Apple opens up lead on Android in enterprise mobile app dev

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	Apple opens up lead on Android in enterprise mobile app dev Apple's iOS mobile platform has amassed a substantial lead over Google's Android when it comes to which platform developers prefer for building enterprise mobile applications, according to survey results released Tuesday. The Appcelerator/IDC second quarter mobile report, which polled 3,600 developers using Appcelerator's Titanium mobile development tools, found that 70 percent of respondents stated they are building applications for an enterprise audience. Fifty-three percent of respondents believe Apple was best positioned for the enterprise, as opposed 37 percent who believe Android has the edge. This is a significant increase from the third quarter of last year, when the two platforms were even at 44 percent. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Webcast Demonstrates New Collaboration Advances An insightful webcast demonstrates how you can harness the power of people-centric collaboration in today's post-PC world. You'll learn about new collaboration tools and technologies and witness firsthand why they're making the experience more immersive and more mobile, in boardrooms, bistros, and everywhere in between. Watch the webcast today. See how these solutions make collaboration possible from iPads to boardrooms. And learn how they're enabling organizations to accelerate decisions, be more productive, and save countless dollars in the process. View the webcast and see for yourself. In this Issue Big mobile players call truce over major patent claims Intel porting Android 4.1 to work on Atom tablets, smartphones Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent? Joining competitors, Cisco to reduce Apple Bonjour burden on networks Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7 banned in Europe by German appeals court RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Big mobile players call truce over major patent claims Patent holding firm NTP has reached a possibly unprecedented agreement with 13 mobile technology vendors, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, HTC, Motorola Mobility (now owned by Google), Palm (now owned by Hewlett-Packard), LG Electronics, Samsung, and Yahoo. The simultaneous settlements may represent the first time a patent holder has made its patents available in a one-time settlement deal with the large part of a single industry, said Ron Epstein, founder of Epicenter Law and settlement counsel for NTP. Read More Intel porting Android 4.1 to work on Atom tablets, smartphones Intel is porting the Android 4.1 operating system, also called Jelly Bean, to work on smartphones and tablets using low-power Atom processors, the company said this week. The company did not provide a time frame for when the Android 4.1 port would be complete, or when the OS would be deployed in products. Read More Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent? If you've used a Post-it Note lately or sent a message from a Gmail account, you've been the beneficiary of a corporate innovation program that gives employees time to be creative -- and, while they're at it, sometimes invent products that go on to become wildly popular. Google is well known in the tech community for its "20 percent time," which gives employees a day a week to follow their passions, but it's hardly the first company to have done so. For decades, 3M Corp. has allotted 15 percent of its employees' time to innovation, which led to the creation of the now-ubiquitous yellow sticky note, among other products. Read More Joining competitors, Cisco to reduce Apple Bonjour burden on networks Cisco Systems plans to add code to its wireless LAN controllers to make Apple's Bonjour-based zero-configuration networking technologies like AirPlay and AirPrint behave better on enterprise networks.The code will turn the controller into a Bonjour gateway and couple it with policy-based user privileges. For users, this will mean that Apple clients will be able to find and access network-attached AirPrint printers, Apple TVs, and the like on different subnets, so everything will just work as it does on their own home networks. Read More Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7 banned in Europe by German appeals court Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7 was banned in Europe by the higher court of Düsseldorf on Tuesday because it found the tablet infringes on Apple's design rights and looks too much like the iPad. The appeals court also ruled that the altered Galaxy Tab 10.1N, does not infringe on Apple's designs, and will be allowed to be sold in Germany. Read More
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