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	Cisco: Broadband providers should not treat all bits the same All bits running over the Internet are not equal and should not be treated that way by broadband providers, despite net neutrality advocates' calls for traffic neutral regulations, Cisco Systems said. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Unshackling Online Meetings for Business Users Online meetings are ideal for collaboration both within the business and with customers, but too often technology solutions get in the way, creating delays or even missed meetings that can jeopardize opportunities and revenue. Sales teams and other business users need to be able to meet online without having to jump over technology hurdles. Read Now In this Issue Netflix won't budge in dispute with Verizon over video quality PayPal chief joins Facebook to strengthen mobile messaging Windows gets the GitHub tool it deserves Ethernet will help small cells take off in the enterprise, says Airvana Facebook to launch Slingshot, yet another photo messaging app Microsoft 'remasters' Skype iPhone app to solve messaging bugs Snowden leaks after one year: Wrangling over the meaning of 'bulk' 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 >> Netflix won't budge in dispute with Verizon over video quality Netflix defended its error messages to customers that blamed Verizon Communications' network, despite a cease-and-desist notice from the broadband service provider. Read More PayPal chief joins Facebook to strengthen mobile messaging A stronger set of features, possibly including payments, might be coming to Facebook's messaging properties now that former PayPal president David Marcus has come to work for the social network. Read More Windows gets the GitHub tool it deserves A big barrier to widespread adoption of GitHub by Windows users has been the lack of friendly tooling to interact with the service. Most everything needed to be done through the command line and the initial setup of the security key exchange between your desktop and GitHub was enough to deter a lot of people. All of that has changed with GitHub Windows 2.0. Read More 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 >> Ethernet will help small cells take off in the enterprise, says Airvana Airvana's next-generation LTE small cells for enterprises use Gigabit Ethernet to connect to a central controller, making the mini base stations easier and cheaper to roll out at the office. Read More Facebook to launch Slingshot, yet another photo messaging app Well, that was awkward: Facebook just did a Snapchat of its own, briefly releasing a rival disappearing-photo app and then pulling it. Read More Microsoft 'remasters' Skype iPhone app to solve messaging bugs Microsoft's Skype team said the new iPhone app version, due in a week, will finally be on a par with its Android and iOS counterparts. Read More Snowden leaks after one year: Wrangling over the meaning of 'bulk' A debate in the U.S. about whether the National Security Agency should end its bulk collection of U.S. telephone and business records has come down to an argument over the meaning of the word "bulk." Read More
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