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	A major mystery behind Microsoft's 'brain-like' speech-to-speech translator The more languages it learns, the better it becomes at the ones it learned first, but no one knows why. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Remote Collaboration Challenges and Strategies to Overcome Download this survey to learn what 5,000 business professionals around the world say are their biggest collaboration challenges--and discover the strategies they deploy to overcome them. Learn more >> In this Issue Backlash over Facebook's 'listening' feature is a problem of trust Net neutrality: Reclassifying broadband would be a long road New iOS app secures IM traffic with 'post quantum' encryption scheme IDC: Cloud, software options deflate sales of enterprise video systems North America will lead Europe on LTE penetration for forseeable future Coming in iOS 8: Apple knows you so well it can finish your sentences Google courts Apple users with photo-heavy G+ mobile update Apple's HealthKit in iOS 8 unites health data, talks to doctors Siemens' Unify to cut staff in half WEBCAST: Polycom Beyond IM & Presence: When IT Gets it Right Steve Blood, Research Vice President at Gartner, Inc., discusses how Unified Communications (UC) helps employees collaborate in real time and facilitates better decisions, and Polycom CIO Rich Decker outlines the keys for IT teams to "get it right" from the get-go when it comes to Lync deployment. Learn more >> Backlash over Facebook's 'listening' feature is a problem of trust Facebook will soon be listening to its users -- literally -- but some of them wish it would cover its ears. Read More Net neutrality: Reclassifying broadband would be a long road Advocates of strong net neutrality rules are calling for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband as a regulated utility, but such a move would trigger a lengthy court fight between the agency and broadband providers, some telecom law experts say. Read More New iOS app secures IM traffic with 'post quantum' encryption scheme A new instant messaging application for the iPhone uses an advanced, "post quantum" encryption scheme to scramble one-on-one chats. It's intended as a bullet-proof secure alternative to WhatsApp's addictive message interface and to mobile carrier's primitive and (outside the U.S.) pricey SMS texting services. Read More IDC: Cloud, software options deflate sales of enterprise video systems Sales of video conferencing and telepresence hardware systems are declining, hurt by an increase in cloud and software-based options that often are cheaper and simpler to deploy, according to an IDC study. Read More WHITE PAPER: Spanning 9 Essentials for a Complete Cloud-to-Cloud Backup Solution In 9 Essentials for a Complete Cloud-to-Cloud Backup Solution, we'll walk you through potential sources of data loss in the cloud and provide you with a checklist that you can use to evaluate any cloud-to-cloud backup provider. Learn More North America will lead Europe on LTE penetration for forseeable future LTE's share of mobile subscriptions will reach 85 percent in North America in five years, outpacing Europe where the 4G technology will have a 30 percent share, according to a report from telecom vendor Ericsson. Read More Coming in iOS 8: Apple knows you so well it can finish your sentences If you like the way iOS predicts what word you're trying to spell, you can now look forward to it filling in the words that follow. Read More Google courts Apple users with photo-heavy G+ mobile update Google is updating its Google+ app for iOS devices, providing new photo playback and sharing features that could attract fans on the other side of the fence. Read More Apple's HealthKit in iOS 8 unites health data, talks to doctors HealthKit, a new feature of Apple's iOS 8, will let apps share health and activity information and send it to doctors. Read More Siemens' Unify to cut staff in half Unify, a joint venture between Siemens and the Gores Group, will cut 50 percent of its staff and refocus its product roster away from hardware, following a shift in the overall unified communications market toward software and cloud services. Read More
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