[TechRepublic] Jason Hiner's picks for best iPhone apps

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The 20 best iPhone apps of 2011 for productive geeks Jason Hiner offers his top picks for iPhone apps that can help you work smarter and improve your productivity. Read more Resource of the day Detect performance bottlenecks before system deployments or upgrades HP LoadRunner - The de facto standard for application performance testing. Quantify the potential value & business benefits with the Business Value Calculator! More from TechRepublic   Backupify extends Google Apps with one-click export tool Backupify is about to launch a new utility that will allow companies to export all data from a Google Apps account with a single click. Read more Looking ahead to Apple's next big product innovation As Apple readies new product and software releases, is there a surprise on the horizon? Wil Limoges looks ahead and makes some predictions about a new product line. Read more Poll: Does sexual harassment training really change attitudes? Sexual harassment training is required in many companies. Do you think it actually changes attitudes? Read more MacBook Air (2011 11-inch) Teardown: Ultra-efficient internal design Bill Detwiler cracked open the 11-inch 2011 MacBook Air and found a highly efficient hardware layout that makes the most of the ultra-thin case. Read more Four industries about to be transformed by the Internet The Internet has had a powerful democratizing effect on modern society, and it's far from finished in reshaping industries. Here are the next four. Read more News from ZDNet   CIOs largely upbeat, plan to hire more IT workers in Q4 66 percent of CIOs said there was a skills shortage and finding talent was difficult, up 18 points from a quarter ago. Read more Yahoo doesn't need new CEO, it needs to sell, say analysts Yahoo is widely expected to sell out before a new CEO is named. At the least, Yahoo will undergo some financial engineering to monetize its Asia assets. Read more Ten watchwords for Microsoft's Windows 8 conference Microsoft's Build conference is going to be full of Windows 8 terms and technologies. Here are 10 of the related codenames and features about which I'm hoping to hear more next week. Read more Verizon and Motorola push pricing boundaries with Droid Bionic Motorola is rolling out the Droid Bionic with Verizon Wireless this week, and this device is stepping up the prices for 4G LTE smartphones. Read more HP TouchPad: If you do not already have an order, you may not get one HP is building a final batch of TouchPads, but if you don't already have an order with them for one you may not get one. Read more HP goes all in with a bevy of new all-in-one desktops for home and business Its fate still somewhat uncertain as it appears less likely that it will find a suitor, the HP PC business continues to pump out new products. Today it unleashes a slew of new all-in-one... Read more Your mobile devices know where you are, so do the authorities Your smartphone and tablet are tracking your every move, and authorities can get that information without a warrant. Read more Facebook's revenue doubles to $1.6 billion (report) Facebook's latest revenue puts the company at $1.6 billion for the first half of 2011. Furthermore, the social network's net income approached $500 million. Read more Facebook rebuked by EU privacy platform; Patriot Act a 'distraction'? Facebook received words of warning about privacy and data protection at a European Parliament privacy conference in Brussels today. Read more Facebook helps reunite bride with lost wedding dress This is the story of how Facebook helped reunite a bride with her wedding dress. Read more Daughter posts sexually explicit photos, dad sues Facebook Facebook is being sued for not properly enforcing its own policy for requiring users of the social network to be at least 13 years old. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air (2011 11-inch) Bill Detwiler cracks open Apple's 2011 11-inch MacBook Air. Inside the ultra-thin notebook he found hardware from Intel, Samsung, and Broadcom. View on site Ten catastrophes: All-time worst tech industry executive decisions IT, software and computer companies are certainly not without their share of poor executive decisions and mismanagement. While dozens of notable examples could have made our list, these were by far the top top 10 worst in the history of the technology industry, causing many billions of dollars of lost revenue or resulted in the downfall of entire companies. View on site Today's recommended downloads The de facto standard for application performance testing KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Prepare an ERM classification scheme Detect performance bottlenecks before system deployments or upgrades Ten Ways SharePoint 2010 will Impact your Notes Migration (Quest Software)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Five add-ins that make Outlook easier to use If you can't do something in Outlook, chances are there's an add-in that can. Susan Harkins lists some handy add-ins that close a few feature gaps. 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[TechRepublic] Carol Bartz is out as Yahoo CEO

