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• The joy of glogging

  Columnist Mike Elgan tries out the new Google Glass eyewear and uses 'glogging,' a new social medium for sharing experiences that takes blogging to a new level.

• Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013, NPD says

  New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating systems like Windows 8 and Windows RT, research firm NPD DisplaySearch reported on Monday.

• CIOs Must Move From 'Mobile First' to 'Mobile Only'

  It's a rare CIO today who doesn't think about the impact of mobility and consumerization of IT. But mobile is more than just the latest step forward in tech innovation, say Mike Brinker and Shehryar Khan, principals with Deloitte Consulting. Mobile is fundamentally reshaping operating models, business models and marketplaces.

• Is your enterprise iPhone app user-friendly?

  Mobile enterprise apps running on iPhones, Androids and other smartphones must be "user-friendly." But what does that really mean? A mobile app expert gives a concrete definition.

• IDC tracks 'third platform' computing

  IT research firm IDC New Zealand has appointed former Telecom strategic alliances manager Adam Dodds to the role of research manager, IT services.

• BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking

  A survey of 650 information and security professionals about how the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend is impacting their organizations finds one-quarter of them forbid use of personally owned devices such as smartphones and tablets on the network. However, the majority that do often lack meaningful policies or security controls related to these devices.

• Lead with mobile

  Claire Govier has a headstart when grappling with the issues raised by a more mobile workforce and the demands of staff who want to use their personal devices at work.

• Enterprise iPad app: A deal closer?

  Shortly after energy giant Eaton Corporation came out with an iPad app that threatened to change the way hydraulics equipment was being sold, a veteran salesperson tried to stump the app with questions gleaned from years of experience in the field. He couldn't do it.

• A reportage on IT leadership

  Ready, set, grow!
  Campbell Such of Bidvest New Zealand exemplifies the new breed of CIOs focusing beyond business technology and delving into revenue generation strategies.

• 'Above the law' execs catalyst for BYO revolution, says IBM

  Executives at many large companies are ignoring internal IT policies by bringing their own devices to work, often to the detriment of corporate security, says David Cannon, enterprise offering leader at IBM.

• Facebook to Porn Spammers: We Know Who You Are

  Facebook says it knows who was behind the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/243993/facebook_porn_spam_attack_how_to_protect_yourself.html">massive spam attack</a> on the social network this week--although it isn't naming them--and it intends to take legal action against them.

• The future of BlackBerry

  In September, not long before Research In Motion's (RIM) fourth annual BlackBerry Developer Conference - and just a month or so after the company's former BlackBerry development chief stepped down - RIM named a brand new VP of Developer Relations: Alec Saunders.

• Researchers find way to tighten control over mobile device data

  For some time now, many security experts have argued that rather than focus efforts on locking down endpoints, the focus needs to be on keeping the data itself secure. Just last week, we covered a number of the findings from the <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/691807/enterprises-need-to-focus-on-data-enterprise-culture">Human Behavior and Security Culture workshop</a>, held by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Those at the workshop discussed a Hotel California strategy to data protection -- enabling data to be checked out, but to never leave a prescribed area.

• How Steve Jobs changed mobility

  It's no dispute that Steve Jobs' influence on technology has been far and wide. However, in reflection, one could say he single-handedly transformed and redefined mobility in the 21st century, in a way no other technology company or individual has done.

• From friends and fans, Steve Jobs tributes pour in

  As news of the death of Steve Jobs spread around the Internet, the tributes came pouring in Wednesday, crediting Apple's co-founder and chairman with -- more than once -- changing computing as we know it.