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Fierce Wireless
T-Mobile takes no-contract 'Simple Choice' plans to B2B market
Apr,30,2013
by:+ Phil Goldstein
T-Mobile USA is bringing its new "Simple Choice" no-contract plans to the B2B market, hoping that its "uncarrier" rebranding effort will also translate into more enterprise sales. The plans are priced from $50 per month to $70 per month and are essentially exactly the same as what T-Mobile offers on the consumer side.
The carrier is pitching the new plans as an easier way for business customers to manage their wireless service. Additionally, the company unveiled a new "Business Extras" bundle, designed to give enterprise customers more value-added services and savings.
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Reality Check: Get ready, mobile cloud putting telecom companies to the test
Apr,30,2013
by:+Monte Hong
As diverse mobile devices continue to invade the workplace and employees demand more sophisticated mobile applications to get their work done, enterprises are increasingly combining mobile applications and cloud computing to make business life easier. Workers are using a growing combination of cloud storage solutions to store, retrieve and consume content while on the go.
Mobile cloud subscribers should continue to be a driving force in mobile enterprise growth and market research firms predict up to 75% of the mobile cloud-based application market will be represented by enterprise users.
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Fierce Developer
71% of app users want more privacy-related information
Apr,29, 2013
by:+Shane Schick
If developers had any lingering doubts about the need for improved mobile app transparency, research from the Mobile Entertainment Forum proves how far the industry has to go in establishing trust around how their personal privacy is handled by apps. The MEF worked with AVG Technologies and On Device Group to conduct Global Privacy Survey 2013, which gathered responses from more than 9,500 people across 10 countries.
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Featured Report: Inside Verizon's Boston Innovation Center (Video)
CIO Mobile
Apr,26, 2013
by:+Al Sacco
CIO — Verizon Wireless, one of the nation's leading wireless carriers, knows that if it wants to keep pace in the fast-moving wireless market, it needs to not only maintain a speedy and reliable network, but also work with companies to develop products that leverage that network.
So in 2010, it began work on its first Verizon Innovation Center in the Boston suburb of Waltham, Mass. Today, the company operates two dedicated Innovation Centers - the second is located in San Francisco, Calif. - where it welcomes companies to develop new products and ideas and then build upon them in its unique lab space. Watch Video




Hello Businesses Owner,

I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do.

That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC). This consortium views the needs of small businesses and their employees as a top priority.

And, as a member of the Steering Committee of the SBHCC I am personally inviting you to join our network of small businesses who know that only through our collective voices that will assure that the Affordable Care Act live up to its goal of making healthcare affordable for all.

Discussions around health reform have been confusing and, sometimes, even misleading. It is the goal of the SBHCC to provide factual information about the changes that are already happening and those coming in the near future. The SBHCC discusses the benefits and opportunities of the ACA and what Illinois small businesses need to do to make sure this law will benefit them.

Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits.

Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side.

As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage. The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. To that end I like for you to hear my own personal story about how the new healthcare law will effect me.

Please go to this link at Healthcare.gov to see my story Watch My Story

Then Join the SBHCC do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or thoughts. I may be reached at wireheadtec@gmail.com or Wirehead Technology

Sincerely,
Howard Lee
CIO
Wirehead Technology
Tel-312-286-8416