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• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  TfL to enable smartphone tickets

  Transport for London is planning to allow customers to pay for journeys using their smartphones

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Just 2% of citizens think government’s digital services will have an effect

  Only 2% of the UK believe the government’s push to offer public services digitally will have a great effect on their lives

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Zebra Technologies to acquire Motorola’s enterprise business for $3.45bn

  Zebra Technologies has announced that it will acquire Motorola Solutions’ enterprise business for $3.45bn

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Interview: Alex Alexander, multichannel technology director at Asda

  Asda has been on a cloud-based e-commerce journey for the past six years after taking its general merchandising (GM) and George clothing websites to the cloud, allowing the retailer to concentrate on innovating its retail offering

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Interview: How Ordnance Survey supports geolocation startups

  Ordnance Survey has named three budding geolocation startups as winners in its latest Developer Challenge

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Are retailers using data analytics to their advantage?

  Computer Weekly looks at the challenges the retail sector faces in taking advantage of data analysis

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Endless aisle solution helps Crocs cope with small retail space

  Footwear retailer Crocs has implemented an endless aisle solution in its 200-plus stores in the US which helps overcome small store space

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Only 10% of UK shoppers have made use of in-store tablets

  Retailers are failing to engage consumers with in-store technology

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Converse US sees over 50% web traffic from mobile

  Over half of Converse's web traffic in North America now comes from mobile devices following 'mobile first' website revamp

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  UK retailers leave US behind in click and collect race

  UK retailers are storming ahead in providing click and collect services for consumers

• April 06, 2014 06 Apr'14

  Retailers to invest more in technology throughout 2014

  Retailers will be spending more on technology over the coming year, with websites and mobile, and new IT systems at the top of their agendas

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Competition from FinTech startups keeps big suppliers on their toes

  Big suppliers in the financial technology space are becoming more agile because of the competition from startup technology companies

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  EU vote to scrap roaming charges by late 2015

  The European Parliament voted in favour of ending fees for mobile roaming across Europe

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  RBS cuts 44 branches as IT changes customer habits

  The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the latest bank to cite technology driven changes in customer behavior as a reason to make cuts

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Microsoft Build 2014: Start menu returns as Phone users get new runtime

  Microsoft unveiled moves to bring its Windows operating system (OS) into the tablet era during its Build developer conference in San Francisco

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Pharmaceuticals company turns to cloud HR technology

  Astra Zeneca CIO Dave Smoley turns lessons learned from an earlier cloud HR implementation to use at the pharmaceuticals giant

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Bank mobile apps are being overwhelmed

  The use of mobile banking apps has exceeded what banks anticipated and organisations risk service outages unless they better align IT resources to support the customer channel, according to research from CSC.

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate

  HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Tech inefficiencies in UK policing cost £221m a year

  The lack of technology being used by the police in the UK is costing taxpayers up to £221m each year, says O2

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to connect with younger customers

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to engage, interact and become closer to its younger customers

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  M&S uses social media to make customers happy and drive sales

  Marks and Spencer has been using social media to engage with its customers and has seen a significant increase in sales from its marketing campaigns

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Online sales hit £1bn as Sainsbury's seeks multichannel success

  Sainsbury’s £1bn online retail sales make up only a small proportion of its £25bn overall turnover

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  DCMS to fund rural trials of superfast broadband

  The DCMS has opened up its £10m funding pot for suppliers with innovative ideas to help superfast broadband reach remote UK areas

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Interview: Dan Taylor, head of BBC iPlayer

  When the BBC set about its coverage for the 2012 London Olympics, it changed audience expectations of how to view content online

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Sport Relief launches ‘mobile first’ campaign

  Sport Relief has taken a ‘mobile first’ approach to its campaign this year by releasing an app to encourage as many people to take part as possible

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Interview: Russ Shaw, founder, Tech London Advocates

  Tech London Advocates is a network of more than 500 people in the technology ecosystem who link up to promote London’s emerging tech sector by dealing with issues and challenges they see on the horizon

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  UK top in Europe for purchasing on smartphones

  The UK has the highest number of consumers making purchases on smartphones in Europe, according to a survey by TNS

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Interview: Francisco D’Souza. How do established IT suppliers keep growing?

  The last few years has seen IT budgets decimated and as a result IT suppliers have been forced to change their business models. The emergence of the digital world and globalisation are just two trends shaping the future of IT services

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Non-compliant organisations risk being cut off from the PSN

  Organisations not compliant with PSN security after the end-March deadline and who fail to engage for help are “effectively opting out”

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Lack of IT security knowledge slows global BYOD uptake

  Slow adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) strategies within business is due to lack of understanding of available security, according to a survey by Oracle

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  British retailers to lose £1bn per year due to long queues

  Nearly three quarters of shoppers will abandon purchases if they have to queue for longer than five minutes, which could result in £1bn losses per year for UK retailers

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  A billion payments to go through Paym by 2018

  The Payments Council forecasts one billion payments to be made through Paym to people using mobile phone numbers by the end of 2018, according to a report

