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May 29, 2012 29 May'12
BT helps itself to Home Hubs for public Wi-Fi

A feature of BT's routers called Fon gives away a percentage of bandwidth from home-based Wi-Fi to passers-by, often without user consent.
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
BlackBerry maker RIM to slash thousands of jobs

Research in Motion (RIM) is planning to cut its workforce by at least 2,000 as the troubled maker of the BlackBerry smartphone embarks on a global restructure
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Everything Everywhere brings NFC to buses

The mobile operator partnership teams with Stagecoach for NFC payments on bus and rail travel
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
Facebook rushes to launch Instagram-like app

Facebook has introduced a mobile photo sharing app to demonstrate that it is being proactive on the mobile front, say analysts.

May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Formal BYOD agreements essential, says Ovum

Businesses are urged to set up formal agreements with employees before they allow them to use their own laptops and mobile devices at work
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Google Android does not breach Oracle patents, court finds

A US court has found that Google's Android mobile platform does not infringe Oracle's Java patents
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Barclays raises Pingit app cap as demand soars

Barclays has increased the amount that can be paid to businesses through its Pingit mobile banking app in response to high demand
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Google closes Motorola Mobility acquisition

Google has announced the completion of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility following approval of the deal by regulatory authorities in China
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Google gets Motorola approval from China

Chinese regulators have approved Google's $12.5bn deal to acquire phone maker Motorola Mobility, but under certain conditions.
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 18, 2012 18 May'12
Police crack mobile phones to extract evidence

The Met Police force is to use software that can crack mobile phones to extract data to speed up investigations
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
4G networks could disrupt TV signals for two million homes

Two million households could have their digital TV signals disrupted when 4G networks begin rolling out across the UK
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Interview: Avaya EMEA president Michael Bayer

We talk upcoming launches, acquisitions and R&D with the head of Europe for Avaya
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Samsung overtakes Nokia as top mobile phone maker

Samsung sold more mobile phones than Nokia last year, and is larger than Apple in the smartphone market
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Mobile network operators block political websites

A report from the LSE and the Open Rights Group shows default filtering on mobile devices blocks political websites without users' knowledge
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
BYOD not popular with US CIOs

Most CIOs are not yet allowing employees to access company networks using personal computing devices, a US national survey has revealed.
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 11, 2012 11 May'12
O2 reveals new roaming rates

The mobile operator launches O2 Travel, one day after the European Parliament ruling to reduce roaming charges
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Facebook announces app store, but issues revenue warning

Facebook has announced its own app store, but also warned investors that the rapid growth of its mobile apps threatens its long-term financial prospects
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
EU votes in favour of roaming charge cuts

The European Union passes a new bill to slash the prices of using mobile phones on the continent
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Are banks failing to move with the mobile wallet?

The recent launch of O2’s mobile wallet app is the latest signal that a shift is starting to happen in the payments market away from banks as the primary providers to a more divers landscape.
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Telefónica unveils TU Me mobile app

The mobile operator decides if you can’t beat the over-the-top providers like Skype, you may as well join them
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
IT managers in ‘true denial’ of BYOD

Juniper Network’s trusted mobility index shows 65% of UK IT managers don’t think employees are using unsupported devices
May 08, 2012 08 May'12
Google breached Oracle's Java copyright, finds jury

Google breached Oracle’s Java programming language copyright, a jury has found in the Google Android patent hearing
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Court case reveals ‘big loss’ for Google Android

The world’s most popular mobile operating system led to huge losses for Google in 2010
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
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Everything Everywhere rolls out 4G trial in Lake District

Cabinet minister Michael Gove has unveiled Everything Everywhere’s new 4G trial in Cumbria, despite ongoing tensions between operators and Ofcom over the company’s use of spectrum.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Hackers deploy new attack method targeting Android

Compromised websites are serving a new Trojan targeting Android devices, warns security firm Lookout.
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Do mobile termination rates rule operator revenues?

Everything Everywhere blamed a 2.5% sales drop on Ofcom's MTR rules, and a £300m annual revenue decrease.
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Motorola Mobility reports $86m loss in first quarter of 2012

Motorola Mobility has reported a loss of $86m in its results for the first quarter of 2012
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S III handset

Samsung is preparing for the launch of the Galaxy S III handset on Thursday 3 May 2012
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Interview: Oracle president Mark Hurd

Eighteen months after leaving HP in controversial circumstances, Mark Hurd discusses what cloud, mobile and big data mean to Oracle
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Visa Europe digital wallet application V.me comes to the UK

Visa Europe's digital wallet application V.me is to come to the UK, lending momentum to the wave of consumers taking up mobile banking services
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Samsung tops smartphone league table

The manufacturer overtakes Apple as the best-selling make of smartphone in the world, according to Juniper Research.
April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12
4G – What’s the hold up?

