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• Why Apple rules UX, its native iOS apps suck, and that's OK

  Every iPhone Apple sells today ships with 32 native applications but few, if any, are considered best in class. It may seem like Apple has lost its edge on mobile apps and software design, but the company's primary mission to sell hardware certainly hasn't suffered as a result. Indeed, the Apple experience -- a polished user interface married with premium hardware -- is as much about looks as functionality, and the technology ecosystem Apple has built continues to grow and mature.

• 7 reasons Apple should open-source Swift -- and 7 reasons it won't

  Faster innovation, better security, new markets -- the case for opening Swift might be more compelling than Apple will admit

• Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push

  The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small.

• Lenovo-Motorola deal's impact on Apple? Zip

  Apple won't lose any sleep over the Lenovo acquisition of Google's Motorola handset business, analysts said today.

• Everyone bets on bigger iPhone for '14

  Virtually every analyst who follows Apple has jumped on the bigger iPhone bandwagon, asserting that the company will step into the quickly-growing large-screen market this year.

• Is Samsung poised to push Android past iOS in the enterprise?

  The mobile world changes fast. Case in point: A year ago thinking that Android devices could be on par with -- and perhaps even overtake -- Apple in the enterprise would have been considered crazy. But the today the race is neck and neck.

• Apple plays defense and offense with free software, upgrade strategies

  Apple's decision to give away OS X upgrades and other software, including the iWork productivity suite, stemmed from both offensive and defensive strategies, analysts said today.

• What the iPhone 5S and 5C and iOS7 offer the enterprise

  Much of what Apple offers enterprise workers and their IT departments in the new iPhone 5S and 5C comes by virtue of its new iOS 7, first announced in June.

• Apple raises bet in poker game with Microsoft over mobile productivity

  Apple yesterday poked Microsoft by announcing it would give away its trio of iWork productivity apps to buyers of new iOS 7-compatible iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches purchased after Sept. 1.

• Office for iPhone a belated, ambivalent move by Microsoft

  Microsoft's release of an Office suite for the iPhone is too little, too late and yet another timid move aimed at protecting Windows 8 sales at the expense of customer demand for a product like this one for iPads, according to analysts.

• 10 iOS 7 features that could make enterprises smile

  Now that developers have had a few days to delve into the iOS 7 beta, it's becoming clear that the iPhone version of the software could prove beneficial to enterprises.

• How to prepare for Windows 8 even though it's not coming to enterprises

  Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report. But that doesn't mean IT shouldn't prepare for it to sneak through the BYOD side door. Here are five ways to be ready for Windows 8.

• The lazy geek's guide to building a home media center

  Anything less than a DIY digital home entertainment project means making the most of Apple TV

• Opinion: Will Apple, Google and Samsung lose the smartphone market?

  Mobile phone competition intensifies. Linux-based platforms are gunning for iOS and Android, and Chinese companies want to price the iPhone and the Galaxy S line out of the market.

• Windows 8, Surface tablets to lead Microsoft's fight for relevance in 2013

  Microsoft made big bets on Windows 8, Windows Phone and Surface tablets in 2012, and now it needs to make those bets to pay off. As more consumers and businesses go mobile, 2013 will be Microsoft's most challenging year yet.