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Case Study: Caterham F1 boosts productivity with mobile communication network

  The Caterham F1 team is using the Truphone telecoms network to increase ease of communication in its global business

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Baby Boomers most likely to 'showroom' while shopping

  Baby Boomers are more likely to use their smartphones to compare prices while shopping than their younger counterparts

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Startup profile: Lowdown

  Lowdown is a British startup which has developed an app for meeting management

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Ofcom 4G auction achieved competition goal

  National Audit Office report says Ofcom achieved its goal of maintaining a competitive market through last year's 4G auction

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Case study: Footwear company Deckers takes e-commerce sites into the cloud

  The company behind shoe brands including Ugg Australia and Teva is using a cloud-based digital commerce platform to support global expansion

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  BBC launches redesigned iPlayer video-on-demand service

  The BBC launches the latest version of its video-on-demand service with improved navigation and recommendation features and sign-in function

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  British Gas puts board documents on mobile devices to save time and costs

  British Gas implements cloud-based software to give board members and administrators access to documents on mobile computing devices

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Payments Council launches Paym mobile payments service

  The Payments Council is to launch a secure means for consumers to make payments using a mobile number, called Paym

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Cabinet Office completes first user trial of consumer technologies

  The Cabinet Office has completed its first user trial of consumer technologies within the department

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Porn still most potent mobile malware channel, says Blue Coat

  Malvertising is putting mobile users at risk and has overtaken pornography as the highest volume delivery channel of mobile malware, study shows

• March 01, 2014 01 Mar'14

  John Lewis to launch startup incubator - JLab

  John Lewis is to launch its first technology startup incubator – JLab

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  The big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

  This week saw the world’s largest mobile conference hit Barcelona. Computer Weekly takes a look at the big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CA Technologies launches MDM suite

  CA Technologies has launched a new suite of products designed to provide mobile device management to enterprises

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Three UK sees 48% rise in profits for 2013

  As Three transfers all its customers to its 4G network at no extra charge, the mobile operator reports full-year profits of £417m

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Sainsbury’s appoints digital and technology director

  Sainsbury’s has created a digital and technology director and awarded the position to existing online director, Jon Rudoe

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  WorldPay reports surge in contactless payments

  Contactless transactions are on the rise, with WorldPay reporting annual growth of over 226%

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  MasterCard and Syniverse launch geolocation card verification service

  MasterCard and Syniverse have launched a number of mobile and payment services for mobile users to use while travelling abroad

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Mobile responsible for 32% of online sales

  One third of all UK online sales were made using a mobile device in the last quarter of 2013

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Samsung Knox to provide enterprise mobility for SMEs

  The latest Samsung Knox products have been designed to help small to medium-sized businesses invest in enterprise mobility

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

  Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launch

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  £3m UK grant to tackle malicious app collusion

  UK-based researchers are to use a £3m grant to investigate ways of countering malicious apps that collude with each other to infect smartphones

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  BlackBerry 'damaged' enterprise relationship with BB10

  BlackBerry CEO John Chen admits preoccupation with BlackBerry 10 and Z10 launch damaged its relationship with enterprises

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Samsung launches Galaxy S5 at MWC 2014

  Samsung unveils its latest flagship smartphone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Zuckerburg at MWC: Emerging markets don’t know they need the internet

  Slow uptake of the internet in emerging markets is due to a lack of knowledge of necessity, according to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  IP networks "inherently less secure"

  We may have come far when it comes to performance in telecoms networks but Juniper Networks claims the move from fixed connections to IP has brought more security challenges

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Nokia sidelines Windows 8 to launch Android device at MWC

  Nokia will release a phone running the Android operating system, it announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Apple users at risk of SSL man-in-the-middle attacks

  Apple has issued a security alert affecting iOS 7.0.6 which could put iPhone and iPad users at risk from MITM-style hacking attacks

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Operators preventing dual SIM handsets

  Acer claims that although its new handset offers dual SIM capabilities for the business user, mobile operators will stop the feature coming to market to protect revenues

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Interview: Helen Milner CEO, Tinder, on the digital divide in Britain

  Eleven million people across the UK are struggling to connect to the internet. Not because of problems with hardware, bad connectivity, or even rural broadband challenges, but because they either don’t know how, or are too poor to get online

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Welcome Break speeds up payments transactions

  Welcome Break has upgraded its entire payments system to improve the speed of services to customers and streamline end-of-day management transactions

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Case study: South Tyneside NHS Trust deploys Huddle on iPads for board meetings

  South Tyneside NHS Trust has begun its paperless journey by moving its board meetings to the cloud using Huddle for iPad

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  EE connects commuters via 4G

  EE has announced plans to expand its 4G network to aid commuters, and will be recruiting more than 1,000 new customer service staff over the next 24 months

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  UK start-ups get ready for Mobile World Congress 2014

  With the world’s biggest mobile trade show just days away, we talk to some of the representatives of the UK start-up industry representing us on the show floor

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Care UK to introduce 4G to 4,000 employees

