Monster Software: 10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business; Mobile Apps Find A Home On Touch-Screen Devices

TechWeb Mobile & Wireless Update - Monday, Dec 1, 2008

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*10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business
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*Mobile Apps Find A Home On Touch-Screen Devices
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*Samsung Sees Cell Phone Market Squeezed
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*Apple's 'Really Fast' Ad Banned In U.K.
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*PayPal Adds SMS Authentication Service
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( Today's Top Story)

10 Great iPhone Apps For Your Business
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iPhone-loving business professionals can tap into corporate e-mail
systems, customer contact lists, and accounting systems with these
downloads from the iTunes App Store.

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Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating
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Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at
Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

Blockbuster Takes On Netflix, Apple With Direct-To-TV Player
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To lure customers, Blockbuster is offering the player at no charge for
people who rent 25 online Blockbuster movies in advance for $99.

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Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We tried
out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which works better.
Here's who won.

(Editor's Picks)

BAI Retail Delivery News: HP Sees Infrastructure as Key to Branch
Transformation
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HP launches Banking Innovation Center to show potential impact of
emerging technologies.

UBS Joins DTCC Managed Accounts Service
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The centralized platform is designed to automate and standardize
communications among sponsors, investment managers and service
providers.

DTCC Launches New ID Net Service
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The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer
costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity
trades, the utility said.

(Mobile News of the Week)

Mobile Apps Find A Home On Touch-Screen Devices
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While the mobile app race is still in its infancy, the iPhone is
already well ahead of rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry
and T-Mobile's G1.

Samsung Sees Cell Phone Market Squeezed
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The company joins a long chorus line of handset makers who say the
economic slowdown will cut into the growth of the global cell phone
market.

Apple's 'Really Fast' Ad Banned In U.K.
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Apple was asked to drop another commercial for the iPhone 3G that
promised the handset could access "all parts of the
Internet."

PayPal Adds SMS Authentication Service
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In a bid to add more security, the online payment company will offer
the option of having a unique code sent to the user's cell phone prior
to logging in.

Nokia's Symbian Acquisition Reportedly On Schedule
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In preparation, Nokia said it would port its Qt cross-application
framework to Symbian in a move to attract developers of other
platforms.

Opera Mini Gets Update, Lands On Android
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Version 4.2 of the Web browser can now be downloaded for the T-Mobile
G1, improving speeds up to 30%, the company claims.

Dell Adds 3G Option For Mini 9 Netbook
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The device, powered by AT&T in the United States, supports
download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 Mbps.

Samsung, InterDigital Settle Cell Phone Patent Suit
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The multimillion-dollar arbitration involves Samsung's sale of 2G
products and 3G patent licensing.

Program TiVo From Your Cell Phone
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TiVo has launched a mobile site that lets Series 2 and Series 3 owners
schedule recordings from any Internet-enabled cell phone.

Apple Sued Over iPhone's Browser
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The latest iPhone lawsuit claims Apple is infringing on a patent for
how the handset navigates the Web.

Worldwide Wi-Fi Social Network Takes Off
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WeFi's free software download enables users to connect to 10 million
Wi-Fi access points around the world.

Verizon Snags Omnia Smartphone
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With integrated Wi-Fi, 3G, 8 GB of memory, Bluetooth, and a
5-megapixel camera, the Samsung Omnia gives Verizon another strong
touch-screen smartphone.

MySpace App Shatters BlackBerry Download Record
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In a sign that BlackBerry is gaining traction in the mainstream
market, the social messaging app has been downloaded more than 400,000
times in its first week.

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(Breaking News)

Psystar Holds Cyber Monday Sale On Mac Clones
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The upstart reseller is offering a fully configured Leopard system for
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HP Goes All In With An IT Transformation
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Even with the economy in a fierce downturn, HP CIO Randy Mott preaches
a high-risk, capital-intensive approach to transforming IT operations.
But will other CIOs follow his lead?

The Metrics That Matter Most
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HP's IT portfolio management team tracks these five metrics on its
weekly dashboard.

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