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Mobile apps and software
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May 10, 2013
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May'13
Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech
Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways
The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service
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May 07, 2013
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May'13
Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?
Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty
The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy
Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
CIO interview: Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery, British Airways
After changes in IT leadership two years ago, the IT strategy at BA is focusing on infrastructure modernisation and smarter use of customer data
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April 04, 2013
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Apr'13
BMI Healthcare assesses mobile devices for hospital consultants
Healthcare provider BMI Healthcare is evaluating mobile device management to give consultants flexible access to patient records
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April 03, 2013
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Apr'13
Will the iPad ever be a true corporate device or will Microsoft usurp it?
The iPad is used in enterprises today but will it ever be a true corporate device or just one that IT departments create workarounds to support?
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March 28, 2013
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Mar'13
More IT problems at RBS
RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers using mobile apps were locked out today after another IT failure at the banking group
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March 28, 2013
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Mar'13
Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending
The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast
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March 26, 2013
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Mar'13
Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m
Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires
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March 25, 2013
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Mar'13
Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m
Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities
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March 20, 2013
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Mar'13
CIO interview: Darrell Stein, IT director, Marks & Spencer
As M&S develops its multi-channel capability, Darrell Stein and his team are delivering projects focused on innovation and profitability
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March 15, 2013
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Mar'13
Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security
Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security
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March 12, 2013
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Mar'13
O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’
O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch
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March 08, 2013
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Mar'13
Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment
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March 06, 2013
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Mar'13
Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data
Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things.
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February 27, 2013
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Feb'13
350,000 different types of spam SMS messages were targeted at mobile users in 2012
350,000 different variants of unsolicited spam SMS messages were accounted for in 2012, with 53,000 variants logged for December alone
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February 27, 2013
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Feb'13
Booking.com embraces mobile apps
Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years
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February 25, 2013
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Feb'13
Will the Nokia portfolio win over the world?
As the former leader of the mobile market tries to entice customers to use its handsets, we ask whether the strategy will succeed
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February 24, 2013
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Feb'13
Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS
Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market
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February 05, 2013
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Feb'13
Interview: John Harris, vice-president of global enterprise architecture, Aimia
Aimia, the organisation behind retail loyalty programme Nectar, is overhauling its IT to make the most of customer data
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January 24, 2013
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Jan'13
Nokia bounces back in Q4
Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn
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January 17, 2013
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Jan'13
Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices
The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat
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January 16, 2013
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Jan'13
CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities
It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner
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January 08, 2013
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Jan'13
VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low
A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology
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January 03, 2013
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Jan'13
Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones
The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones
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December 14, 2012
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Dec'12
CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
As the new CIO at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Kevin O’Connor is looking to bring in a new approach to the company’s IT strategy
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December 07, 2012
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Dec'12
Citrix buys corporate MDM tool company Zenprise
Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise for an undisclosed sum to boost its corporate mobile tools portfolio
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December 04, 2012
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Dec'12
iPads get IT into the boardroom
Deutsche Börse, Standard Life and Resolution are three finance firms that have transformed board meetings using Apple iPads
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November 28, 2012
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Nov'12
Apple sacks head of maps
Apple has sacked Richard Williamson, the executive in charge of Apple Maps, after months of embarrassment over application’s performance
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November 26, 2012
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Nov'12
Competing firms jockey for position in mobile payments gold rush
While mobile payments is still in its infancy, the promise of the rewards is substantial and competition for market dominance is gathering pace
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November 23, 2012
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Nov'12
Barclays Bank to give thousands of staff iPads
Barclays is rolling out 8,500 Apple iPads across branches to improve interaction with customers
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November 22, 2012
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Nov'12
Orange launches free call and text app
Orange takes on the ‘over the top’ providers with its own application, called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free
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November 19, 2012
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Nov'12
Emirates takes Windows 8 HP ElitePad 900 to the sky
Airline Emirates is rolling out in-flight Windows 8 tablets to enable cabin crew to access core IT
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November 13, 2012
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Nov'12
Hillarys Blinds rolls out custom sales app using SAP Afaria
Blinds and curtains supplier Hillarys Blinds has developed an Android app for sales agents that synchronises with its back-end SAP ERP system
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November 12, 2012
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Nov'12
Gartner: BYOD will encourage self-support
Self-support communities will offset the cost and manpower of providing a helpdesk for staff who use their own devices, according to Gartner
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November 07, 2012
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Nov'12
Apple loses patent case to VirnetX
Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents
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November 07, 2012
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Nov'12
Government departments get go-ahead to use iPhones for sensitive data
Government departments have been given the go-ahead to use iPhones to send and receive sensitive emails
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October 31, 2012
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Oct'12
Apple squashes BlackBerry as Brent Borough deploys iPads
Brent Borough Council replaces BlackBerry and deploys MobileIron to securely manage almost 3,000 iPads and iPhones
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October 26, 2012
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Oct'12
Samsung posts record profits as smartphone sales soar
South Korean electronics company Samsung records a 91% rise in profits as smartphone sales and display shipments rocket
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October 09, 2012
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Oct'12
Telefónica launches business to sell mobile data
O2 parent company Telefónica is to offer user data from customer's mobile phones to organisations who want to analyse customer activity
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October 05, 2012
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Oct'12
Security firm warns against Samsung Galaxy Tab for enterprise use
Security specialist Context Information Security says vulnerabilities in the Samsung Galaxy Tab make it unsuitable for use in the enterprise
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October 03, 2012
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Oct'12
4G victory was technical, not political
Speedy execution of the digital television switchover and clearing of spectrum improved the 4G timetable, not negotiations by central government
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September 25, 2012
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Sep'12
Security concerns hold back mobile banking adoption
More than two-thirds of smartphone owners have not yet adopted mobile banking apps because of security concerns, a survey has revealed
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September 21, 2012
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Sep'12
Suffolk County Council rolls out app design tool in schools
Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool that will enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps
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September 21, 2012
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Sep'12
Microsoft wins third German patent victory over Google Motorola technology
Microsoft has won a third victory in Germany over Google's Motorola unit in the ongoing patent wars between the two companies
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September 18, 2012
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Sep'12
EDF app enables smartphones to snap meter readings
Energy supplier EDF has released an app that enables customers to submit meter readings by using the camera on a smartphone
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September 17, 2012
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Sep'12
Android devices vulnerable to security breaches
More than 50% of devices running Google's Android OS have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks
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September 12, 2012
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Sep'12
Apple launches iPhone 5 with updated iOS 6
Apple debuts the iPhone 5 and upgraded iOS 6 as rebranded mobile operator Everything Everywhere – now EE – snags the UK 4G exclusive