It seems that every week for the past few months, there’s been at least one or two announcements of app developers, cloud service providers, and mobile management vendors developing strategic partnerships to create or integrate their...Forget Jailbreaking, Cloud Services Are What Are Building A Usable File System For iOS
It seems that every week for the past few months, there’s been at least one or two announcements of app developers, cloud service providers, and mobile management vendors developing strategic partnerships to create or integrate their...Why Your Company Needs An iPhone / iPad At Work Policy
Mobile technology is playing an ever bigger role in the workplace. According to a recent study by IT training and certification giant CompTIA, 84% of knowledge workers use an iPhone...FAA To Dramatically Expand iPad Use While Punting on BYOD
There’s been a lot of news stories this year about iPhone and iPad use by U.S. federal agencies. Most of those stories have been reports of agencies ditching BlackBerries for iPhones and/or iPads. This week’s...Thousands of Macs In The Enterprise – How The Big Companies Roll
Last week I took a brief look at how managing a handful of Macs differs from managing dozens or hundreds or even thousands of Macs. Some readers...You Can Now Legally Run Windows On Your iPad Through OnLive
We reported last month on the legal and licensing issues surrounding OnLive and its OnLive Desktop for iPad, a freemium offering from the cloud gaming company that offered iPad users a full Windows 7...Flashback Trojan – A Big Wake Up Call For Mac IT Pros
The after effects of the Flashback Trojan are going to be felt for a long time to come. Although there’s been the occasional Mac malware announcement over the...Facebook iOS Security Flaw Highlights Security Risk In iOS Backups
One of the mobile news items this week was the discovery by developer Gareth Wright of a vulnerability in the Facebook apps for both iOS and Android. At issue in the iOS...U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs Cancels Long Term Contract With Microsoft
While many federal agencies have been defecting from RIM’s BlackBerry to iOS devices, the Department of Veterans Affairs seems poised to make a much more dramatic transition. The agency recently canceled its participation...Need For Mac-specific IT Skills Keeps Macs A Minority In Business
A new Forrester report on Apple in the enterprise shows that nearly half of all companies (46%) issue Macs to at least some of their employees. The report also notes that Macs make up a...Apple’s iBooks Author, iBookstore Create Powerful New Marketing Opportunities
When Apple announced iBooks Author in January, the company positioned the free ebook publishing tool as a way for faculty members of schools and colleges to create their own customized and interactive textbooks. However, since Apple...FileMaker 12 Turns The Volume Up Way Past 11 [Review]
I’ve always thought of FileMaker as “databases for the rest of us” – the software is easy to understand for even novice users, it has an immense focus on visual design that allows users to create impressive...Apple holds the master decryption key when it comes to iCloud security, privacy
Ars recently attempted to delve into the inner workings of the security built into Apple's iCloud service. Though we came away reasonably certain that iCloud uses industry best practices that Apple...
