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Mobile apps and software

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Apple acquires AuthenTec for $356m

  Apple is to acquire finger print sensor technology company AuthenTec for $356m in a move to enter the mobile payments space

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Twitter apologises for outage ahead of Olympics

  Twitter has apologised for the two-hour micro-blogging service outage on the day before the official opening of the London 2012 Olympics

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Will Microsoft turn things around for Nokia?

  With more disappointing results, Nokia is pinning its hopes on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 launch, but can the Redmond giant save the day?

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  PayPal buys mobile payment firm Card.io

  The online payment company looks to expand its mobile offering with the San Francisco start-up

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

  Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• June 28, 2012 28 Jun'12

  Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation

  Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready

• June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12

  Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation

  CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate.

• June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12

  BT launches One Voice app to cut roaming costs

  The mobile app allows business travellers to cut costs on international calling by routing calls through their corporate VPN

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  RSPCA mobilises workforce with AMT-SYBEX

  Mobile solution enables RSPCA officers to act faster on reports of animal cruelty from the public

• June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12

  TfL opens up live bus data

  Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website

• May 30, 2012 30 May'12

  Post Office rolls out NFC contactless payments

  The postal company will deploy 300,000 contactless payment terminals across 11,500 Post Offices, making it the largest roll-out of the technology in Europe

• May 28, 2012 28 May'12

  UK regulator PhonepayPlus shuts down Angry Birds smartphone scam

  UK users of Android smartphones have been targeted by premium-rate phone scams masquerading as popular apps such as Angry Birds

• May 18, 2012 18 May'12

  Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense

  Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense.

• May 11, 2012 11 May'12

  Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?

  With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups?

• May 03, 2012 03 May'12

  MasterCard certifies raft of NFC mobiles

  MasterCard has certified HTC, Intel, LG, Nokia, RIM, Samsung and Sony mobiles to use its near field communications (NFC) payment system

• April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12

  CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic

  Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart.

• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales

  Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter.

• March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12

  Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

  More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates

• March 14, 2012 14 Mar'12

  NHS trust to use iPads for real-time access to patient records

  An NHS trust in the Midlands is planning to equip medical staff and community nurses with iPads to give real-time access to patient records on the move.

• March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12

  RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

  Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  Mobile technology training in demand

  A massive 81% of IT professionals are planning to bolster their skills in mobile computing as 84% see this as an area of growth in the market.

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  Generation Y is a myth, says Corporate Executive Board research

  Generation Y – the computer-literate youngsters who need the latest high-tech gadget to work effectively – is a myth, the latest research reveals

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

  UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  NHS Trust saves £1m a year with text reminder service

  Barts Hospital and the London Hospital NHS Trust have saved nearly £1m a year with an automatic appointment reminder text service.

• December 21, 2011 21 Dec'11

  RIM rebuffs Amazon and Microsoft approaches

  Amazon considered buying troubled smartphone maker, Research in Motion, according to a report on Reuters.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal

  Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.

• November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11

  CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann

  Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

  Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces.