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Mobile apps and software

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  Thriving fintech, AI sectors give boost to UK tech funding

  British technology businesses have received £5bn worth of venture capital funding since June 2016 – more than France, Germany and Sweden put together – with fintech and AI startups standing out

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Huge rise in TSB-themed mobile phishing attacks after IT meltdown

  Scammers have used bank’s IT problems as an opportunity to target its customers with mobile phishing attacks

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Ethical hacker, 86, rises to Santander’s challenge

  Elderly hacker with little computing experience was able to hack WiFi and create phishing attack

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  BBC to show World Cup in virtual reality

  Broadcaster will trial virtual reality and ultra HD live streams of the FIFA World Cup through BBC iPlayer and a dedicated VR app

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Nestle nips unwanted mobile app sprawl in the bud

  Nestle has consolidated its consumer-facing mobile app portfolio to add features to the most successful apps

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Apple wins $539m from Samsung in latest iPhone patent case

  Apple has won the latest battle in a long-running patent war with South Korean rival Samsung

• May 24, 2018 24 May'18

  England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data

  Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Mobile fraud up 680% since 2015, RSA reports

  Fake profiles and throw-away devices are transforming social media into a cyber criminal marketplace, a fraud report reveals

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  Companies need to adapt to new communication demands from millennials

  TechSmith has warned businesses younger generations have new multimedia-based communication demands

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  Nordic banks plan major digital transformation of operations

  Banks in the Nordic region are set to accelerate their spending on technology as digital services take-up accelerates

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  TSB refused help from Lloyds as IT meltdown began

  TSB turned down an offer of help from Lloyds Banking Group as the migration of customers accounts to its new banking system went wrong

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Santander latest traditional player to open digital bank

  Santander is the latest traditional bank to follow an industry trend and develop a digital banking unit

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Steadily declining retail footfall confirms shifting consumer behaviour

  Footfall in the UK highstreet is on the decline, according to figures by the British Retail Consortium, confirming the consumer shift towards more digital behaviour

• May 11, 2018 11 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

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Citrix touts digital workspace app in services play

  Software supplier Citrix’s cloud-based workspace app is part of its efforts to deliver integrated services that support the modern workplace