Is the Ubuntu Edge a good fit for the enterprise?

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	Is the Ubuntu Edge a good fit for the enterprise? The tech community has been abuzz over the past week over Canoncial's Ubuntu Edge campaign -- enough so for a lively Ask Me Anything interview on Reddit with the company's CEO, Mark Shuttleworth. There's no denying that the company's vision of a cutting-edge "superphone" that doubles as a PC and that runs both desktop Ubuntu and Android is intriguing to gadget-loving geeks, open source advocates, and developers. While Canonical is understandably focused on securing buy-in from those groups, the company also has its sights set on a market that could make or break the project: enterprise users. Read More WHITE PAPER: FICO (Fair Isaac) Deliver Customer Value with Big Data Analytics Big Data requires that companies adopt a different method in understanding today's consumer. Read this white paper to learn why Big Data is not just another passing trend. Learn more. In this Issue With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent WHITE PAPER: Datacore Software-defined Storage Makes Economic Sense The appliance approach to data storage is inefficient and expensive. Find out what your storage vendor doesn't want you to know about storage virtualization View Now With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun "Chrome is the focus at Google; Android is an afterthought," asserted Ben Thompson, who writes on his Stratechery blog. Thompson, who left Microsoft earlier this month, has quickly made a name for himself with insights into the technology market, in particular Microsoft, Apple and Google, ranging from Microsoft's massive reorganization to the possible role for a larger, 13-inch iPad. Read More Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team Bob Mansfield, one of Apple top executives, has been dropped from the company's leadership team and will instead work on special projects, according to online reports. Several media outlets, including the Reuters news service and the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD website, said Apple had confirmed that Mansfield, a senior vice president and head of the company's Technologies division, was no longer on Apple's top-tier executive team. He will continue to work at the company, however, and report to CEO Tim Cook. Read More US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court. The 21 claims of the patent were rejected by the USPTO in a "final office action," as they were anticipated by previous patents or unpatentable. Known as the "pinch-to-zoom" patent, it covers the ability to distinguish between the scrolling movement of one finger and two-fingers gestures like pinch-to-zoom on a touch-screen to activate certain functions. Read More
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