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The Editor's Daily Picks June 18, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Jason Hiner | Global Editor in Chief, TechRepublic | @jasonhiner I write about the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing business with technology. This newsletter is my picks for the top tech stories of the day. Women in tech: Under-represented and paid less Girls do better than boys in tech exams - so why don't they want to join the industry? Amazon launches Fire smartphone: Building a device for Prime Amazon lines up its smartphone to integrate with its cloud services as well as Prime membership. The device is looking high end with its camera specs. Resource of the day Why is the App Slow? Download a FREE trial of SolarWinds Application Monitor and Find Out Ready to try monitoring software that just works, right out-of-the-box? Download a free, fully functional 30-day trial of Server & Application Monitor today! More from TechRepublic Pay with Bitcoin: 10 of the most interesting places to spend it Microsoft offers consistent cross-platform experience with OWA app Sentiment analysis: Understanding customers who don't mean what they say Remotely wipe your Android device with the help of Google The long, dark road of launching a startup while working full-time 8 iPad games to download before your next business trip More from ZDNet Amazon's Fire Phone hardware specification Amazon's Fire smartphone success depends on developers T-Mobile CEO vents over Amazon smartphone, AT&T exclusive Facebook steps away from 'traditional' datacenters with building blocks approach NAS device botnet mined $600,000 in Dogecoin over two months Intel dives deeper into Internet-of-Things with customizable chips Heartbleed shows the need for password change automation HP Launches Helion Managed Services Microsoft's Android patents will face challenges Adobe's 2014 Creative Cloud update: Desktop upgrades, new mobile apps, creative hardware Twitter entering 'maturation' phase for infrastructure, engineering China Unicom to build $387M global center in Hong Kong BlackBerry to bring Amazon Appstore to BlackBerry 10.3 this fall The virtual machine software wars continue - Red Hat launches RHEV 3.4 iOS vs Android: Which is more of a security threat for the enterprise? TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK The Mobile Revolution Today's recommended downloads On-demand Webcast - ZDNet's 2014 Cloud Priorities Research Presentation (ZDNet) Why is the App Slow? Download a FREE trial of SolarWinds Application Monitor and Find Out (SolarWinds) Download a FREE Trial of the Network Bandwidth Analyzer Pack from SolarWinds! (SolarWinds) Windows Server 2012: Are You Ready? (Dell Software) Find, Analyze & Resolve Your Toughest Performance Issues on SQL Server (SolarWinds) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Wearables: Fit for business? The explosion of interest in wearable computing is one of tech's fastest rising trends. While big moves from Google, Apple, and Samsung will likely attract a lot of attention, we're going to examine the broader potential that wearables hold for driving innovation in business. Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.