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On one side, they say "Mobile first!" These are the same people who used to say "Social first!" On the other side, they say "Show me the ROI!" This is what the other side always says. I say "Meh." Both sides trot out slide deck after slide deck either with kinetic-text videos with upbeat music or with dry tables and charts that inform but don't inspire.

They author so many infographics, I'm surprised that nobody is yelling "Infographics first!". All of the speeches, presentations and infographics are laden with either narrative and perspective or statistics and projections proving how the latest fad is the newest version of the Holy Grail. How many trends will rise and fall before people stop bandwagon-jumping and acknowledge the basic truth? The only lasting strategy in the current age of abundance is "Humans first."

A recent survey has determined that Apple remains dominant in the enterprise tablet market, with over 97% of activations being iPads. Apple's lead over Android has been further bolstered with the launch of the new iPad, which is now considered the de-facto standard for enterprise tablet computing.

Regardless of how happy users are with their current phones, the makers are always pushing new levels of performance at us. Samsung's latest quad-core chip will power the next-generation Galaxy smartphone and future tablets, and push performance to new heights.

For most of the day, analysts were downbeat on Apple's prospects, sending the stock price dipping 2%. Cometh the hour, cometh Apple's usual miraculous figures with a 151% rise in iPad sales.

With the growing popularity of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, not all websites are churning out mobile-friendly content, it seems. According to a recent study, poorly designed websites are probably killing your battery faster than they should be.

The ARM platform is the king of the hill when it comes to smartphone and tablet processing chips. At the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona though, Intel challenged ARM by announcing its Medfield class Atom chips, meant for mobile phones. This April, Intel is officially getting into the smartphone business with the Xolo X900 by Indian smartphone maker Lava International.

Apple and Samsung have been on an all-out war against each other for the best part of 2011, with either claiming patent infringements by the other. With some successes and failures in each one's patent claims, Apple and Samsung now appear to be willing to settle their disputes outside of costly court litigation and potentially damaging injunctions.

After the iPad 3 launch, things have gone rather quiet, with disquiet about its actual capabilities. Since any new iPad will struggle to push the tech envelope much further, is it time for the iPad Mini to step in and expand the brand?

Samsung has outed the date, ahead of an impending official announcement, for the reveal of its latest superphone, the Galaxy S3. The date will give it some headway against the presumed iPhone 5 unveiling in June.

Merging cloud storage, a Microsoft Office license and Adobe Reader access, CloudOn lets users access, edit and share their Word, Excel and other Office files, all from the swish confines of their iPad.

An internal email message shows that Apple recognizes a potential problem with some third-generation iPads and Wi-Fi connections, and will swap defective devices for a new unit.

Google's Drive service is likely to sneak out of the garage in the next few weeks according to insiders at the company, bringing it into conflict with Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Dropbox and pretty much everyone else. Let the cloud storage wars commence.

Competition in the smartphone and tablet market is getting tougher between Apple and Google. Apple is reportedly reducing its dependence on Google in various online and mobile services, and with recent reports that Baidu will soon be a default search engine for iOS mobile devices in China, Google might just lose its already weak hold in this market.

Rigorous test results released this morning from DisplayMate Labs, run by Dr. Ray Soneira, conclude what some in the Apple support community are already discovering about their new iPads: the battery life indicator is displaying 100% charged when in fact it is really at about 90%.  

The Kindle Fire, the only other really successful tablet in the market, is getting a revamp according to reports. And, while Amazon is really only interested in selling its own content rather than challenging Apple in a technology war, the next Kindle tablet could have a bit more kick.