As Everything Everywhere launches a campaign for faster rollout of 4G networks, we ask what is slowing the UK’s adoption of the mobile technology.
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.
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
Vodafone buys Cable & Wireless for £1bn

Vodafone has bought Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for £1.04bn
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
US sanctions foreign powers using technology in human rights abuses

The US plans to target foreign nationals using new technologies to carry out human rights abuses
April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12
CIO interview: Matt Peers, Deloitte

“I love the consumerisation of IT,” says Matt Peers, CIO of Deloitte, where mobility is the company’s main IT priority.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Nokia loses €3bn as Windows Phone partnership struggles

Nokia has reported a €3bn loss, due to what it describes as greater than expected competitive challenges and seasonality
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Mobile commerce soars 254% in the UK

The number of customers using smartphones to make purchases soared by 254% from March 2011, according to IMRG.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Barclaycard launches stick-on card to accelerate contactless payments

Barclaycard is providing stick-on contactless sensors, to encourage people to start making payments with their smartphones
April 18, 2012 18 Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Poor mobile security exposes UK firms to massive risk, study shows

UK organisations are running IT security risks by failing to respond to the trend of employees using their own mobile devices for work
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Infosec 2012: BYOD great for infosec profession, says IT head

Supporting a bring your own device (BYOD) programme is relatively simple, says the head of IT infrastructure and support services at the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation.
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Oracle sues Google for $1bn over Android OS

Oracle sues Google for $1bn over claimed copyright infringement in the Java programming of the Android mobile operating system (OS)
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
Barclays opens mobile banking to customers of all banks

Barclays bank has made its Pingit mobile banking app available to customers of all banks.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
BlackBerry most secure mobile platform, research finds

BlackBerry leads the pack when it comes to secure mobile platforms, according to a study by security firm Trend Micro, Bloor Research and Altimeter Group.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
HSBC joins mobile banking revolution

HSBC has released an app that enables its customers to access bank account details from their mobile phones.
April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12
Facebook to acquire Instagram in $1bn deal

Facebook is to acquire smartphone photo sharing network Instagram in a $1bn stock and cash deal
April 05, 2012 05 Apr'12
Flybe puts flight crew safety manuals on iPads

Airline Flybe is providing flight crew with iPads to allow them access safety manuals
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Leeds City Council deploys mobile self-provisioning

In a bid to lower the burden on the helpdesk, Leeds has built a portal and online apps market for smartphone users
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
EC investigates Motorola Mobility over Apple and Microsoft complaints

EC competition authorities investigate Motorola Mobility after complaints from Apple and Microsoft that it tried to block sales of their products
March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12
RIM kills off consumer business following Q4 losses

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced it will exit the consumer business after posting large Q4 losses
March 29, 2012 29 Mar'12
EU to begin new cuts to mobile roaming costs from July

New rules agreed by the European Parliament will force mobile firms to lower the prices of making a call or downloading data abroad by July 2012.
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Will 2012 be the year of the first significant smartphone attacks?

Security researchers have warned of mobile malware for years but will 2012 prove the year of the first significant attacks on smartphones?
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Barclays Bank card data vulnerable to mobile phone scanning fraud

Channel 4 News has revealed fraudsters can access the data on Barclays Bank cards by scanning them with mobile phones
March 22, 2012 22 Mar'12
Android retains lead over iPhone

Most mobiles - 73% - are smartphones and nearly half are running Google's Android operating system, according to the latest research.
March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12
Half of education institutions victims of mobile IT theft

According to research, 45% of UK education establishments claim to have had mobile IT equipment stolen during the last three years.
March 08, 2012 08 Mar'12
Telehealth could save NHS £1.2bn

The NHS could save £1.2bn over five years by encouraging three million patients with long-term conditions to use telehealth technology.
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
Laptop remains top mobile enterprise device, study reveals

The laptop remains the most popular mobile device for work despite an influx of smartphones and tablets, a study has revealed
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
March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12
Demand surges for Barclays Bank Pingit mobile banking app

Over 120,000 people have downloaded Barclays Bank’s Pingit mobile banking application within five days of its release
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 27, 2012 27 Feb'12
SAP reacts to BYOD trend with management tool

SAP has highlighted its ability to help customers meet the bring your own device (BYOD) challenges
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Mobile strategy needs to catch up with adoption

Most businesses see mobility as a key driver of agility, effectiveness and efficiency, but have yet to formulate long-term strategic plans.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Microsoft targets Motorola and Google in patent claim

Microsoft has lodged a complaint with European competition authorities against phone maker Motorola Mobility, which is in the process of being acquired by Google in a $12.5bn deal .
February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12
Health apps will be key to NHS Information Strategy

