| Editor's note
Check out my updated list of the most useful iPhone apps. There's also a lot of tech news to soak up today including Cisco cloud strategy, Samsung building China plants to produce more devices, Verizon LTE turns one, and Android Market hits 10 billion downloads. -Jason The 20 best and most useful iPhone apps Take advantage of the top benefits that mobile computing has to offer with this list of 20 highly useful iPhone apps. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | Cisco solidifies cloud strategy, launches CloudVerse Cisco goes public with its cloud strategy, a framework called CloudVerse that's designed to cater to all flavors of cloud computing. Read more | | Samsung plans to build chip factory in China amid booming smartphone, tablet sales Samsung has announced plans to build a Chip Plant in to meet the growing demands of China's booming technology market, awaiting approval from the South Korean government. Read more | | Verizon's LTE network hits its first birthday: Disappointment of an early adopter The first year for Verizon's LTE network was a bit of a buzzkill for me, but year two should be more promising. Read more | | Android Market surpasses 10 billion downloads The Android Market is now growing at a rate of one billion app downloads per month. Read more | | Kindle Fire and why 7-inch tablets suck Cramming a traditional webpage onto a 7-inch screen doesn't work. Read more | | Galaxy Nexus experiences: HDMI out and free calling with data only SIM The Galaxy Nexus is the flagship Android device running Google's Ice Cream Sandwich OS and is a very powerful smartphone. It supports HDMI out and VoIP calling as well. Read more | | The cloud shopping list: Assessing the next SaaS takeover targets We're in for a big game of let's make a software as a service deal. Here's a list of companies that may make the most likely to be acquired list. Read more | | Finding a Linux Job According to new data from The Linux Foundation, Linux jobs are pretty much evenly divided between administrator and developer jobs. But, you won't go wrong if you focus on Android programming work. Read more | | Verizon Wireless, Leap Wireless swap spectrum Leap said its goal was to bolster its coverage in Chicago. For Verizon, the arrangement gives it more spectrum to squeeze AT&T. Read more | | Why is Google talking about design so much? User experience is suddenly all the rage in Mountain View. Has a data-driven giant turned over a new leaf? Read more | | Facebook's new headquarters is located at 1 Hacker Way Facebook is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto to Menlo Park. The address of the new location is 1 Hacker Way, according to a business card belonging to one of the company's employees. Read more | | Xbox 360 mashes up games, live TV, social media, and more in a major update New Xbox 360 dashboard software update further blurs the line between games, television, and social networking Read more | | Xbox 360 update brings Kinect controls to your TV Give your Xbox 360 a 'Metro' look, voice and motion controls via your Kinect sensor, and even a WP7 phone remote control with this December 6 update. Read more |
| Webcast: Google Apps and the Retail Industry Even if you think retail is fine without Google Apps, you owe it to yourself and your employees to give it a chance and tune in to this webcast. |
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