  Advanced Mobile Communications has won a multi-million pound contract to provide EE’s 4G connectivity to Care UK’s 4,000 employees

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Well-defined mobile strategies needed for business growth

  Businesses with ambition to grow must have a formalised and well-defined mobile strategy

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Smartphone sales decline in mature markets

  Smartphone sales slowed significantly in developed markets in 2013, according to research firm Gartner

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  The challenges of implementing Camden’s digital strategy

  Camden Borough Council's digital strategy sets out how technology will support and enable the local authority grow and develop

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Telehealth startups cluster around Kent

  Telehealth technology startups cluster around Kent in industry move to provide digital health solutions for the UK’s aging population

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Newcastle and Buckinghamshire councils win O2 Local Government Digital Fund

  Newcastle City Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have won a share of prize money from O2 which will be used by the councils to tackle social challenges using technology

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Government tasks startup to build flood volunteering website

  A new website to help victims of the UK flooding disaster has been launched today

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  OTT providers fail to win trust of users

  Despite over-the-top providers like Skype and Whatsapp getting all the attention, users want their mobile operators to be more involved with these services and provide a solution they can trust, according to a new survey

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Rugby Football Union installs mobile commerce technology

  The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is implementing a mobile commerce services in its Twickenham stadium

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Head of BBM becomes latest BlackBerry casualty

  Andrew Bocking is leaving the ailing mobile manufacturer as BlackBerry Messenger is integrated into the enterprise business

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Intelligent Energy uses Polycom to implement unified comms

  Intelligent Energy – a developer of clean energy technology – is using Polycom’s communications technology to deliver a unified system for conference calls as it expands globally.

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

  Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategy

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Sony sells PC business in favour of smartphone push

  Sony announces plans to reform its PC and TV divisions by selling off its PC branch to Japan Industrial Partners

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Samsung to open 15 UK stores with Phones 4u

  The mobile manufacturer will team up with the retailer to open 15 Samsung-focused stores across the UK

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Case study: Transport for London modernises website with HTML5

  Transport for London has re-engineered its website to move with the times. TfL's head of online, Phil Young, explains the design principles

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Google Q4 revenues and profits up 17%

  Google reported fourth quarter revenues of $16.86 and profits of $3.38bn, both up 17% compared with the same period in 2012

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Data security is not their responsibility, say 23% of employees

  Almost a quarter of employees believe that data security is not their responsibility, according to a survey by security management firm Absolute Software

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Lenovo buys Google’s Motorola Mobility in $3bn deal

  Google has announced the sale of its Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese computer maker Lenovo in a $3bn deal

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Are businesses turning to Windows Phone instead of BlackBerry?

  It's been a year since BlackBerry tried to reclaim the smartphone market with the BB10 operating system and the Z10 and qwerty Q10 handsets

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  ARM aims at Intel’s stronghold with 64-bit standard

  Intel hopes new baseline standard for ARM v8 chips will help it flex its muscles in the datacentre

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust deploys iOS devices

  South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed 300 iOS mobile devices onto its network to improve patient care processes

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  DECC IT overhaul follows government digital standards

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is accustomed to large outsourcing contracts, yet it is the first department within government to move away from a single supplier approach, to a new multi-sourcing model across all its core ...

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Apple shares down on flat profits

  Apple share fell almost 9% in after-hours trading despite reporting record quarterly revenue of $57.6bn for the quarter ending 28 December 2013

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  NHS Scotland has more time for patients thanks to mobile technology

  NHS doctors and nurses are using the latest mobile technology across Scotland to speed admin and spend more time with patients

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Google, Samsung sign 10-year technology cross-licensing deal

  Google and Samsung have signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement to reduce "the potential for litigation"

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  CIO interview: Julian Payne, head of ICT, Science Museum Group

  The Science Museum Group has just completed a merger with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Beginning in 2012 and took two years to integrate all business and IT functionality with the group

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Qualcomm buys up Palm patents from HP

  Mobile chip maker Qualcomm is to take over almost 2,500 patents from HP, picked up from its acquisition of Palm

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Samsung profits fall in Q4 2013

  Electronics firm Samsung sees profits fall 11% quarter on quarter – the first decline it has seen in two years

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  Nokia ends 2013 in decline

  All of Nokia's divisions see falls in sales and profits, but its CEO remains positive the remaining businesses will flourish in the future

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  CIO interview: Richard Warner, CIO, LV

  The IT industry is swarming with buzz words, from big data and the internet of things to social collaboration and consumerisation of distribution. Yet despite the hype around them making some doubt their importance, the CIO of insurer LV, Richard ...

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

  Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Mobile users will provide data to 100 apps a day by 2017

  Mobile users will provide personal data streams to more than 100 apps and services a day by the year 2017, research firm Gartner predicts

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Ofcom to allow superfast broadband for travellers

  Communications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for vehicles such as boats, planes and trains to provide passengers with superfast broadband

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  IT mobility trend continues in 2014

  More than half of enterprises plan to issue employees with mobile devices in 2014, a Computer Weekly survey has found