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Study: iOS has ‘dramatic lead’ over Android in the enterprise arena

Appcelerator (http://www.appcelerator.com) a mobile platform company, and the IDC analyst firm (IDC), has announced results of a new joint survey of more than 3,500 Appcelerator developers from around the world.

The survey reveals that developers are focused on creating mobile applications for the enterprise with Apple set to take the lead. The report also shows that developers are interested in Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform and that cloud services will play a big role in developing mobile apps moving forward.

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Mountain Lion to prowl Wednesday

It’s official. In a press release announcing Apple’s latest financial results, CEO Tim Cook says Mac OS X 10.8 will arrive tomorrow (Wednesday).

Mountain Lion introduces more than 200 features including the all new Messages app, Notification Center, systemwide Sharing, Facebook integration, Dictation, Power Nap, AirPlay Mirroring, Game Center and the Gatekeeper. With iCloud built into the foundation of OS X, Mountain Lion makes it easier than ever to keep your content up to date across all your devices, says Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.

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MacTech / Southern Stars: We’re Launching a Satellite into Space

Southern Stars, MacTech let you interact with SkyCube satellite

Southern Stars, the leading provider of mobile applications for amateur astronomy, and MacTech Magazine, the journal for Apple technologies, have jointly announced the world’s first personal, interactive satellite mission.

SkyCube will allow everyone, all over the world, to participate in its launch, “tweet” messages, and obtain pictures of the earth from space. MacTech is the project’s first corporate sponsor.

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Apple, Microsoft settle with NTP Inc.

Apple and Microsoft are among the companies that have reached a settlement of patent-infringement claims by NTP Inc., reports “Bloomberg” (http://macte.ch/VSvg7).

Financial terms weren’t disclosed in federal court filings in Richmond, Virginia, seeking dismissal of suits filed by NTP beginning in 2007, the article adds. However, the agreements cover most of the wireless phone industry, including phone service companies like AT&T and Verizon Wireless, handset manufacturers such as LG Electronics and and e-mail service providers like Yahoo!

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NFC mobile payments to exceed $180 billion by 2017

A new report from Juniper Research (http://www.juniperresearch.com) finds that the NFC retail payments market will exceed US$180 billion globally by 2017, more than a seven-fold increase over 2012.

The leading regions of North America, Western Europe and Far East & China will contribute 90% of this market value as smartphones with NFC payment technology become standard. The Juniper report found that 2011 was a watershed year for NFC payments. 

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