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Mobile apps and software

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  Santander launches 'Boris bike' app

  Santander has released an app that allows people to book a 'Boris bike' via their mobile phone

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  Use of Halifax mobile banking app doubles

  Halifax customers logged into their bank accounts 40 million times in March 2015, double the amount in the same month in 2014

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Google reports 12% revenue increase

  Google misses analysts' $17.5bn target but reports 3.7% profit increase through growth in mobile ad sales

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Changing IT trends power banking in Norway

  Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Mobile malware overhyped, says security company Damballa

  Mobile internet users are 1.3 times more likely to get struck by lightning than infected by mobile malware, research by security firm Damballa finds

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers

  The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  Interview: The software processes behind Hailo's success

  In the past, a traditional enterprise application would have been developed as a monolithic piece of software

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users

  A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers

• April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15

  Apple Watch pre-order stampede may herald device shortage

  A high volume of orders for its smart watch suggests Apple may struggle to fulfil demand

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  Over-the-top services worth $14bn to carriers by 2020

  A study conducted by Juniper Research suggests that content paid for by carrier billing will be a lucrative money-spinner for communications providers

• April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15

  'Bored' RBS investment chairman Rory Cullinan resigns after daughter's Snapchat message goes public

  Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank chairman Rory Cullinan leaves after a Snapchat message to his daughter appeared in Instagram

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  Vodafone adds banking capability to mobile wallet

  Mobile operator Vodafone is enabling its customers to add banking functionality to their Vodafone Wallets

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration

  Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Santander launches ISA mobile app

  Spanish banking giant Santander launches a mobile app to help consumers navigate the ISA market

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Monitise no longer up for sale

  Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over

• 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 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 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 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 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

• 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 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 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 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 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 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

• 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

  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 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 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 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 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 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

  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 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Tesco embarks on image recognition technology for product placement

  Tesco is looking to pilot image recognition software to improve product placement in its stores

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Atom Bank could be first real threat to traditional banks

  Digital-only bank could be the first real challenge to high street banks if it turns its low-cost operating advantage into better rates for customers

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Technology should complement traditional merchandising, says Hershey’s

  Retailers adopting innovative technology need to consider how it might affect traditional ways of merchandising at the point of sale

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Levi Strauss & Co thinks mobile first

  Levi Strauss & Co, the company known for Levi’s denim jeans, is thinking mobile first as part of its omni-channel retailing strategy

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  John Lewis to trial location technology for click and collect

  John Lewis plans to trial a micro-location technology to improve its click and collect service

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  Hackers can exploit free mobile apps to steal data, study shows

  Hackers can access private data by exploiting vulnerabilities mainly in free mobile apps, according to security researchers

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Why are retailers breaking online delivery promises?

  The Christmas period has seen a wave of UK retailers’ technology failing to meet the basic needs of customers

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Technology needed to help ambulance services cope with increased demand

  The future of the ambulance and emergencies services needs more investment in networking

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  IoT will drive a middleware boom

  Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3bn, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Digital governments meet in London to commit to best practices

  Digital governments from across the world are meeting in London today as part of the inaugural D5 summit

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  Barclays expands cheque payment technology

  Barclays is expanding a pilot to enable a million customers to pay in cheques online by taking a picture of them