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• May 18, 2015 18 May'15

  Wi-Fi Global Congress: Hotspot 2.0 standard addresses wireless security holes

  At Wi-Fi Global Congress, Ruckus Wireless announces it will be first to market with the second release of Hotspot 2.0

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Fire services to keep Airwave Tetra radios until 2020

  The Department for Communities and Local Government approves a major extension of the fire services' Firelink Tetra network to the end of 2019

• May 14, 2015 14 May'15

  Vodafone bemoans 4G business laggards

  A survey of 4G take-up in business by Vodafone has revealed many businesses are struggling to understand how it can help them

• 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

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Huawei opens European Research Institute

  Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  Windows 10: Why you should work around PC price hike

  IT departments planning a PC refresh to tie in with Windows 10 can expect to pay more due to the strong US dollar

• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Vodafone sends network in a backpack to Nepal earthquake zone

  Vodafone’s charitable arm, the Vodafone Foundation, deploys instant mini networks to help restore communications in quake-hit Nepal

• 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 17, 2015 17 Apr'15

  Hutchison Whampoa launches Hue wholesaling for mobile virtual network operators

  Hutchison Whampoa launches mobile wholesaling business Hue to help mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) expand internationally

• April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15

  Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa

  Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Vodafone launches outlet store for refurbished smartphones

  Vodafone debuts Vodafone Outlet, an online store offering deep discounts on returned smartphones

• 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 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay

  After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst

  Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas

• 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

  Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify

  Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch

• 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 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Internet of things and 5G network research priority in 2015 Budget

  Research into the internet of things and the 5G networks to support it figured highly in chancellor George Osborne’s 2015 Budget

• 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 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Smart meter project in danger of outright failure, government warned

  A report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned that plans to install smart meters across the UK by 2020 are veering off-track

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  2015 IT priorities: SDN yet to prove itself, fear of network hacks growing

  In Computer Weekly’s 2015 IT priorities study, software-defined networking is still behind management and monitoring as a networking priority

• 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 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  Microsoft to cut 9,000 jobs at Nokia plants in China

  Microsoft plans to shut down two former Nokia manufacturing plants in China, which means 9,000 jobs will be lost in the latest round of cuts

• 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

  Airwave's Tetra emergency services radio "costly and inflexible"

  Incumbent Airwave failed to advance to the next stage of the Emergency Services Network procurement because its Tetra radio technology was too inflexible for current needs, according to reports

• 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 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  BDUK accused of not being “vigilant” in upholding broadband targets

  MPs accused BDUK of not being vigilant enough to deliver its own current superfast broadband coverage targets

• 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