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October 21, 2013
21
Oct'13
Apple’s ‘arrogance’ offers Huawei opportunity
The vice-president of market for Huawei devices admits his firm has a fight on its hands to grow in the mobile market
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October 18, 2013
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Oct'13
Technology and innovation in European banks
Innovations in online and mobile, in video banking, social integration and CRM, are taking precedence to connect with banking customers
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October 18, 2013
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Oct'13
High-growth companies selected for government Future Fifty programme
The first high-growth UK companies have been chosen for the government’s Future Fifty fast-track programme.
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October 17, 2013
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Oct'13
Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age
In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age.
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October 17, 2013
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Oct'13
The challenges of using mobile devices in the public sector
The government is allowing the public sector to implement BYOD schemes, but the guidelines are limiting and challenges still remain
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September 23, 2013
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Sep'13
BlackBerry cuts 4,500 jobs after $1bn loss
BlackBerry is to cut 40% of its workforce after revealing a likely loss of nearly $1bn in its latest financial quarter
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September 20, 2013
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Sep'13
Steve Ballmer uses final investor call to target Google
In his last investor call as CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer took the opportunity to attack Google’s business practices
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September 18, 2013
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Sep'13
BlackBerry quietly launches Z30 smartphone
Mobile manufacturer BlackBerry has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Z30, to little fanfare
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September 09, 2013
09
Sep'13
Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas
British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home
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September 03, 2013
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Sep'13
How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft
Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia
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August 30, 2013
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Aug'13
Three promises unlimited 4G in December
The smaller of the UK’s mobile operators claims its 4G offerings will be worth the wait
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August 23, 2013
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Aug'13
The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft
Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?
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August 12, 2013
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Aug'13
ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones
Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners
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August 07, 2013
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Aug'13
Vodafone announces 4G launch date
Vodafone becomes the third mobile operator to confirm the launch of its 4G network, which will go live on the same day as O2
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August 01, 2013
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Aug'13
Microsoft concedes to BSkyB over SkyDrive trademark
The tech giant admits defeat and will be forced to rename its cloud storage service after losing a court battle in the UK
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July 23, 2013
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Jul'13
Ubuntu crowd sources funding for PC smartphone hybrid
Ubuntu has invited early adopters to join crowd-funding ventures to launch Ubuntu Edge, a hybrid PC and mobile phone platform
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July 19, 2013
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Jul'13
Nokia cuts losses but sales are still declining
Nokia has announced net sales of €5.7bn in its second quarter 2013 results, down 24% from €7.5bn last year
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July 19, 2013
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Jul'13
Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics
Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors
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July 03, 2013
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Jul'13
EE confirms July date for doubling 4G speeds
Mobile operator EE will double the speeds of its 4G network in 12 UK cities from 4 July 2013, giving customers bandwidth of up to 150Mbps
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June 25, 2013
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Jun'13
BES extends MDM to Android and iPhones
Aiming to rekindle interest in the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), Blackberry has extended the platform to support Android and iOS
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June 20, 2013
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Jun'13
Camden Council goes BYOD with Accellion
Camden adopts a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy to save money, improve security and bring their IT systems into the modern era
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June 19, 2013
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Jun'13
Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems
The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure
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June 11, 2013
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Jun'13
Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD
When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department
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June 10, 2013
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Jun'13
Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths
The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace
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June 10, 2013
10
Jun'13
Google buys Israeli navigation app start-up Waze
Google is set to acquire Israeli crowd-sourced navigation app start-up Waze for $1bn after talks with Facebook fall through
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May 24, 2013
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May'13
BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies
A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.
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May 21, 2013
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May'13
Contactless payments exceed five million in March
Some 5.3 million contactless transactions totalling over £39m were made in March 2013 using Visa contactless cards
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May 10, 2013
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May'13
Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech
Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways
The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Schuh takes first steps to in-store Wi-Fi
Shoe retailer Schuh signs a contract with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi to customers
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
Spam SMS messages drop following ICO penalty
The number of spam SMS messages has significantly reduced since government regulator ICO issued £440,000 fines last year
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy
Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank
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March 28, 2013
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Mar'13
Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending
The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast
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March 26, 2013
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Mar'13
Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m
Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires
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March 25, 2013
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Mar'13
Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m
Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities
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March 20, 2013
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Mar'13
Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron
How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy
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March 19, 2013
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Mar'13
ARM CEO Warren East steps down
Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role
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March 15, 2013
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Mar'13
Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security
Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security
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March 12, 2013
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Mar'13
O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’
O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch
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March 08, 2013
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Mar'13
Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment
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March 06, 2013
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Mar'13
Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data
Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things.
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February 27, 2013
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Feb'13
350,000 different types of spam SMS messages were targeted at mobile users in 2012
350,000 different variants of unsolicited spam SMS messages were accounted for in 2012, with 53,000 variants logged for December alone
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February 27, 2013
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Feb'13
Booking.com embraces mobile apps
Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years
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February 25, 2013
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Feb'13
Will the Nokia portfolio win over the world?
As the former leader of the mobile market tries to entice customers to use its handsets, we ask whether the strategy will succeed
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February 24, 2013
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Feb'13
Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS
Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market
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February 14, 2013
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Feb'13
Google battles BT in patent row
Google has launched legal action against BT, accusing the British firm of four counts of patent infringement
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February 13, 2013
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Feb'13
Boots to roll out contactless payments nationwide
Boots is to roll out contactless payments across its stores nationwide, in a deal with payment providers Visa Europe and Streamline
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January 24, 2013
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Jan'13
Nokia bounces back in Q4
Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn
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January 22, 2013
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Jan'13
BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work
Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology
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January 21, 2013
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Jan'13
ZTE predicts major losses for 2012
Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012