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Mobile apps and software

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Talon upgrades MobileFast for web and Windows file sync and share

  Enterprise file sync and share provider Talon Storage adds web browser and Windows workstation access to MobileFast

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  Cash still first choice for more than half of Brits

  Cash is still the primary chosen payment method for UK residents, according to a survey by payments technology provider Verifone

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  DWP to direct jobseekers to digital skills-sharing platforms

  Department for Work and Pensions to update guidance to Jobcentre Plus staff to direct jobseekers to digital skills-sharing platforms

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  The Entertainer uses cloud and tablets to boost toy sales

  Toy retailer plans to roll out tablets across its stores to capitalise on success of cloud-based omni-channel system deployment

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Reading Council releases open transport data

  Reading Council has opened up transport data to support real time traffic and bus information

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Credit Suisse gets agile for iPad-based private banking app

  Private banks are forced to adopt technology to fend off new banks and technology companies taking traditional banks' market share

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy

  The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Alibaba app enables people to make mobile payments using selfie

  E-commerce giant Alibaba has demonstrated an app that will allow mobile shoppers to use selfies as authentication when making payments

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  TfL now fastest growing contactless merchant in UK

  Transport for London has been named as the fastest growing contactless merchants in the UK and Europe

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  IoT and smart devices need ethical programmers, says Gartner

  The internet of things (IoT) will need an emphasis on ethical programming if people are to come to trust smart machines and devices, say analysts

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Banking software supplier Misys launches Apple Watch app prototype

  Finance software house Misys launches a prototype banking app for the Apple Watch that will be available off-the-shelf

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Allied Irish Bank develops app for the Apple Watch

  The Allied Irish Bank (AIB) is developing an app for the Apple Watch to allow customers to check their balance and find the nearest cash machine

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Big data sees Dublin Airport mobile passenger experience soar

  Dublin and Cork Airport operator daa turns to FeedHenry to expose more data within an updated mobile app for travellers passing through

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Deal close with banks to maintain services in remote locations

  The government is close to agreement with the British Bankers Association on a set of rules for banks to follow before closing branches

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  High proportion of US iPhone users have tried Apple Pay

  Apple Pay looks set to increase its market share as 43% of iPhone 6 and 6+ users in the US try out the mobile payments technology

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  4G users willing to switch providers for free public Wi-Fi

  A survey conducted by comms backbone supplier Arqiva reveals that two-thirds of 4G users would switch providers if offered inclusive Wi-Fi

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

  Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Apple Watch: Getting ready for enterprise smart watches

  The Apple App Store lists over 30 apps for the Apple Watch. Can Apple’s new wearable device make it in the enterprise?

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Citi Apple Watch app already on virtual shelves

  US bank Citi quick off the mark with a mobile app for the Apple Watch to let customers check balances, available for order from April 2015

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Advisory group champions 4G and Wi-Fi in high street rescue plans

  The Digital High Street Advisory Board has set out its strategy to ensure town centres remain competitive in the digital age

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Google adds another string to financial services bow

  Google has moved further into financial services with the launch of a car insurance comparison website in the US

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Sharing Economy UK launched to champion digital businesses

  New trade body brings together digital businesses that encourage consumer and business asset-sharing, such as Airbnb and ZipCar

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Windows vulnerable to Freak attacks, says Microsoft

  Microsoft says all supported versions of its Windows operating system are vulnerable to attacks exploiting the Freak security vulnerability

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress 2015: Evolution but no revolution

  Mobile World Congress 2015 reflected less the handset innovation of recent years, and more the evolution of mobility

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Tinder cuts app crashes with Rackspace cloud database

  Tinder matchmaking app turns to managed cloud provider for IT and database support

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  NatWest bank tests mobile apps to help people run their lives

  NatWest bank is running closed beta tests of banking apps designed to help people navigate major events in their lives

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  US policy exposes Apple and Google devices to Freak attack

  An old US policy requiring weaker encryption for export products is exposing millions of Apple and Google devices, say researchers

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  More than a billion smartphones sold in 2014

  More than a billion smartphones were sold worldwide in 2014, according to research firm Gartner

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  Samsung challenge to Apple Pay due in summer 2015

  Samsung will make its payment service available in the US in summer 2015 as it attempts to match the success of Apple Pay

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress: Wearables now in 79% of European workplaces

  Trend Micro research finds the majority of European workplaces are seeing wearable devices connecting to their networks

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Google IP acquisition triggers end of Softcard

  Softcard, owned by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, has closed after the sale of some technology and intellectual property to Google

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  Mobile World Congress: Visa considers future of mobile payments

  Visa makes a number of enhancements around its mobile payments strategy ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  Google to launch Android Pay

  Google is expected to launch a payments application programming interface at its I/O conference in May

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  John Chen pushes BES12 as Android for Work platform

