http://www.talkandroid.com – Runtastic just got pretty cool with it’s latest update. First of all if you aren’t familiar with Runtastic, it uses GPS to map your fitness activities like running, biking, and walking. It tracks your progress with things like distance, speed, calories, and more. It’s a lot like Google’s My Tracks. (IT news)

http://www.talkandroid.com – Within the next few months, the Wi-FI Alliance will launch the Miracast wireless display certification program. It enables devices such as televisions, phones, tablets, and computer monitors to share their displays wirelessly. According to NVIDIA, they are not only supporting it, they are embracing it. (IT news)

http://www.thevarguy.com – Howdy, folks, and welcome back to the Channel Partner Program Roundup, our weekly collection of channel partner news without all the fluff. (IT news)

http://www.thevarguy.com – I broke into the technology journalism field as a business reporter after spending a year in the mainstream media. I remember Wall Street and analysts being fickle back then about a penny or two per-share discrepancies because it would affect the stock price for the immediate future. Well, 20-plus years later and nothing really has changed. (IT news)

http://www.thevarguy.com – I frequently hear VARs lamenting that they aren’t getting enough sales and they don’t know why. They want to throw out their sales team and start over. In situations such as this, there are several areas to examine before making drastic changes. In today’s post, let’s consider the one area you lay the blame most often: sales reps. Yes, often the sales reps are the problem. (IT news)

http://www.talkandroid.com – With the launch of a new fiber network in Kansas City today, Google also announced the availability of Fiber TV. Google thinks it is an entirely new way to experience TV, promising users, “You don’t have to settle for old-time television anymore.” In reality, it sounds like a supercharged version (in a good way) of the venerable cable box. (IT news)