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The core network has always been one of the front lines in the evolution of cellular wireless technologies. Every generation has brought us a dizzying array of new acronyms in this space. In 2G there were Mobile Switching Centers (MSC), Home Location Registers (HLR) and Visitor Location Registers (VLR). 3G introduced the IP Multimedia System (IMS) and 4G brought the Mobility Management Entity (MME) and Packet Data Gateways (PGW). This parade of apparently physically independent functionality hides... Читать дальше...

If you are a developer, hope to become a developer, or are thinking about learning how to build apps at home, school or college, here are a few reasons why it may be time to start to learn Apple’s Swift language.

If you are a developer, hope to become a developer, or are thinking about learning how to build app at home, school or college, here are a few reasons why it may be time to start to learn Apple’s Swift language.

Looking back both Apple and Microsoft (Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author) made pivotal strategic mistakes in their operating system strategies that the other firm did well.  In each case the company seemed to walk away with the idea that the strategy was bad when it was clearly, after analysis, that the execution was the problem.  Apple tried to both license the operating system in the 1990s and sell hardware, a practice that failed badly and Steve Jobs eliminated the effort.  

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If you have tables in a Word doc or Outlook message and you suddenly can’t see or click on specific cells, chances are good that 1) the tables have merged cells, 2) you’re using Word 2016 or Outlook 2016, and 3) you installed this month’s KB 3213656. The buggy patch was pushed out the Automatic Update chute on Aug. 8.

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Look around any gathering of people — anywhere at any time — and the utter ubiquity of smartphones is really quite startling. In just a few short years, the mobile phone has undergone a fast-forward evolution from a clamshell convenience to an omnipresent piece of communication technology. Considering that this transformation took only about a decade — the iPhone celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer — it stands to reason that the next 10 years are going to be interesting. Читать дальше...

It's the 1990s, and this state's Department of Labor broadcasts public service announcements to local cable channels through a slick automated system that's supported by a pilot fish at the main office.