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Carol Bartz no longer CEO at Yahoo After a rocky few years, Carol Bartz is reportedly no longer the chief executive at Yahoo. Read more Resource of the day Prepare an ERM classification scheme Classification is a key aspect of the record-keeping framework; links between classification, access, and disposal are important for both control and automation. Download whitepaper here More from TechRepublic   Four industries about to be transformed by the Internet The Internet has had a powerful democratizing effect on modern society, and it's far from finished in reshaping industries. Here are the next four. Read more Linux turns 20: Progress report on world domination Jack Wallen shares his thoughts about Linux turning the big 20. Why hasn't the penguin enjoyed world dominance like every fan thought it would? Jack offers up his take on the subject. Read more Poll: What kind of release cycles do you use? Are your release schedules planned (short-term or long-term), infrequent, a mix, or ad hoc? Let us know by taking this poll. Read more Miscellaneous IT job openings: Week of Sept. 5, 2011 Here are some job openings for various IT specialties for this week. Read more News from ZDNet   Yahoo's Bartz era: The non-stop drama in her own words Why did Carol Bartz have to go? She tells the tale in her own words during investor calls. Read more Google under siege: Korean authorities raid Seoul office Korean antitrust officials have raided Google's local office for the second time in just a few months. Read more Nvidia predicting up to $5 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013 GPU maker Nvidia is anticipating a higher revenue stream than Wall Street predicts. Read more Microsoft renews its real-time search vows with Twitter Microsoft and Twitter have signed a deal via which real-time search results from Twitter will be displayed via Bing. The pair aren't disclosing further details or terms. Read more Dell giving tablets another try with help from Baidu Despite the failure of one of its Streak products, Dell is teaming up with China-based Baidu to develop new tablets. Read more Google ramps up its data portability as a weapon push Will data portability ultimately win over consumers? Google thinks so, but it's too early to tell. Read more Over a quarter of U.S. adults use location-based mobile services New research shows that geo-based services for directions, recommendations and even checking into locations is growing significantly among U.S. mobile users. Read more Though iPhone 5 is imminent, older model still tops in U. S. The iPhone 5 release is nearing, but the older model is still outpacing the competition in the U. S. Read more Android: Another fork in the code by Baidu A Chinese company will produce its own mobile OS using Google's free Android at its core, but little else. It will leverage Google's work to compete with it in the giant Chinese phone market. Read more App stores expose old-fashioned enterprise IT Developing apps in private is so last-century. The advent of app stores points to a future when even enterprise apps will be developed and shared in public. Read more Notebook OEMs playing it safe with Ultrabooks, limiting shipment volumes Intel hopes that Ultrabooks will account for 40% of the global consumer notebook shipments by 2012, but OEMs are playing it safe. Read more What do you think? Should I dump MacOS Lion? Apple's MacOS Lion upgrade appears to have downgraded my ability to back up my files. Should I dump it and go back to Snow Leapord? Read more Staples has 32 GB HP Touchpads at 'new low price' of $500? Is Staples' ad for the 32 GB HP Touchpad an honest mistake or opportunistic move to gouge unsuspecting customers still hunting for an elusive webOS tablet? Read more How Google can help save "journalism" now that AOL has botched its attempt With its data, companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter could help identify which blog posts, news stories and even tweets are worthy of being labeled "journalism." Read more Facebook for iOS version 3.5 is out Facebook for iOS version 3.5 has changed the way you share content, and its privacy settings, to be more inline with the service's changes on the desktop Web version. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Apple MacBook Air (2011 13-inch) Bill Detwiler cracks open Apple's 2011 11-inch MacBook Air. Inside the ultra-thin notebook he found hardware from Intel, Samsung, and Broadcom. View on site Top 10 AirPlay-compatible apps (photos) AirPlay, Apple's technology that lets you stream media from your iOS device to your TV, is also built into some apps. Here are the top 10. View on site Today's recommended downloads The de facto standard for application performance testing KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Detect performance bottlenecks before system deployments or upgrades Prepare an ERM classification scheme Application Performance Monitoring: The Essentials (Quest Software)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Five add-ins that make Outlook easier to use If you can't do something in Outlook, chances are there's an add-in that can. Susan Harkins lists some handy add-ins that close a few feature gaps. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. 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Easy ways to fix Excel formulas, supporting Millennials, a new direction for Five Tips

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Five tips for troubleshooting formulas in Excel If you're worksheet-challenged (or even if you aren't), finding and fixing formula problems can be a big headache. These tips will help ease the pain. Read more Resource of the day KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here Hottest new tips   Five tips for bridging the gap between Millennials and IT Self-reliant, tech savvy, connected: Millennials have different needs and expectations from previous generations. And that could make your job easier. Read more Blog alchemy: Five Tips turns into Five Apps The Five Tips blog is being reinvented. Here's a look at what's changing. Read more Five tips for avoiding sloppy capitalization mistakes Rules and preferences vary, but sometimes capital letters run amok. Here are a few guidelines for those who tend to get slap happy with the Shift key. Read more Five tips for supporting multiple localizations You can minimize the challenges of supporting different localizations by following a few practical guidelines. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Five proven vendor-handling techniques Scott Lowe shares some key items to keep in mind when working with vendors old, new, large, or small. Read more Don't be fooled by these 10 PC performance myths Much of what you hear about boosting PC performance is outdated -- and some of it was never true to begin with. Here's the real story. Read more 20 geekiest cities in the United States The National Science Foundation released its list of America's Top 20 Geekiest Cities. See which city ranked number one based on the agency's taxonomy. Read more 10 ways tablets must improve to become fully accepted The popularity of tablets is on the rise in both the consumer and business spheres. But some limitations continue to hold them back. Read more Troubleshoot network issues with a handy Netsh diagnostic command James Wright shows you a handy Netsh command that allows you to ping the Default Gateway, DHCP Servers, Host IP Address, DNS and WINS Servers (in Search Order) in one fell swoop. Read more The complete list of Windows 7 Logo key shortcuts The Windows 7 Logo key anchors a set of powerful and efficient keyboard shortcuts. This cheat sheet lists all the shortcuts and explains what they do. Read more Featured multimedia   Samsung Galaxy Note (photos) Among Samsung's IFA announcements was the Samsung Galaxy Note, a super-size smartphone or a small tablet, depending on how you look at it. Check out the photo gallery and decide for yourself. View on site Today's recommended downloads Prepare an ERM classification scheme Detect performance bottlenecks before system deployments or upgrades The de facto standard for application performance testing KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Ten Ways SharePoint 2010 will Impact your Notes Migration (Quest Software) TechRepublic makes discussions faster and easier to navigate Check out the new "Dynamic Navigation" feature that TechRepublic launched to improve the forums, and learn a few useful keyboard shortcuts. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise (launching soon) Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, Tim Cook takes the reins Five ways Apple will never be the same without Jobs as CEO Steve Jobs: 10 historic achievements The Steve Jobs era is over: Reaction and a poll Steve Jobs at Apple: A retrospective (gallery) Steve Jobs retrospective (video) Apple's Steve Jobs: In his own words (video)

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