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• The 6 c’s of success for c-suite execs

  C-suite executives need a combination of leadership skills - namely the 6 c’s - in order to cultivate professional empowerment and help steer organisations to success, according to a management expert.

• T-Mobile touts first continental phone plan for North America

  T-Mobile on Thursday announced that there would be no added charges for its U.S.-based Simple Choice customers when they call, text or use data to Mexico and Canada or when traveling there.

• First look: Microsoft's Azure App Services sweeten cloud development

  In early March I reviewed the AWS Mobile SDK, Google Firebase, and Microsoft Azure Mobile Services, the mobile back-end service offerings of the three major public clouds. The Microsoft option was a pleasant surprise. I was struck by Microsoft's thoughtful implementation of mobile services and the respect with which the Azure Mobile Services team addressed the needs of app developers without imposing on the choice of solution; thus, we awarded it an Editor's Choice.

• T-Mobile's new business pricing targets AT&T and Verizon

  T-Mobile is aggressively going after business customers by offering the same kind of low-cost, simplified pricing and monthly service plans it has used to good effect with consumers.

• Microsoft nixes EU browser ballot screen

  Microsoft has pulled the plug on the browser ballot screen it was forced to display in the aftermath of a threat by the European Union's antitrust agency five years ago.

• T-Mobile's new Data Stash plan doesn't let workers share data

  T-Mobile today unveiled a monthly data rollover plan for consumers and business customers called "Data Stash," but the plan still won't allow workers to share their data with others in a work group.

• Sprint pleased by early response to its half-off deal

  Six days into its new "Cut Your Bill in Half" offer, Sprint was enthusiastic about the offer's early reaction from new customers, but didn't offer any details.

• Google employees say it's the best big company to work for

  Google employees love their jobs more so than workers at any other big company in the United States, according to the <a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm">2014 Glassdoor Employees' Choice Awards rankings.</a>

• Google tops Glassdoor's best places to work; F5 outranks Facebook, Qualcomm, Apple

  Google is No. 1 among employees, according to Glassdoor's seventh annual Employees' Choice Awards.

• Bank not liable for customer's $440,000 cybertheft

  A Missouri escrow firm that lost $440,000 in a 2010 cyberheist cannot hold its bank responsible for the loss an appeals court said this week affirming a lower court's previous ruling on the issue.

• Dems' plan would force FCC to ban Internet fast lanes

  Democrat lawmakers plan to keep the FCC from allowing ISPs from offering higher-bandwidth connections for some Internet traffic over others.

• Microsoft's free OneNote vaults to top of Mac App Store chart

  Microsoft's OneNote jumped to the top of the free application chart on Apple's Mac App Store shortly after its Monday launch.

• 10 top tests of 2013

  Network World tested hundreds of products in 2013, but here are our top 10 tests of the year. In order to make the list, the product review had to be a comparative test of multiple products in a single category and it had to break new ground or deliver fresh insight into an important product area.

• T-Mobile kicks off free tablet data of 200 MB per month

  T-Mobile on Wednesday announced it will give away 200 MB of tablet data per month over its 4G LTE network to customers who sign up for a Mobile Internet account.

• T-Mobile plans to shake up tablet data plans in Twitter event

  T-Mobile's "Un-carrier" initiative to shake up the wireless industry continues Wednesday with a press event via Twitter related in some way to how tablets are sold and serviced.