Top open-source PCs. Plus: Hands on with the LG G2 supersized smartphone

Ubuntu Touch starts getting real Let's talk about open phone marriages ITworld Today August 09, 2013 Share this email Top open-source PCs Open-source PCs like the Raspberry Pi and BeagleBoard are finding interesting uses. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Ubuntu Touch starts getting real 2. Let's talk about open phone marriages 3. Microsoft unboxes the Xbox One. Here's what I did (and didn't) like about what they showed us. 4. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners 5. Don't call it a phablet: Hands on with LG's new super-powerful G2 smartphone 6. Twitter tracks users' tweets to measure advertisers' offline sales 7. Free Game Friday: A new take on old games 8. Here's what could go wrong with Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post [CARTOON] 9. SURVEY: Share your opinions & enter to win $500 White Paper: CommVault The Five Fundamentals of Virtual Server Protection The compelling benefits of server virtualization are driving the transition to large scale virtual server deployments. Learn More Ubuntu Touch starts getting real The latest beta of Canonical's Linux smartphone system shows the outlines of a possible winner. READ MORE Let's talk about open phone marriages Shared or 'family' smartphone plans sometimes are just an illusion of savings. Here's how to price out and reconsider your joint contract marriages. READ MORE Microsoft unboxes the Xbox One. Here's what I did (and didn't) like about what they showed us. The November launch is still months away but Microsoft already has some boxed-up Xbox One retail units available to show off. Here's the good and bad about what comes in the box. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! READ MORE White Paper: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More Don't call it a phablet: Hands on with LG's new super-powerful G2 smartphone With its plus-sized screen, LG's just-announced G2 Android smartphone approaches the nebulous phablet territory, but it definitely looks and feels like a phone. READ MORE Twitter tracks users' tweets to measure advertisers' offline sales Twitter has announced a new program to analyze some users' activity on the site to give marketers better information about how companies' tweets impact sales in physical stores. READ MORE Free Game Friday: A new take on old games When a classic gets boring, it's time to shake things up by reinventing the game. READ MORE Here's what could go wrong with Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post [CARTOON] Attention China: Just so we're clear, the following cartoon is a joke. READ MORE SURVEY: Share your opinions & enter to win $500 Got 10 minutes? Take this brief survey about your involvement with and interest in various technology categories and enter for a chance to win $500. READ MORE White Paper: Oracle Managing Macroeconomic Uncertainty in a Post-Recession World This whitepaper explores how Project Portfolio Management (PPM) can help financial institutions become more agile and to execute on strategy, which will drive down costs, minimize risk and deliver results to key stakeholders. Learn More DON'T MISS... 16 best free apps for your Google Nexus 7 Bypass blocked webpages and paywalls with Google as your proxy server 25 crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers To solve mystery of life on Mars, we should drill, baby, drill 13 fonts to make a programmer smile BOOK GIVEAWAY New month, new books! We have 5 copies of each of these hot new titles to give away. Enter the drawings today. The U.S. Technology Skills Gap Essential reading for those eager to see America remain a relevant global power in innovation and invention in the years ahead. Consider it your how-to-get involved guidebook. Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges your formal training never warned you about. Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **