Sprint union with T-Mobile reportedly a done deal

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Microsoft baffled by the fact that one of its products keeps getting better 11 top tools for Android road warriors Network World Daily News PM May 29, 2014 Share this email Sprint union with T-Mobile reportedly a done deal Deutsche Telekom has agreed to an offer for Japanese mobile and broadband company SoftBank to buy T-Mobile USA, according to a news report. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft baffled by the fact that one of its products keeps getting better 2. 11 top tools for Android road warriors 3. How MIT and Caltech's coding breakthrough could accelerate mobile network speeds 4. Encryption canary or insecure app? TrueCrypt warning says use Microsoft's BitLocker 5. Android Wear notifications highlight Nest integration 6. Apple's rich enough to buy Beats with movie-date money 7. Malvertising rise pushes ad industry to action 8. Amazon wants to run your high-performance databases 9. Windows maintenance, done dirt-cheap WHITE PAPER: Panduit Corp. 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