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• 30 April 2013

• News: Mobile revenue on the rise, total NZ telco spend at $5.22b

  Mobile retail revenues grew to $2.38 billion in the 2011/12 year, according to the Commerce Commission's 2012 telecommunications annual monitoring report released today.

• News: AP consumer market prefers tablets and smartphones to PCs

  The lack of a strong value proposition to buy a PC continues to divert consumer spending towards tablets and smartphones, according to IDC Asia/Pacific research manager Handoko Andi.

• News: Federal CIOs Grapple With BYOD, Mobile Workforce

  Security and cultural issues are among many challenges government CIOs face in implementing mobile device management and BYOD strategies.

• News: Nokia bets on camera tech to boost phone market share

  In a move that could bring bleeding edge digital camera technology into future Nokia smartphone models, the venture arm of the Finnish company is investing in Pelican Imaging, a Mountain View, Calif., startup.

• News: Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand

  Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in the next decade, a Qualcomm executive said Tuesday.

• News: Slideshow: The Week in iOS Accesories: Duly noted!

  This week's roundup of accessories for the iPhone and iPad includes lots of help for musicians making music, as well as an updated stylus, new AirPlay gear, and more.

• News: Improv group comes to rescue of texting pedestrians with Seeing-eye People

  The scene-making Improv Everywhere troupe has released a pair of videos in which it pokes fun at people who can't take their eyes off their texting devices even while navigating busy streets in New York City. Improv Everywhere's solution for safeguarding oblivious walking/texting zombies: Seeing-eye People.

• News: Limiting bidding on spectrum auctions could be costly, study says

  If the U.S. Federal Communications Commission limits the participation of the largest mobile carriers in upcoming spectrum auctions, it could cost the U.S. treasury billions of dollars, according to a study released Tuesday.

• News: Novell offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise

  In an effort to help enterprises get a handle on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, Novell has released enterprise file sharing software that it claims is as easy to use as commercial cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Microsoft Skydrive, and Google Drive.

• News: Blackberry CEO: Tablets are doomed!

  Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins has made a bold prediction: He says that tablets don't have much of a future.

• News: Samsung builds chips to supercharge your smartphone

  Samsung began production of the industry's first ultra-high-speed, 4Gbit, LPDDR3 mobile memory, which it says has performance levels comparable to the standard DRAM used in personal computers.

• News: Remind me: Why do we want a Nexus 11 tablet?

  Samsung and Google are reportedly building a Nexus 11 tablet with an 11-in. display that runs Samsung's octa-core processor and will be released this year.

• News: App Spotlight: EverClip copies your iOS clipboard to Evernote

  As you probably know, Evernote can be a huge asset for gathering and organizing information. For some businesses (including at least one real-estate office), it's the hub of the entire operation.

• News: Four apps for making ambient music on your iOS device

  There are times when you want to listen to music, but may be tired of what's on your iPod or iPhone. Sure, you can check out a streaming service, such as Pandora or Spotify, but you might want to make your own music for a change. Not by composing music--unless you're not a musician, of course--but by using one of a handful of apps to "doodle" with music, in what can be an interesting (and relaxing) process.

• News: Businesses want Windows 8 Pro, not RT, with compact devices: Lenovo

  While numerous vendors have released table devices that use Windows RT, Lenovo has gone with Windows 8 Pro for its hybrid notebook/tablet, ThinkPad Helix.

• News: Remains of the Day: Road trip!

  Apple will take its developer show worldwide, the iPad still satisfies, and Tim Cook puts up his Dukes. The remainders for Monday, April 29, 2013 are going coast to coast.

• News: Take our mobile survey and you might win an iPad mini

  TechHive's parent company, IDG, is once again conducting its annual Global Mobile Survey, which quizzes you on your mobile-device habits and media consumption so we can learn more about how people are using their smartphones and tablets today. Readers who participate will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win an iPad mini.

• How-Tos: Why it's a good idea to own a USB-to-SATA adapter

  A couple years back I called the USB-to-IDE/SATA adapter the most indispensable tool in my PC repair kit. Just this weekend, it once again proved itself worthy of that title.

• News: Samsung and Intel invest in speech analysis company Expect Labs

  Intel Capital, Samsung Venture Investment and Telefónica Digital have all invested in Expect Labs, whose technology is used to analyze and understand conversations in real-time and find related information.

• News: Toshiba USB portable hard drive is also online file server

  Toshiba is set to launch a portable USB hard drive that comes with PC or Mac software that can turn it into an Internet-accessible file server.

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