The Department of Health is to put mobile apps at the heart of the NHS Information Strategy, says project chief Giles Wilmore.
February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12
SAP and Samsung team up to push enterprise Android

SAP and Samsung are reported to be joining forces to make mobile devices running Google's Android operating system safer to use in the corporate environment.
February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12
Survey reveals flexible working technology shortfall

Businesses have grasped the benefits of flexible working but are failing to provide the technology and policies to support it, according to research.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
Clarks predicts fewer tills with growth of mobile commerce

Shoe retailer Clarks expects to see fewer tills in store as more customers use their smartphones to make on-premise purchases.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
Mobile malware on the rise

New malware releases reduced during the final three months of 2011, but were higher than expected for the year
February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12
Technology 'geeks' the most productive employees, says research

Employees who push back the boundaries of technology at work are the most productive workers in any organisation, research reveals
February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12
Apple wins patent dispute with Motorola

Apple has won a patent dispute with Motorola Mobility in a Munich court over a "slide-to-unlock" feature on smartphones sold in Germany.
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
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
Everything Everywhere part sale being considered

Everything Everywhere has become the subject of industry speculation with Deutsche Telekom said to be considering selling its share of the business.
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Kevin Gallagher, CIO, Channel 4

Kevin Gallagher, CIO of Channel 4, talks about his IT challenges in 2012.
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
Apple and social networks under fire over iPhone privacy

Apple and social networks are under fire for distributing social media apps through Apple’s iTunes store that harvest iPhone contact data without users’ permission
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
Barclays private cloud underpins Pingit mobile banking app

Barclays bank has launched an app called Pingit that will enable mobile phone users to make free payments to other UK mobile users directly.
February 15, 2012 15 Feb'12
Smartphone sales hit high on Apple wave

A massive 149 million smartphones were sold worldwide in the final three months of 2011 which was almost 50% more than last year.
February 15, 2012 15 Feb'12
Trademark row puts Apple iPad production at risk

A Chinese company claiming to own the iPad trademark has asked customs officials to block shipments of the Apple iPad in and out of China
February 15, 2012 15 Feb'12
Competition Appeals Tribunal demands steeper cuts for landline to mobile call costs

The Competition Appeals Tribunal has called for cuts in costs for connecting landline calls to mobile phones to be phased in faster
February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12
Google gets Motorola approval

US and European regulators have approved Google's $12.5bn deal to acquire phone maker Motorola Mobility.
February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12
US agency NOAA moves 25,000 users from RIM BlackBerry to Apple iOS

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) loses 25,000 users as US government agency NOAA moves staff to rival Apple iOS
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
UK business PC sales plummet as CIOs cut back

The UK PC market saw its worst decline in five years in the last quarter of 2011, according to data from Gartner
February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12
Facebook plans mobile ads ahead of IPO

Facebook plans to begin showing adverts to users on mobile devices before its $5bn initial public offering expected in May.
February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12
Apple wins suspension of Motorola ban on iPad and iPhone sales

Apple has been granted a temporary suspension of a sales ban imposed on some iPhones and iPads in Germany.
February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12
Mobile devices set to become company policy

About 30% of IT departments are implementing smartphone and tablet initiatives into their strategies for 2012 as workers increasingly use the devices for work purposes.
February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12
Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm faces US anti-corruption probe

US anti-corruption authorities investigate mobile phone chip-maker Qualcomm’s compliance with the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects

Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
CW500: CIO themes for 2012

Battening down the hatches is a sure route to failure in the recession, IT leaders heard at January's CW500 Club.
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Mobile retail technology boosts telecoms recruitment

The telecoms sector is recruiting increasing numbers of IT professionals as retailers invest in mobile internet services for customers
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Samsung faces EU competition probe over Apple smartphone patent abuse

European competition authorities are investigating claims that Samsung abused patents on smartphone technology to attack Apple
January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12
Nottinghamshire Police buck mobile failure trend

Nottinghamshire Police has saved over £1m and increased front-line policing since launching a programme to give police officers mobile devices to connect with back-office systems.
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%

Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Police fail to see benefits of £80m mobile roll-out

The £80m roll-out of mobile devices across police forces has failed to achieve value for money with only ‘a basic level of benefits’.
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 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
Apple sees record growth in profits

Apple posted record financial results for its first quarter, with sales soaring 78% to $46.33bn and profits more than doubling to $13bn.
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
Accenture predicts the rise of the data guru

Accenture predicts CIOs who understand the power of data will make great strategic partners for business
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
Video: Portsmouth Fire and Rescue pilot wireless rescue dog

Wireless firm Wood & Douglas has debuted wireless comms technology for rescue dogs at the Mobile World Congress preview