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  Apple dominates other smartphone vendors in consumer satisfaction

  The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index has found, not surprisingly, that people really like their iPhones.

• Is your BYOD policy out-of-date?

  As consumerization continues to spread throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses and data breaches, one researcher says.

• Will BYOD revive the network-access control idea? Gartner thinks it will

  Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?

• iPhone to the rescue: Helps save 2-year-old in a well

  Firefighters in China lowered an iPhone into a 40-foot deep dry well to aid them in rescuing a 2-year-old boy who fell in, according to a report from the U.K.'s ITN.

• Survey finds Android users more likely to be app freeloaders

  While everybody loves getting things for free, it seems Android users love getting free things more than anyone.

• Apple warns iOS developers: Don't monkey with App Store rankings

  Apple has warned iOS developers not to use services that manipulate App Store rankings to make their iPhone and iPad apps seem more popular than they really are.

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  iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending January 13

  It's Friday the 13th and if the movie franchise no longer deliver on cheap thrills, the iOSphere can when it comes to iPhone 5 scuttlebutt.

• iPhone more dominant than ever, though Samsung makes strides

  The iPhone is by far the smartphone most in demand among 4,000 North American consumers surveyed by ChangeWave, but Apple's frequent court rival Samsung is coming on strong according to the research.

• Facebook adds Timeline to iPhone app

  Facebook now lets iPhone owners view its new Timeline layout and has added several extra handy features in an app update pushed out to iPhone users on Sunday. iPad users still can't view Facebook Timeline layouts.

• 5 tips for using Apple's Siri without annoying people

  Apple iPhone 4S users can easily annoy people around them by talking to their handset when using the built-in assistant feature known as Siri.

• Wednesday Grok: Apple and Samsung, Google SEO tweaks and the BlackBerry London

  Check out the Google spider bait in today's headline — Grok is catching on fast. If you see a lawyer smiling this week, blame Apple and Samsung.

• How to boost your smartphone battery life

  Do you know where your smartphone is? Unless you're using it to read PCWorld.com, your phone is probably plugged into an outlet somewhere to charge, because the battery stinks.

• Apple's iOS 5 update: No battery drain fix?

  Some iPhone 4S users are still complaining about rapid battery drain following Apple's iOS 5.0.1 system update that began rolling out to users Thursday.  IOS 5.0.1 was supposed to fix several bugs that caused some iPhone 4S and older iPhone devices to rapidly discharge their batteries. The update also brings more multitouch gestures to the original iPad, several bug fixes for iCloud, and improved Siri voice recognition capability for Australian accents.

• RIP Adobe mobile Flash: Will anyone miss you?

  It may be the end of the line for Adobe's mobile Flash Player, but the question now is will anyone care if and when it's gone?

• Thursday Grok: Are iPhone 4S sales about to tank?

  Tracking market share on a weekly or monthly basis, as many product managers do in the IT industry, is a guaranteed first class ticket to the Loon Lounge. You need to ride the helicopter occasionally, take a look through the wide angle lens. Breathe in for seven seconds. Hold for five seconds. Breathe out for seven seconds. Much better. Now panic — iPhone 4S sales may be tanking.