95 percent are choosing iPad over Android tablets

Tablets are for people who hate computers

Tablets at work: Disney uses iPads to drive construction project

Five tips for improving your tablet experience

10 apps that will matter to Kindle Fire users

With thousands of Android-powered applications to choose from, CNET News.com looks at 10 that should prove quite popular.



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