  BlackBerry may be heading for the breakthrough it needs under the leadership of CEO John Chen with a new Google tie-up

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Barclays bank launches Twitter payments for customers

  Barclays bank enables consumers to make payments using their Twitter name, using the bank's Pingit mobile banking app

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Google ups the ante in mobile wallet battle with Apple and Samsung

  Google is working with US telcos to boost its mobile wallet amid the fierce challenge from Apple Pay and Samsung

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

  Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  London’s Air Ambulance swaps A-Z maps for mobile apps

  London’s Air Ambulance has halved emergency dispatch times through an incident information and routing app from Mubaloo

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  Digital cheque processing could prove fatal blow to hundreds of bank branches

  Banks have reneged on their promise to keep bank branches open, blaming changing consumer habits and digital technology

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Met Police begins search for replacement CIO

  The Metropolitan Police is searching for a CIO to implement its Total Technology IT strategy

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Apple invests in European datacentres as EU investigates tax break

  Apple is investing €1.7bn in two European datacentres to support iTunes, the App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Schuh deploys public Wi-Fi and mobile stock checking in-store

  Shoe retailer schuh selects cloud Wi-Fi provider Purple WiFi to offer in-store access for customers and staff

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  BlackBerry 10.3.1 review: Access Android apps and Blend

  BlackBerry has finally released version 10.3.1 of its mobile operating system, which gives access to the Amazon Android app store

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Government to move forward with national emergency text alert system

  The Cabinet Office has proposed amending the Privacy and Electronic Communications legislation to implement a national mobile alert system

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Berners-Lee foundation calls for urgent steps to secure mobile comms

  Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation has called for urgent steps to secure mobile communications

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  More than half of UK consumers call for multi-channel retail

  Over 50% of UK consumers believe online shopping would improve if retailers delivered consistency across all platforms

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Apple’s iOS still vulnerable to masque attacks, says FireEye

  Enterprise iPhones and iPads are still vulnerable to masque attacks, warn security researchers at FireEye

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Tesco Bank launches mobile app enhancement

  Tesco Bank has set its sights on growing its current account business with its latest mobile software upgrade

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Samsung to take on Apple in payments

  Mobile phone giant Samsung has acquired mobile payments startup LoopPay

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  IBM and Oracle named as potential Monitise buyers

  IBM and Oracle have emerged as potential candidates to take over British mobile software company Monitise

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  Co-operative Bank to close quarter of branches, with tech picking up slack

  The Co-operative Bank is closing about a quarter of its remaining branches and digital technology will replace them

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Gartner: CIOs boost spending on sci-fi technologies

  CIOs in the UK and Ireland are expected to increase spending by 1.4% in 2015, fuelled by the economic recovery

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  HSCIC sets out five-year plan to make UK a world leader in healthcare apps

  Health and Social Care Information Centre sets out technology strategy to make UK a world leader in health and social care apps

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  Lloyds Bank launches smartwatch service

  Lloyds Bank will send offers to its mobile banking customers direct to their smartwatches

• February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Baidu Chinese search engine share price falls on disappointing results

  China’s Baidu search engine share price fell by more than 8% in after-hours trade after quarterly revenue came in $11m below expectations

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  ShopDirect selects IBM managed service with SoftLayer hybrid cloud

  Shop Direct is using IBM’s SoftLayer hybrid cloud in a 10-year outsourcing deal to provide analytics, mobile and social applications

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  Swatch to release contactless payment watch

  Swiss watch-maker Swatch to launch a smartwatch with contactless payment functionality in coming months

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Twitter shares up on revenue growth

  Twitter shares jumped 10% in after-hours sales in response revenue growth of 97%, compared with the same period the year before

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Smartphone payments to exceed card payments by 2020

  More payments will be made using smartphones in the UK than those made by cards by 2020 according to 33% of Brits

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Atos UK & Ireland bids farewell to desk phones

  The UK and Ireland arm of services consultancy Atos removes desktop telephones from its London HQ in favour of a Microsoft Lync unified comms system

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Milan Expo 2015 builds smart city with Telecom Italia and Cisco

  The organisers of Milan Expo 2015 have built a smart city site from the ground up with the support of Telecom Italia and Cisco

• February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15

  Aeris and Tech Mahindra to launch carrier IoT platform

  M2M technology provider Aeris has linked up with services supplier Tech Mahindra to target mobile carriers that want to develop their IoT business

• February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15

  Apple to raise $6.5bn in bonds

  Apple is selling bonds to raise $6.5bn despite recording its most profitable quarter ever and cash reserves of $178bn

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Ford Lincoln announces remote-control car app as BMW issues security patch

  Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln brand announces an app enabling users to control their cars remotely as BMW issues a security patch

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Media industry operates on a shoestring IT budget, says BT

  The media industry struggles to invest in technology, because investors are concerned with making new television and film content

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Visa Europe says 2015 will be a defining year for digital payments

  Visa Europe will continue to spend hundreds of millions of euros to reduce the domination of cash payments in Europe

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Google sees 2014 revenues hit $66bn

  Google has seen its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 increase by 15% year-on-year.

