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Mobile hardware
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May 18, 2018
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May'18
Three ditches 3G mobile phones
Three has become the first of the big four UK mobile operators to stop selling 3G mobile devices
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May 11, 2018
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May'18
Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches
Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones
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May 04, 2018
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May'18
Britons used contactless for 42% of card payments in 2017
Paymentsense survey confirms rapid growth of contactless payments, but £30 limit is preventing further dominance
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education
Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology
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April 23, 2018
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Apr'18
Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack
Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology
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April 17, 2018
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Apr'18
Huawei invests in 5G mobile networks, but eases back on the hype
Telecoms supplier Huawei has been updating the industry on its 5G vision at its annual Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China, but shied away from making bold predictions
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April 09, 2018
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Apr'18
Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality
Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work
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March 21, 2018
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Mar'18
Train leasing firm demos mobile edge computing for smart trains
Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains is demonstrating edge computing over a wireless mesh network to make life easier for its customers’ on-board staff
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March 20, 2018
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Mar'18
Boom expected in processor attacks
Sonicwall's latest research shows worrying signs that the processor flaws revealed at the start of 2018 are set to dominate IT security
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March 20, 2018
20
Mar'18
Maplin in administration: Internet connectivity issues hit in-store card payments
Internet issues at beleaguered high-street electronics retailer Maplin cause trouble at the tills in stores across the UK
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March 07, 2018
07
Mar'18
Click and collect comes to desk-side IT support
Velocity Smart is a new company hoping to revolutionise desk-side support by removing the need for IT staff to physically visit employees’ desks
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March 05, 2018
05
Mar'18
MWC 2018: iPhone X device of choice for visitors to Barcelona
Statistics compiled by mobile data crowdsourcing outfit Tutela has revealed in-depth insight into what devices visitors to Mobile World Congress 2018 were using, and how they used them
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March 02, 2018
02
Mar'18
People at risk of psychological side-effects of screen addiction
Many Brits spend more than 10 hours a day attached to a screen and 60% look at two at once, research shows
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March 02, 2018
02
Mar'18
Wearables join mobiles as high-growth payment methods
Banks must develop broad contactless payment strategies if they are to keep pace with consumer demand
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February 28, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: 5G collaboration dominates agenda at annual mobile fair
At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, 5G mobile networks were the talk of the show, and a number of operators announced new collaborations around the emerging network standard with their technology partners
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February 28, 2018
28
Feb'18
MWC 2018: Project Flame launches 5G testbed in Barcelona
The European H2020 Project Flame has launched the first urban-scaled 5G testbed for open media internet trials, using an InterDigital platform
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February 27, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia
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February 26, 2018
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Feb'18
MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 launch kicks off annual mobile festival
Samsung has raised the curtain on Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona with the launch of a new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone device
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February 23, 2018
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Feb'18
More than a quarter of UK shoppers prepared for wearable contactless payments
Mastercard research shows a growing number of shoppers are prepared to make purchases with smartwatches, rings and bracelets
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February 07, 2018
07
Feb'18
HPE opens APAC innovation lab to tap IoT market
Facility in Singapore will rope in partners across the internet of things ecosystem to test new applications powered by HPE’s edge computing capabilities
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January 22, 2018
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Jan'18
European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment
European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit
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January 09, 2018
09
Jan'18
Dutch bank tests wearable technology payments
ABN Amro is testing out wearable payment devices with 500 customers as part of a four-month pilot
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January 09, 2018
09
Jan'18
CES 2018: Jaguar Land Rover picks Qualcomm to power in-car connectivity
British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820Am automotive platform to power in-vehicle connectivity
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
Encryption flaw leaves every Wi-Fi network in the world wide open
A Belgian researcher has uncovered a major weakness in the WPA2 Wi-Fi security protocol that is thought to leave every Wi-Fi network in the world open to attack
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August 22, 2017
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Aug'17
Flash memory and OLED shortages will hit smartphone sales
Analysts at Gartner have warned that a components shortage will affect sales of high-end smartphones
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August 14, 2017
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Aug'17
Bristol hosts successful test of 5G mobile edge computing
Participants in the three-week trial of mobile edge computing technology took part in a virtual treasure hunt around the city centre
