NEC talks on Lenovo mobile phone venture stalled: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp's talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize.

The source said NEC was still considering several options, including talks with a potential partner other than Lenovo, or halting the development of new smartphones and focusing on its existing lines of feature phones.

NEC and Lenovo declined to comment.

China's Lenovo Group, the world's No.2 PC maker has been examining partnerships and acquisitions to expand in high-growth markets such as smartphones, tablets and enterprise computing, spurred by a decline in PC shipments.

NEC had been in talks with Lenovo since early this year on a possible sale or tie-up involving its mobile unit, NEC Casio Mobile Communications Ltd, according to media reports and a source familiar with the discussions.

NEC holds 70 percent of the unit, in which Hitachi Ltd also holds a stake.

NEC, once a major player in Japan's mobile phone market, has seen its market share slip to about 5 percent.

NEC's shares ended 4.8 percent higher at 242 yen after the Nikkei report, their highest in more than six weeks, compared with a 0.1 percent rise in the benchmark Nikkei average. Lenovo's Hong Kong-listed shares rose 0.7 percent. ($1 = 99.2850 Japanese yen)

(Reporting by Maki Shiraki in Tokyo; Additional reporting by Rohit T K in Bangalore; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Louise Heavens)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html

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Video: Look ahead to Yahoo's earnings

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Read a bedtime story to your child, even when you can?t be there

When you have a child, you know how important it is to read to her. ?Reading time fosters a love of reading and encourages his imagination, and the time together is important for maintaining a close bond with the child. ?Sometimes you just can’t be there for story time – you’re at work or away [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/07/17/read-a-bedtime-story-to-your-child-even-when-you-cant-be-there/

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Jamison To Run For Mayor

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Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether has some competition in next year's city election.

City Council member Greg Jamison confirmed Monday he will run for the city's top job in 2014. ?Jamison was elected to the city council in 2008. He currently represents residents in Southwest Sioux Falls.

The rumors began swirling about Jamison's candidacy when the Twitter handle @jamisonformayor surfaced.

A formal announcement is expected next week.

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ShoreTel Mobility 7 Redefines the User Experience for the Mobile ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --?ShoreTel? (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple unified communications platforms including business phone systems, applications and mobile UC solutions, today announced the availability of the ShoreTel Mobility 7 software release, which offers unified communications (UC) capabilities with a completely redesigned user interface and simplified integration to boost workforce productivity for iPhone? and Android? users. With ShoreTel Mobility 7, users can transform their iOS smartphone or tablet into a desk phone with the ShoreTel Dock, which is now available for ordering.

The new "Today" screen in the application integrates with the native calendar on Android and iOS platforms. The ShoreTel Mobility Client automatically displays conference calls on the mobile user's calendar and allows for one click access to web and audio conferences. A simple "Join" button automatically dials the specific conference call and enters the conference participant code ? freeing users from juggling apps while trying to memorize numbers and PIN codes.

"ShoreTel Mobility software is already a key tool for our mobile employees, and we're looking forward to using the new features, especially the innovative 'Today' screen that eliminates the complexity of joining conference calls when employees are on the go," said Mike Segall, director of IT Infrastructure at Flotek.

ShoreTel Mobility 7 also integrates with ShoreTel Conferencing so that users can switch to the presentation view with a single click, which provides both audio and visual participation. When a user launches a conference from a meeting invite, the "Call Me" option opens ShoreTel Mobility, while clicking the link launches the ShoreTel Conferencing app.

Personal dial support allows for non-business calls to be placed with the users' cellular caller ID through the ShoreTel Mobility app, eliminating yet another need to continuously switch back and forth between voice apps. Per-call selections are available in a contextually aware drop down menu, which provides options for personal caller ID, Wi-Fi or cellular.

"Enterprise end users expect mobile UC clients to be as intuitive and easy to use as consumer apps found on a wide variety of smart phones and tablets," said Brian Riggs, principal analyst at Ovum. "This increases adoption of UC in the enterprise, helping businesses to derive the most benefit from their IT investments, while reducing training costs, resulting in a lower TCO of UC solutions purchased. ShoreTel Mobility 7's rich set of integrated voice, conferencing and collaboration, presence, IM, and other features presents businesses with the communications tools central to successfully deploying UC."

