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Update: More than 1B smartphones were shipped in 2013

Smartphones priced at less than $150 helped fuel record year, IDC says

Partners get improved admin tools to manage customers’ Office 365 environments

With the new admin console, Microsoft wants to help Office 365 resellers and system integrators provide better service to their customers

Understanding How SDN and NFV Can Work Together

Shadow IT: Boon or burden?

The Open Source Rookies of the Year Awards

Black Duck picks the top 10 open source projects launched in the past year.

French data-roaming competition gives a glimpse of Europe’s future

Mobile operators are adding data roaming to appease customers and regulators

Obama administration forges deal with tech companies over data requests

The agreement with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others lets them give more information on the government's data requests

Parents sue Uber over daughter’s death, claim its app is illegal

The suit claims using Uber's app makes drivers unsafe

Old-school Wi-Fi is slowing down networks, Cisco says

Cisco engineers are proposing standards changes to pare down unnecessary traffic

Lavabit to have its day in federal appeals court

The now defunct secure email service is standing up for the right to protect encrypted communications