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August 02, 2017
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Aug'17
Apple share price reaches record high on quarterly results
Apple’s share price rose 6% in after-hours trading to reach a record high in response to the company’s quarterly financial report
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July 27, 2017
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Jul'17
Meg Whitman steps down from HP Inc board
Whitman has served as chairperson of HP since the separation of HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise in November 2015
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July 10, 2017
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Jul'17
Mobile operators must act soon as 5G business models emerge
Full deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network is still at least two years away, but new business models are already beginning to crystallise around the technology, and operators would be wise to start preparations soon, a new report claims
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June 29, 2017
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Jun'17
App-based banking continues its ascent in the UK
The number of people banking from their mobile phones is increasing as more services are made available through the channel
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April 04, 2017
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Apr'17
Analytics, internet of things to drive data volumes to 163ZB by 2025
IDC study predicts consumers as creators of data will decline as the enterprise, analytics and “life critical” scenarios push total volumes to a tenfold increase by 2025
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March 26, 2017
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Mar'17
HPE, Tata Communications to build world’s largest IoT network
The Lora-based network will benefit around 400 million people in India who can expect improvements in water quality and public safety
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March 20, 2017
20
Mar'17
IBM cognitive assistant to help manage and secure devices
IBM has announced a cognitive assistant powered by IBM Watson to help businesses manage and secure endpoints, including devices making up the internet of things
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
Virtual reality simulation helps KLM engineers escape in an emergency
Dutch airline KLM develops virtual reality simulation to show engineers what to do if a maintenance hangar catches fire
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February 27, 2017
27
Feb'17
Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff
Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM
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February 27, 2017
27
Feb'17
Greenpeace calls for sustainable smartphone manufacturing
Electronic waste and the carbon emissions from manufacturing are among the areas smartphone makers must address, says environmental organisation
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
MobileIron: Corporate IT policy and mobile device security are mismatched
MobileIron report identifies a gap between security policy and the actual deployment of that policy on mobile devices
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February 10, 2017
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Feb'17
MWC 2017: 4G still has plenty of mileage, say mobile analysts
5G is likely to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which kicks off at the end of February, but operators should be paying more attention to getting more out of their 4G networks
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
South African children’s hospital uses video to train cardiologists
The Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town is using remote video learning to teach paediatric cardiology surgery to medical students
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December 29, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 desktop, tablet, smartphone and mobile device stories of 2016
2016 was the year Microsoft pushed out a major Windows update, Linux celebrated its 25th anniversary and female personae took over AI
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July 27, 2016
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Jul'16
Apple highlights services revenue and future bets as iPhone sales decline
Apple share price up on strong performance in services and investments in augmented reality and artificial intelligence, despite 27% year-on-year decline in quarterly profit
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July 05, 2016
05
Jul'16
Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University
Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects
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June 17, 2016
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Jun'16
Bluetooth 5 standard brings range, speed and capacity boost for IoT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the forthcoming Bluetooth 5 standard, promising significant improvements to support an accessible and interoperable internet of things
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April 29, 2016
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Apr'16
Tech-savvy Asean populations shake up enterprise IT, says AIA CTO
A young, urban and tech-savvy population in the Asean region has forced enterprises to rethink their IT strategies
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April 27, 2016
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Apr'16
Mobilising a workforce drives up performance and productivity
Mobile workers are also more creative, satisfied and loyal, says EIU study
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April 25, 2016
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Apr'16
Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online
Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones
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April 15, 2016
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Apr'16
E-commerce struggles for growth in Asean countries
Online retail market growth in the Asean nations remains slow but nonetheless significant, according to a survey of consumer habits in the region
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April 14, 2016
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Apr'16
EE, Qualcomm bring freestyle drone racing to Wembley Stadium
Spectator sports status beckons as the European Rotor Sports Association live streams over the EE 4G network
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March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
Private mobile network powers Ocado’s robotic warehouse
Online supermarket Ocado rethinks 4G mobile technology to power a network of 1,000 robot workers operating in the grocer's 'hive' warehouse
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January 20, 2016
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Jan'16
Mobile services helping banks retain customers and add revenue
Investments in mobile banking services are helping banks increase revenue and retain customers