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Tuesday, February 18th, 2pm ET / 11am PT Join us on February 18th to discuss online video and its uses for a mobile workforce, including company training, collaboration, employee engagement and more. Register to learn about the challenges of online video, and how companies can best support mobile workers with reliable video to get their jobs done better. Register Today! | | Today's Top Stories An Android vulnerability could enable an attacker to bypass a secure virtual private network (VPN) connection and divert traffic from the Android device to a system controlled by the attacker, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University's Cyber Security Labs in Israel. Enterprises use VPNs to provide security access to corporate networks for mobile and remote workers. A VPN establishes an encrypted tunnel into the corporate network using the public Internet. However, utilizing this Android vulnerability, hackers are able to bypass the encryption altogether, the researchers argue in a blog. The study found the vulnerability initially in the 4.3 Jelly Bean build, but subsequent investigation revealed the same problem in 4.4 KitKat. "We were able to reproduce the same vulnerability where a malicious app can bypass active VPN configuration (no ROOT permissions required) and redirect secure data communications to a different network address. These communications are captured in CLEAR TEXT (no encryption), leaving the information completely exposed. This redirection can take place while leaving the user completely oblivious, believing the data is encrypted and secure," the researchers explain. The researchers said they contacted Google about the Android vulnerability and were waiting for a response. In an Editor's Corner a few months ago, I pointed out that Android malware is a growing concern for IT pros, particularly with the flood of personally owned mobile devices coming into the enterprise. Recent research by security firms has identified a rapid rise in Android malware. "Android malware can place a company's future at risk by exposing strategic information or stealing passwords," Sophos warns in its Security Threat Report 2013.
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Chinese PC and smartphone maker Lenovo has agreed to buy phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.9 billion, Google announced on Wednesday. The $2.9 billion price includes $660 million in cash, $750 million in Lenovo shares to be tendered at the close of the deal and $1.5 billion in a three-year promissory note. Motorola Mobility's smartphone portfolio includes Moto X and Moto G as well as the Droid Ultra series. The transaction will not transfer most of Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosure. Google retains ownership of those assets, but will license them to Lenovo. Google is selling Motorola Mobility at a deep discount, having paid $12.5 billion to acquire it less than two years ago, notes the New York Times. "The deal is not a total financial loss for the extremely wealthy Google. In addition to keeping billions of dollars' worth of patents, it essentially turned Lenovo into a factory for its Android operating system, and also picked up some cash," the newspaper observes. Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners, tells the New York Times that Google makes its money "from people watching YouTube ads and doing searches. They don't necessarily need to be the hardware maker ... Motorola's been a millstone and a drag on results." Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates, believes the deal makes sense for both Google and Lenovo. Google doesn't "need to be in the device business, and [the deal] got them into some hot water with their leading OEMs. Lenovo gets to buy into a major brand with still substantial channels outside of Lenovo's primary mobile presence in China. And it gets an engineering staff that knows phones for worldwide sales," Gold said.
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- read the Google release
- read the New York Times article
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Enterprise purchases of tablets are forecast by IDC to accelerate in mature markets in 2014 and beyond, while consumer purchases are expected to slow due to market saturation and greater competition for the consumer dollar. In 2013, 217.1 million tablets were shipped, up 50.6 percent from 2012, according to IDC stats. In the fourth quarter of 2013, 76.9 million units were shipped, up 62.4 percent from the previous quarter and 28.2 percent over the year ago quarter. "It's becoming increasingly clear that markets such as the U.S. are reaching high levels of consumer saturation and while emerging markets continue to show strong growth this has not been enough to sustain the dramatic worldwide growth rates of years past," says Tom Mainelli, research director for tablets at IDC. Apple had its most successful quarter to date, shipping 26 million tablets in the fourth quarter, up 13.5 percent from the year ago quarter, according to IDC. Yet, Apple still lost market share to Samsung, which shipped 14.5 million tablets in the quarter, up 85.9 percent from the year ago quarter. By contrast, third place Amazon saw its tablet shipments sink by 1.7 percent, down to 5.8 million units in the fourth quarter. At the end of the year, Apple held 33.8 percent of the tablet market, Samsung, 18.8 percent, and Amazon, 7.6 percent. Asus followed in fourth place with a 5.1 percent market share, and surging Lenovo, which saw a 325 percent year-over-year increase in tablet shipments, was in fifth with a 4.4 percent market share. "Lenovo's access to the Chinese whitebox manufacturing infrastructure has helped it drive more low-priced tablet products into the market, growing its share from just 1.3 percent in the same quarter last year. The company's strength in emerging markets, and its increased market share in adjoining markets such as PCs and smartphones, makes it well positioned to see additional tablet gains in 2014," says Jitesh Ubrani, research analyst for IDC's worldwide quarterly tablet tracker.
