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• Mobility in the enterprise: Who should hold the hot potato?

  Bringing mobility to the enterprise is like wrestling with an octopus. Here's how Electronic Arts, Case Western University and Needham Bank are taming the beast.

• 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.

• Microsoft's Nokia acquisition is 'a necessary gamble,' analysts say

  Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices & Services business is a necessary gamble for the software company's future growth in mobile, and for Nokia an admission that it doesn't have enough resources to successfully compete with Samsung and Apple, according to analysts.

• New smartphone OSes take baby steps forward

  Four new smartphone OSes intend to challenge Apple and Google's dominant position. Mozilla's Firefox OS is the first out of the gate, but Canonical, Samsung Electronics and Intel, as well as Finnish upstart Jolla Mobile, are also getting their alternatives ready.

• Why Bill Gates can't save Microsoft

  CEO Ballmer and his predecessor shared a vision of how Microsoft could stay on top by focusing on Windows.

• Talk to me, Facebook! Social net buys speech recognition company

  Facebook said it is buying Mobile Technologies, a company known for its speech recognition and voice-to-voice translation technology.

• Why the mob rules

  Many of today's hottest products do something similar -- they get their value from the collective actions of users. Mike Elgan explains why crowdsourcing and all that user data is so successful and valuable.

• Smartwatches still in a 'so what' phase for consumers

  With Apple's iWatch and several competing smartwatches from major manufacturers in the works, some analysts question whether consumers will embrace such wearable technology.

• Opinion: Why the new 'superphones' really are super

  These phones have features that radically exceed not only those of other phones but also those of other consumer devices. That's why they are dubbed 'superphones'.

• Microsoft reorganisation could fix some problems, create others

  Steve Ballmer's grand plan to reinvent Microsoft has garnered mixed reviews from industry analysts, ranging from enthusiastic endorsements to frowning skepticism.

• What kind of crazy scheme is Motorola hatching?

  Motorola and Google say in a new ad their upcoming Moto X phone will be designed by users. How will you design your own smartphone? And why would Google let you do this?

• LTE Advanced is coming, but smartphone users may not care

  LTE Advanced is coming soon to the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, but U.S. carriers still have to upgrade LTE networks to operate the faster service, and

• Five ways the Sprint-Clearwire drama might end

  The battle of takeovers among Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, Clearwire and SoftBank has heated up as Clearwire's board recommended shareholders accept Dish's bid instead of Sprint's.

• 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.