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• November 12, 2012 12 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

• November 07, 2012 07 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

• November 07, 2012 07 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

• November 02, 2012 02 Nov'12

  O2 ramps up roaming charges for outside EU

  After being forced to cut rates for users in Europe, the mobile operator increases roaming charges for outside the EU

• October 31, 2012 31 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

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?

  An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband

• October 26, 2012 26 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

• October 09, 2012 09 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

• October 05, 2012 05 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

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service

  The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers

• October 03, 2012 03 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

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  BYOD: IT must tackle printer security

  With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies

• September 25, 2012 25 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

• September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12

  UK faces BlackBerry outage again

  People in the UK, Middle East and Europe are again facing disruption to the BlackBerry email messaging service

• September 21, 2012 21 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

• September 21, 2012 21 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

• September 18, 2012 18 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

• September 17, 2012 17 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

• September 12, 2012 12 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

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games

  The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  Personal mobile policies lacking in IT

  Just 23% of IT departments in the UK have a strategy for managing the use of personal devices on their corporate networks, according to new research

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  UK partners pressure Adobe to keep Flash Player on Android store

  Adobe admits it has buckled under pressure from UK partners, such as the BBC, to keep Flash Player on the Google Play Store

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices

  HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.

• August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12

  Amazon Appstore opens Android to attack

  Amazon is urging users to switch off a safety feature in Android which prevents rogue apps from being downloaded, to install its Appstore software

• August 24, 2012 24 Aug'12

  Samsung to power 3’s 4G network

  The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Facebook gets green light for Instagram acquisition

  The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the social network's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  At least 9 out of 10 top mobile apps hacked, study shows

  An average of 96% of the top 100 paid mobile apps have been hacked, a study has revealed

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'

  Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  Facebook to launch virtual bingo in UK

  Facebook is to launch a virtual bingo game in the UK that offers cash prizes

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  Smartphones drive Tesco's UK virtual supermarket

  Tesco has launched a smartphone-friendly virtual supermarket online shopping system at Gatwick airport.

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Samsung rejects Apple claim that it copied iPhone

  Samsung has rejected Apple's claim that it copied the iPhone during the first court clash before a US jury

• 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 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Olympic Games 2012: Preparing for a mobile data deluge

  How mobile operators and the Olympic Delivery Authority prepared for the huge demand for mobile traffic expected during London 2012

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide

  Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture

• 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 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Facebook share price falls after Q2 results announcement

  Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on the NYSE to a record low of $23.94 after announcing second quarter financial results

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

  Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013

• 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 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM

  Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership

  Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture

• July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12

  Metropolitan Police gears up to analyse smartphone evidence

  The Metropolitan Police plans to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered from the public using mobile phones

• 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.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Apple pays $60m to settle iPad trademark dispute in China

  Apple is to pay $60m to Chinese electronics firm Proview Technology to settle a long-running dispute over rights to the "iPad" name

• 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 19, 2012 19 Jun'12

  The mobile side of net neutrality

  It isn’t just ISPs managing website traffic to improve access to some destinations and limit it for others – the mobile operators are at it too

• June 15, 2012 15 Jun'12

  Vodafone in the clear for UK tax bill

  The National Audit Office states Vodafone’s £1.25bn settlement with HMRC was "reasonable" and "good" for the public purse