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- see IDC's release
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>> Sam Adams brews up a mobile advertising campaign U.S. brewer Sam Adams is planning a multichannel product launch for its new Cold Snap Belgian-style beer that includes a mobile sweepstakes, mobile advertising and social media components, Mobile Marketer reports. As part of the effort, Sam Adams will be incorporating Instagram into the campaign. "Instagram is an ideal vehicle, enabling consumers to show themselves enjoying the lifestyle," relates Jeff Hasen, chief marketing officer of Mobivity. Read more on Sam Adams' Cold Snap campaign. [More on mobile advertising: Mobile muscles in on media dominance | Mobile ad spending to reach $13B] >> Time to stick a fork in Android Much of the growth in Android smartphones is coming from forked Android operating systems, particularly in China, India and adjacent markets, according to ABI Research. One-quarter of all Android smartphones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2013 were of the forked variety, which is a significantly different version of the Android OS. Examples include Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook tablets. The growth of forked Android OS smartphones is "significant for Android's owner Google, because AOSP does not offer Google's services (due to their unavailability in China), impacting Google's ability to monetize the Android ecosystem," comments Nick Spencer, senior practice director, mobile devices. Read more about forked Androids. [More on Android: Android security hole could enable attackers to bypass VPN | Today's smartphones are data hogs] >> 4 tips for integrating BYOD into your firm TechWorm offers some tips for CIOs to integrate BYOD into their firms. First, create a company policy that covers "everything." Second, slowly roll out the BYOD program and keep employees informed. Third, set strict guidelines for data and apps, such as which apps are allowed and which are permitted. Fourth, set guidelines for employee termination, which include procedures from removing corporate access and data from the employee's phone. "Integrating a Bring Your Own Device policy is beneficial to both the company and the employee, but there are many precautions that must be taken," the article explains. Read more about the TechWorm tips. [More on BYOD: IT pros with BYOD skills are in demand | BYOD spurs large IT projects for UK firms] >> Dell provides enterprises with Android on a stick Dell has launched its Dell Wyse Cloud Connect product that offers an Android 4.1.2 device that is the size of a USB stick, explains InfoWorld. The device can turn a mobile high-definition link or HDMI-connected display into a thin client. "Originally known as 'Project Ophelia,' Cloud Connect doesn't limit the user to one kind of thin client connectivity, either. Clients can access systems via Citrix, Microsoft RDP, VMware thin clients, the Web itself, or through the wealth of apps available in the Android app store are built into the device," the report explains. Read more about Cloud Connect. [More on Dell: Ultra-portable PC shipments doubled last year, says ABI | Tablets blamed for steepest PC market decline in history] >> E-book use on the rise but so is reading a printed book The proportion of U.S. adults who use e-books is increasing, but readers are not completely ditching the printed word, according to a Pew Internet Project survey of 1,005 adults. A full 28 percent of U.S. adults read an e-book last year, up from 23 percent in 2012. But around 70 percent of adults read at least one book in print last year, up four percentage points from 2012. Around 14 percent of adults listened to an audiobook last year. Read more on the Pew survey. [More on e-books: Amazon's Kindle MatchBook bundles e-book sales with print editions | Barnes & Noble premieres free Nook Video apps] Qualcomm ships more chips
>> Qualcomm's 1Q Sees Revenue, Chip Shipment Growth (Wireless Week) Mobile's battery drain
>> Battery life a growing issue as more activities go mobile (Mobile Marketer) Lenovo ThinkPad X240 ready for business
>> Lenovo ThinkPad X240 a Sleek Touchscreen Ultrabook Tough Enough for Business (CIO) Don't write off the tablet pen
>> Deploying tablets in the workplace: Don't write off the pen (ZDNet) Apple's sapphire iPhone display
>> Apple reveals sapphire iPhone display, vehicle location in patent filings (AppleInsider) Social Scan:  RT @InformationWeek: 7 Ways Wearables Will Go To Work http://t.co/2XwiBfIzBj #WearableWednesday
Interesting, Project Ara not going with the Motorola sale. http://t.co/hZezagVdLG Good article on attracting 'generation Y' workforce: http://t.co/5pUQvcPgaI These tips apply universally. Let's stop talking about Gen Y And finally... Einstein's little known second theory of relativity (Phil Komarny) | Webinars > Closing the Deal with Mobile Apps for Manufacturers - Tuesday, February 11th, 2pm ET/ 11am PT This webinar will explore how the benefits of real-time information access for the sales and distribution channel, improved inventory management and resource allocation through instant visibility into the supply chain, and methods for providing secure mobile access to business applications across the enterprise. 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