The iPhone of the future

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The iPhone of the future What could Apple possible include that's new in the next iPhone? Here are four ideas -- complete with high quality rendered images -- based on patent applications made by Apple over the last couple of years. Read more Resource of the day What Is Your Big Data Strategy? Tell us and you could win $500. Share your views and you'll have a chance to win $500 in cash from CBS Interactive! Your feedback will be kept anonymous and shared with our editorial team to help us address your most important challenges and initiatives. Posts from TechRepublic   Edit PowerPoint slides on your iPhone with Quickoffice Pro Will Kelly walks through how to edit PowerPoint slides using Quickoffice Pro on an iPhone. Read more Android Play Store: Is there a malware scanner in its future? How do you feel about Google including a malware scanner in Play Store's client app? Evidence suggests it's already in the works. Read more Build it yourself iOS Twitter client Part 2 Learn how to use refactoring and a third-party resource API to retrieve information for your custom Apple iOS application. Read more Support different Android device configurations with dimension resources Dimension resources simplify the task of building and maintaining a flexible Android app that looks good on various devices. Follow these best practices when using dimension resources. Read more Five free IT tools available in the Apple App Store Wally Bahny lists five iOS tools IT professionals can use with mobile devices to test their networks and systems. Read more Posts from ZDNet   US Samsung Galaxy S III owners to get Jelly Bean update in the coming months It is tough for manufacturers to get timely Android updates to their devices (Apple has no problem for some reason) and Galaxy S III owners likely won't be seeing the update anytime soon. Read more A closer look at Apple iOS 6 Maps and eight alternatives (comparison review) Apple's iOS 6 Maps works well for many people, but Tim Cook did issue an apology and offered up some alternatives. Let's take a closer look at Apple Maps and some of these available choices and don't forget to check out the 110+ screenshot gallery. Read more Apple begins work on $68m Oregon data center Work on the iPhone and iPad maker's new Oregon data center is set to begin, powering more than 150 million iCloud users. Read more Mobile apps, verticalization may be killing Google's golden goose Google's third quarter earnings miss may reflect that user behavior is changing to mobile apps and vertical search. That move may impact search profits. Read more Featured multimedia   IT pros can manage systems with five free iOS tools More and more IT professionals are using a tablet or their smart phone to perform network administration and other IT-related tasks. Here are five free IT tools that can be found in the Apple App Store. View on site Creating buckets and objects in Amazon Simple Storage Service Nick Hardiman illustrates the basic steps to creating buckets and objects in Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). View on site Today's recommended downloads Best Practice Tips on Building a Unified Communications Business Case (ShoreTel) PHD Virtual Citrix XenServer Backup Software Trial Download (PHD Virtual Technologies) Taneja Group: Optimization for Real Time Storage (IBM) Ericom AccessNow: Free 30 Day Product Evaluation (Ericom Software) ComputerWorld Video on Gen8 Servers (Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel) Connect with TechRepublic TechRepublic's Windows 8 Migration Survey Designed to run equally well on tablets and traditional computers, Windows 8 represents a significant shift in Microsoft's flagship product and perhaps the company as a whole. We're asking our global IT audience whether they will upgrade to Windows 8, and the reasons why. This short survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete. We'll publish the results later this Fall, so stay tuned. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tips, the latest tech news updates, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Big Data Analytics -- Launching soon! Five Apps Tablets in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things The Editor's Daily Picks

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