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There's An App For That App

In a booming app economy come apps made for helping you develop and test apps, just as apps get more important. Read on for hot app-on-app action!READ»

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Sorry HP: The Enterprise Wants iPads, Not Windows 7 Slates

OEMs like HP are depending on outmoded Windows-based enterprise systems to drive sales of their hardware. But for how long?READ»

Apple's Secret Enterprise Sauce Is Served By MokaFive

The Silicon Valley startup is leading Apple's charge into offices everywhere.READ»

Dropbox Cracks The Enterprise With The Help Of Addicted Users

Cloud-syncing and -sharing service Dropbox, founded by CEO Drew Houston, boasts more than 45 million habitual users already. Today, the company sets its sights on the enterprise market with the launch of Dropbox for Teams.READ»

RIM Needs To Stop Researching And Get Its BBM, A** In Motion

Research In Motion's developer conference kicks off today, just as one recent count has its smartphone market share down to 19.7%. Can the company ever recover?READ»

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Box.net CEO Aaron Levie On His Love-Hate Affair With Microsoft

Is there anything you like about Microsoft? "That's a completely unrealistic question!" jokes Aaron Levie, founder of Box.net. The fast-growing, enterprise cloud startup just scored another $81 million in venture funding...READ»

China Could Boost Apple To Trillion-Dollar Worth

Apple's destined to become the world's first trillion-dollar company. At least, so say an increasing number of industry watchers. Now we have an idea of how it'll get there, and fast: China.READ»

Apple's Next Big Conquest: Business

The idea that Apple products are just for creative types is shifting, and the company appears to be gearing up for a fresh assault on a market it's never done hugely well in: Enterprise. Here's how it's staking its claim. READ»

The Boss Can Build Apps Now

Appirio's framework puts the geeky power to build iOS apps in the hands of any enterprise user. Goodbye, T&E reports. Hello, "ExpenseVille."READ»

The State of Compensation: The Enterprise

With so much focus on building up small businesses in the United States, "Corporate America" is taking a hit and looking like the bad guy. How is it translating for salaries on the Enterprise?READ»

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Google's Chromebooks Won't Challenge Microsoft's Dominance (Yet)

Google has shaken up the computing world with its rentable Chromebooks using its own Chrome OS. But Google simply isn't going to beat Microsoft at its own game. READ»

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Why Microsoft Is Buying Skype For $8.5 Billion

Microsoft is bringing Skype--the firm that basically kicked off the home VoIP revolution--into its ever-expanding universe. Will it be worth the huge price tag? READ»

Wanted: A Practical Laptop Pedestal

The A-stand is a rugged ergonomic stand for your laptop that packs flat, assembles fast, and boasts a little Danish design cred.READ»

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Wanted: Paperweights That Say Screw Work, Leave Early

MoMa Design Store makes your mess of a desk into a garden of bad attitude with these flower-like paperweights. Crumple up that TPS report and go frolic!READ»

LinkedIn Takes Its Shot at Facebook, Going Live With Shares and Sign-ins

LinkedIn's just launched its new platform to everyone interested in hooking up to the business networking site's APIs. Useful stuff, for some, but what it's really about is trying to usurp Facebook in the enterprise social networking space.READ»

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Are Apple's Competitors Trolling the iPad?

With curiously co-ordinated timing, a number of Apple's rivals have said the iPad is a poor product, ill-suited for particular uses, or even doomed to fail. Are they right or are they scared?READ»

Why PayPal Doesn't Care About NFC

Some of SXSW's hottest startups say they're here to help small businesses compete, but eBay execs say those merchants want something else entirely.READ»

Christopher "moot" Poole's Canvas Brings the Fun of 4Chan Mainstream

The founder of 4Chan took the stage at SXSW to explain how his new project, Canvas, could far exceed the hilariously filthy meme-factory 4Chan's 12-million-user popularity with Facebook-friendly appeal. READ»

Why Scvngr's "Chief Ninja" Is the Talk of SXSW

The Boston startup plans to disrupt Groupon and Foursquare by making a game that combines the genius of both, and imagines how the benefits of games can extend beyond business. READ»

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NFC's Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards' Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

The fantasy of buying a Slurpee with nothing more than a dramatic wave of your iPhone 5 may be an inevitable future. But like hydrogen cars and hoverboards, electronic wallet technology has a long, long way to go.READ»