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BlackBerry PlayBook is a good subject, but is it a good tablet?
The early word: People like enterprise features, but consumer-oriented folks think it's a train wreck.
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Tablet analysis: iPad to dominate for years. Or will it?
Gartner predicts that Apple's iPad will dominate the tablet market through 2015, but beware of other factors.
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Free BlackBerry app can take the craziness out of conference calls
App of the Week: Research in Motion attempts to make mobile conference calling easier with a new app available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.
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Treasury gets new CIO
The Treasury Department has named its new CIO, who takes over duties from acting CIO Diane Litman and becomes the permanent replacement for Mike Duffy.
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A bad sign for Android? Motorola building its own mobile OS.
Why would Moto turn against Google and Android? Motorola seems to have a variety of reasons.
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Are 'consumptive' tablets like the iPad just a fad?
A Microsoft exec basically called iPads a fad last week, saying there might not be "a persistent market" for "consumptive" tablets. The Mobile Platform asks: Is there really any such thing as a consumptive tablet?
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U.S. helps develop 'panic button' for pro-democracy rebels
The App of the Week goes to a project by the United States to give pro-democracy rebels around the world a way to remotely wipe their phones and alert conspirators in case a device is confiscated.
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Feds keen on mobile devices and social apps, but some cling to the old ways
Breaking down the mobile and social trends in government reported from a survey done by Market Connections.
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At GovSec 2011, mobile command vehicles mix with social engineering
Some highlights from Day 2 of GovSec 2011 conference at the Washington Convention Center in downtown D.C.
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Moofwd's mashups create enterprise apps
CTIA App(-maker) of the Day: Moofwd, which mashes up enterprise data through existing IT architecture to create mobile applications for any ecosystem.
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