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Featured Articles » FCC: Operators Should Keep CALM and Carry On Remember when TV commercials seemed to always be louder than the programming that they ran with? It wasn't just the imagination at work-typically they were, and it was a consumer dissatisfaction trigger for many. The FCC's Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act is meant to eliminate the issue-but hasn't completely. Now, the Commission has approved a technical change that could further reduce the volume of the ads. » Monitoring of Things: Exploring a New World of Data We love technology. It's what drives our developers. It's what drives our product. It's what drives our marketing. We try to avoid jumping on the bandwagon of every new IT buzzword that's out there-at least if it isn't directly related to a possible application for our customers. That's why we've carefully kept an eye on the Internet of Things (IoT) trend and tried to determine if it's a topic that might offer substantial benefits for our customers in the years to come. We don't know yet if IoT will live up to the hype, but we are convinced that it will have an impact on the way we experience IT-and the time to get prepared is now. » Apple's Developer Conference: Apple Moves Solidly To Defense Perhaps the most compelling part of the Apple developer event today was the representation that the number of new users coming to Apple was at all-time highs. Given Apple has been falling behind Samsung and Google's Android this would also suggest that the rate in which they are losing people to Samsung and Google is also at an all-time rate. This would suggest a defensive strategy because if they can stop the erosion, the growth numbers then translate more directly to Apple growth and the success Tim Cook needs to hang on to his job. » Verizon in Need of Rescue Over the past year, it has become clear what AT&T and T-Mobile US stand for. Sprint is looking for a merger with T-Mobile. It leaves Verizon in need of a rescue, because the company is leaning on marketing tricks more than technology accomplishments. » Cybercrime in the US: The Black Hats Are Winning A new report offers some stark tidings about cybercrime for those who really are concerned about such things: the bad guys, so to speak, are outgunning the good guys on most every front. Featured Resources » How to Select the Right IoT Platform - Managing Assets and Data » Identity Related Risks: What is the Real Insider Threat? » Enhancing Mobile Development with Klocwork Checkers for Android » Gartner Emerging Technology Analysis: Software Licensing & Entitlement Management is the Key to Monetizing the Internet of Things Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360   FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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