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

  P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Scotland sees startup growth, but Wales lags behind

  Scotland’s technology sector has seen a large growth in startup companies since 2009

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Lack of banking app functionality deters users more than security fears

  More people are choosing not to use banking apps because of a lack of functionality than those deciding not to because of security fears, according to a survey

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Nesta invests in apprenticeships website for young people

  Nesta has invested half a million pounds into a website to help young people connect with employers and colleges to find apprenticeship schemes

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Argos to open digital stores in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

  Argos has teamed up with Sainsbury’s with plans to open digital stores within 10 existing supermarkets.

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Apple’s iPhone helps drive record quarterly profit

  Apple has posted quarterly revenue of $74.6bn and record quarterly net profit of $18bn, driven by record iPhone, Mac and App Store sales

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Windows 10: Preparing for Microsoft’s next enterprise OS

  Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 event had a strong consumer focus, but the company also unveiled changes that will impact corporate IT

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Microsoft revenue drops due to “restructuring”

  Microsoft’s year-on-year net income has dropped by around $695m due to “integration and restructuring” plans, according to the firm’s fiscal statement

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Harrods invests in digital to entice customers

  Harrods is investing in digital screen and publishing technologies to engage with its customers

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  River Island takes part in retail tech startup accelerator

  River Island is the latest company to get involved with a technology startup accelerator

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  UK senior citizens boost online banking popularity

  Britain’s senior citizens are contributing to online banking’s popularity with about 2.3 million people aged 70 to 100 banking online

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Will the mainframe survive IBM job cuts?

  The mainframe survived minicomputers, the client server, the web and Y2K, but its future is under scrutiny as IBM prepares a rethink

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Future of parliament report calls for digital engagement and online voting

  A report outlines how parliament should embrace digital technology to be more transparent, inclusive and better able to engage the public

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Mobile banking will help the poor transform their lives, says Gates Foundation

  Mobile banking can help the poor change their lives and two billion people who don’t have bank accounts store money by phone by 2030

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

  Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years ago

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Senior judge calls for technology to transform courtrooms

  A senior judge has called for the introduction of technologies such as video and online filing to bring the criminal courts into the 21st century

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Developing software for smartwatches - how Hailo approached the problem

  One of the developers for black cab booking app Hailo talks about the challenges of developing for wearables such as smartwatches

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Mobile banking software firm Monitise hints at takeover plan

  Mobile banking software maker Monitise has put itself in the shop window, announcing it would benefit from being part of another business

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Metro Bank growth points the way for digital retail banking startups

  Digital retail banks starting up in the UK buoyed by the success of Metro Bank, demonstrating the public appetite for new providers

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Windows 10: Microsoft at the crossroads

  Windows is at a crossroad. Microsoft needs to convince businesses and third-party app developers to adopt Windows 10

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Android banking apps riddled with malware

  Research of 350,000 banking-related apps has revealed about 11% contain malware or suspicious binaries

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Amazon scraps mobile wallet

  Amazon has stopped its mobile wallet beta only six months after it launched the app which enabled users to store and manage gift and loyalty cards

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  IBM revenue declines as company shifts to higher value deals

  IBM has reported a 12% decline in profits for the fourth quarter of 2014 following the sale of its System x business to Lenovo

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Case study: BCBG Max Azria checks out customer engagement chic

  Fashion retailer BCBG Max Azria is stepping out in omnichannel chic with digital in-store solutions and localised web presence

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Starbucks launches wireless charging in the UK

  Starbucks has launched wireless charging points in 10 shops in London

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Younger users prefer biometrics to passwords

  Younger bank customers would rather use biometrics than PINs and passwords for security, according to Visa Europe

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  Barclays accepts photo documents for mortgage applications

  Barclays allows mortgage advisors to submit photos of supporting documents via smartphone or tablet

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  Google to buy Softcard in latest round of financial services empire building

  Google is in talks to acquire mobile phone payments system Softcard as it increases its financial services capabilities

• January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15

  Tesco launches app for Glass as Google pulls programme

  Supermarket Tesco has launched its own shopping app for Google Glass in the same week Google announced it is pulling the product

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Lloyds launches online travel notification service

  Lloyds launches notification service for online and mobile banking customers to inform it when they will be out of the country

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  BlackBerry: We’re not selling to Samsung

  BlackBerry has issued a statement denying recent claims it is to be bought by consumer electronics brand Samsung

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Ugg Australia trials RFID smart mat to digitise its stores

  Ugg Australia is trialing a smart mat system which allows shoppers to view more products electronically