News from ZDNet | | | Cisco aids China in developing surveillance network Cisco Systems, among other major tech giants, have been called upon by the Chinese government to build a surveillance network that encompasses approximately 500,000 cameras in a single city. Read more | | Apple orders 15 million iPhone 5s from Pegatron, shipping in September? Pegatron, maker of the CDMA iPhone 4s, is producing an "estimated" 15 million next-gen iPhones for Apple by September, according to DigiTimes. Read more | | Is Facebook already running scared of Google+? It looks to me like Mark Zuckerberg is frightened of what Google+ may do to Facebook as his social network blocks the Facebook Friend Exporter program. Read more | | An Open Letter to Google: I love you, Google+, but... Former ZDnet "Social Business" blogger Jennifer Leggio has been involved in love fest with Google+ for the last week. Here, she writes an open letter affirming her commitment to the service, that... Read more | | Google+ for iOS app awaits Apple's approval Enthusiasm for Google+ has gained momentum fairly quickly in the last week, and it would surely grow exponentially once the iOS mobile app version is approved for the iTunes App Store. Read more | | Facebook blocks Google Chrome extension for exporting friends Facebook is throttling a Chrome extension that lets you export your Facebook friends so you can import them elsewhere, like to Google+. Read more | | CFOs don't have faith in IT, but boards do: Gartner surveys Recent surveys find corporate board directors have much greater expectations than chief financial executives in CIOs and information technology departments. Who's more in touch? Read more | | Office 365: 1.5 days outage per month means you still pay half price How much cloud downtime are you willing to put up with and still expect to have to pay the bill for the service? Read more | | Apple's iOS zips past RIM as Blackberry product vacuum continues Apple's iOS market share surged past RIM, which dropped 4.2 percentage points of market share between February and May, according to comScore data. And RIM's slide can get worse. Read more | | Nokia cuts smartphone prices in an attempt to halt declining sales As it makes the transition to being a Windows Phone OEM, Nokia is cutting prices of its smartphones in order to buoy sales, according to industry sources speaking to Reuters. Read more | | Verizon ends unlimited plans but you probably won't notice Unlimited smartphone data plans are going away, and for Verizon customers very soon. Folks are concerned about the change, but the fact is most won't notice anything different on the monthly bill. Read more | | Twitter being valued for as much as $7 billion Twitter hasn't declared an IPO yet nor has it hinted that it will be going public anytime soon. Nevertheless, the micro-blogging giant is being valued for as much as $7 billion these days. Read more | | HP: The TouchPad isn't meant to take down the iPad While other tablet manufacturers have positioned their products as the the devices that will defeat Apple's iPad, HP says it is going a different route with the TouchPad. Read more | | Toshiba Thrive available from Best Buy on July 10? Toshiba's 10.1" tablet running Honeycomb is rumored to go on sale at Best Buy this Sunday. Will the Thrive flourish or fail? Read more | | Vizio Tablet now available for pre-order at Costco.com and Vizio.com Another week, another iPad competitor steps up to the plate. This week, Vizio gets closer to releasing its Android tablet into the wild, announcing that it's available for pre-order at a select... Read more |
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