Chief Digital Officer: Hot new title or flash in the pan?

	With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun | Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team
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	Chief Digital Officer: Hot new tech title or flash in the pan? Enterprises like Sears, Starbucks and Harvard are hiring Chief Digital Officers to help monetize digital content, better connect with customers and drive their businesses forward. But does every company need one? Read More In this Issue With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team Apple restores key parts of dev site after attack Leap Motion Controller review: A touchscreen interface without the touching The joy of glogging Apple supplier Pegatron slammed for alleged labor abuses in China You'll soon be able to buy your own drone for $700 Tips for creating more compelling data visualizations US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says Google is shutting down Google+ Local for iOS Oracle OpenWorld: What to expect Facebook invents a PHP virtual machine Wall Street Beat: Mobile is key to tech earnings Richi Jennings: Google Chromecast hacked (is it the end for Android?) WEBCAST: SAP Bring Mobile Innovation to your Enterprise. With the mobility revolution well underway, CIO's and Line of Business owners are faced with the struggle to develop a winning mobile strategy. In this exclusive SAP KnowledgeVault Exchange, find out how to give your company an edge by developing a secure, future-proof mobile strategy. Learn More With Chromecast, Google reveals Chrome as its strategic big gun Chrome is Google and Google is Chrome. The Chrome browser is Google's most potent strategic weapon, a former Microsoft program manager says. Read More Apple drops exec Bob Mansfield from company's leadership team Bob Mansfield, one of Apple top executives, has been dropped from the company's leadership team and will instead work on special projects, according to online reports yesterday. Read More Apple restores key parts of dev site after attack Apple has restored key sections of its developer website, including the download center, more than a week after it took the portal offline. Read More Leap Motion Controller review: A touchscreen interface without the touching The new Leap Motion Controller brings motion control to any computer. The question is: How effective is it, and does it have any practical value? Read More The joy of glogging Columnist Mike Elgan tries out the new Google Glass eyewear and uses 'glogging,' a new social medium for sharing experiences that takes blogging to a new level. Read More Apple supplier Pegatron slammed for alleged labor abuses in China Apple supplier Pegatron is facing criticism from a watchdog group for poor working conditions at its factories in China. Read More You'll soon be able to buy your own drone for $700 3D Robotics gave a sneak preview of a comparatively cheap consumer drone at an unmanned aircraft convention in San Francisco this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email archiving solution enabled the hospital to meet government mandates and helps avoid thousands of dollars in projected storage costs. Learn More. Tips for creating more compelling data visualizations Flowing Data's Nathan Yau offers advice on how to ensure viewers' eyes are drawn to points of interest. Read More US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal court. Read More Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google's Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec. Read More Google is shutting down Google+ Local for iOS Google is shutting down the Google+ Local places and discovery app for iOS devices and will be transitioning its features over to its Maps app, the company said Friday. Read More Oracle OpenWorld: What to expect This year's Oracle OpenWorld conference is still a couple of months away, but the vendor has already provided an ample sneak peek into what's in store for attendees of the show. Read More Facebook invents a PHP virtual machine Social networking giant Facebook has taken another step at making the PHP Web programming language run more quickly. The company has developed a PHP Virtual Machine that it says can execute the language as much as nine times as quickly as running PHP natively on large systems. Read More Wall Street Beat: Mobile is key to tech earnings Tech earnings this week highlighted the importance of mobile communications to IT, as companies including Apple, Samsung, Facebook, AT&T and Texas Instruments reported mixed results for the quarter ending in June. Read More Richi Jennings: Google Chromecast hacked (is it the end for Android?) "More Android than ChromeOS," so why brand it Chrome? Some Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) engineers probably feel foolish this morning. White-hat hackers have discovered that they can boot their own kernel on a Chromecast. The problem is that Google checks the new kernel's cryptographic signature, but if the check fails, it goes ahead and boots it anyway! The researchers also point out that the "Chrome" branding seems odd, given that the shipping kernel is basically Android's. Some commentators ask if this signposts the death of Android. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers point and laugh. And wonder. Read More
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