ShoreTel Mobility 7 also makes it easier than ever for ShoreTel's distribution network of VADs, service providers and resellers to address the increasing demand from businesses of all sizes for a fully integrated ShoreTel unified communications solution.

"Our channel is a buzz of excitement with the customer interest in ShoreTel Mobility and the ShoreTel Dock. With our latest software release, resellers can deliver a fantastic and intuitive experience for end users and IT administrators alike," said David Petts, senior VP of worldwide sales at ShoreTel. "As a result, customers are able to integrate leading smartphones and tablets securely, simply and cost-effectively into existing enterprise communication applications and infrastructure to provide greater flexibility and increased productivity."

Availability
/>ShoreTel Mobility 7 supports more than 50 mobile devices across the Android, Apple? iOS and BlackBerry? (up through 7.1) platforms. The release includes enhanced integration with ShoreTel's two UC platforms, premise-based and hosted, along with directory query integration and instant messaging whether a company is running ShoreTel, Microsoft? OCS or Lync? Instant Messaging and Presence Server (IMPS).

ShoreTel Mobility 7 solutions are available to ShoreTel's on-premise customers, ShoreTel Sky customers, and SIP-supported IP PBXs from Avaya and Cisco Systems. Feature availability and device support may vary by platform.

Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2013/07/16/shoretel-mobility-7-redefines-user-experience-mobile-generation

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Watch how Google brought Street View to the Burj Khalifa (video)

Street View's fine for navigation, but we're sure plenty more people use it just for their armchair tourism. Google has now turned its attention to giving thrill-seekers a chance to gaze out from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. Using Trekker backpacks and trolleys, it took the Googlers three days to capture the images from both the viewing gallery on the 124th floor and the window cleaning gantry on the 80th. Curious to experience some of that vertigo for yourself? Video's after the break.

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Players, coaches react to protests in Brazil

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) ? Soccer's Confederations Cup, which ends on June 30, and next year's World Cup have been among many targets of the massive demonstrations sweeping Brazil. Some protesters angry at corruption and poor public services are also complaining about the millions of dollars spent on huge stadiums in cities with dire poverty and lack of public services.

Here are some voices from the men on the fields of play:

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Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil national team coach: "We all want justice in our country. Those in the government also want this. We can't only crucify them. We all want it and we will work together for that. But it doesn't happen in a day. We have to work together to tackle some issues so that hopefully in one, two, five or 10 years from now things can change."

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Pele, Brazil's most famous former player: "There are a lot of bad characters taking advantage of this opportunity and they are hurting these peaceful protests that have been calling for what is best for the Brazilian people. I think we can't allow these bandits and bad characters to get in the way of this opportunity to make demands for our country."

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Neymar, current Brazilian team star: "It's sad that it got to a point where we need to go to the streets to demand better conditions. The only way I can represent and defend the country is by playing football, and from now on I'll walk on the field inspired by this movement."

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Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni: "I am very sorry and my whole team is very sorry to see that there is a lot of tension at the moment because this means there is dissatisfaction on behalf of the people, and this is not good for society, for social life, for sport, or for anything really."

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Italy coach Cesare Prandelli: "As sportsmen we're hoping that tomorrow there is a great football match at the stadium and that nothing happens outside the stadium. It would be a paradox if inside the stadium we're trying to put on a show for the fans and 150 meters outside the stadium there is violence."

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Italy defender Riccardo Montolivo: "If someone protests and expresses their unhappiness they should be respected, as long as the protest is done in a non-violent manner."

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Congressman and former Brazil striker Romario, in a video message: "Keep protesting, keep going to the streets, always peacefully. It's the only way congressmen will understand that things need to change. Congratulations. More than ever I'm proud to be Brazilian."

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Brazil defender David Luiz: "Brazilians love their country and that's why these protests are happening."

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Brazil striker Fred: "I'm in favor of the protests as long as they are peaceful. I'm very proud to see the people fighting to improve public transportation, health services and so many other things."

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Brazil striker Hulk: "After seeing the people on the streets demanding improvements, it makes me feel like joining them. They are doing the right thing, what they are saying makes sense and we have to hear them. Brazil needs to improve, we all know that."

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Ricardo Zuniga, Tales Azzoni and Andrew Dampf contributed to this report from Brazil.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/players-coaches-react-protests-brazil-152045335.html

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