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	Battle of the fives: Samsung Galaxy S5 vs. Apple iPhone 5S vs. Google Nexus 5 Samsung made the Galaxy S5 official on Monday at a Mobile World Congress presentation in Barcelona, touting a slimmed-down approach to the latest flagship's feature set and simplified design. Read More   WEBCAST: SAP SAP IT Transformation Forum On March 6, join us in an exclusive live event featuring Nolan Bushnell, a technology pioneer, entrepreneur, and scientist who's often cited as the father of the video game industry. This event will feature topics on laying the foundations for mobile, Big Data, and cloud applications that business teams require to stay competitive. Learn more In this Issue MWC 2014: Samsung targets fitness junkies with Galaxy Gear 2, Gear Fit Why the iWatch won't measure glucose levels INSIDER 10 cities that provide 1-Gig internet services Are Apple iOS, OS X flaws really backdoors for spies? Samsung to let developers tap into Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner 13 of today's coolest network research projects MWC 2014: E-paper smartphone display designed to save battery life MWC 2014: Dropped your phone in the toilet? Nanotechnology could save it Vodafone Foundation puts a 2G cell in a backpack for disaster recovery Why 2014 could be the year mobile payments explode on the iPhone Office for tablets: Microsoft's Godot MWC 2014: Samsung targets fitness junkies with Galaxy Gear 2, Gear Fit MWC 2014: Samsung targets fitness junkies with Galaxy Gear 2, Gear Fit The Gear Fit has a 1.84-inch, curved, 432 by 128 pixel display. Both the Gear 2 and Gear fit include heart rate monitors and S Health, an application suite f... From: Network World Videos Views: 139 3 ratings Time: 02:01 More in Science & Technology Read More   Why the iWatch won't measure glucose levels It's widely believed that Apple sometime in 2014 or soon thereafter will introduce an iWatch, a wearable device capable of tracking all sorts of interesting biometric data. Read More     INSIDER 10 cities that provide 1-Gig internet services Municipal broadband is becoming a contentious issue in the race to establish ubiquitous high-speed Internet throughout the United States. Read More Are Apple iOS, OS X flaws really backdoors for spies? Two recently-discovered flaws in Apple iOS and Mac OS X have security experts openly asking whether the software vulnerabilities represent backdoors inserted for purposes of cyber-espionage. There's no clear answer so far, but it just shows that anxiety about state-sponsored surveillance is running high. Read More   Samsung to let developers tap into Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner With its fingerprint scanner and heart-rate sensor, Samsung's Galaxy S5 has been a headline grabber since the almost phablet-sized smartphone launched at Mobile World Congress. Both the Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner and even the "wallet" API may sound like Apple copycat moves, but there are significant differences. Read More   13 of today's coolest network research projects Here's a whirlwind look at some of the wildest and potentially most useful technology research projects from university and vendor labs related to computer networking. Read More   MWC 2014: E-paper smartphone display designed to save battery life Yota Devices will launch a new dual-screen smartphone later this year that has an e-paper display to save battery. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More   MWC 2014: Dropped your phone in the toilet? Nanotechnology could save it A microscopic coating from P2i coats the electronics inside smartphones to prevent the phones from short circuiting after getting wet. Read More   Vodafone Foundation puts a 2G cell in a backpack for disaster recovery Did you ever have one of those days when cell coverage was so bad you wished you had a base station on your back? The Vodafone Foundation came out with just such a device this week, but not to keep irritable iPhone junkies happy. Read More   Why 2014 could be the year mobile payments explode on the iPhone Richard Crone had been on the road a few days recently when his smartphone did something unexpected: It started sending him special-offer coupons for breakfast at Starbucks. Read More   Office for tablets: Microsoft's Godot Apple launched the iPad four years ago, igniting a tablet frenzy that altered personal computing at home and at work, but Microsoft has yet to release an Office version for touchscreen devices. Read More
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