In the first U.S. implementation of smartphone ticketing for train passengers, Boston commuters can purchase and display tickets using the mTicket application for iOS and Android smartphones. London based Masabi developed the technology ...
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IDG News Service-Analysts say HTC still faces an uphill battle to rebuild its smartphone business amid heated competition,despite reaching a deal with Apple to settle their patent disputes. On Sunday,HTC and Apple announced the dismissal ...
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The Philips Lighting Hue SSL retrofit lamp can provide 16-million colors and tunable white light with ZigBee-based control via smartphones and tablets. Philips Lighting has introduced a new solid-state lighting (SSL) retrofit lamp called ...
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The French government is supporting the creation of a number of collaborative research programmes in areas such as 3D semiconductor research,automotive electronic systems and nanotechnologies for smartphones. At the heart of many of these ...
To further enhance the mobile and in-store experience for its customers, Dick's Sporting Goods, the largest U.S. based full-line sporting goods retailer, announced the launch of a comprehensive mobile application for iPhone and Android ...
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More than 50% of devices running Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks. Security provider Duo Bulletin assessed 20,000 Android devices worldwide ...
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has admitted for the first time that the drop of his company's share price since its IPO in May was "disappointing", but claimed the tech giant would bounce back. The social media company was valued at more ...
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There is a long history of users wanting, or needing, different tools to use in the workspace. Until recently, such desires have usually been expressed in terms of informal complaints and/or formal requests to IT to provide new equipment or ...
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Mobile malware has surged this year,with Android smartphones and tablets by far the most likely to be attacked.That's according to data released by security software provider McAfee in its second quarter threats report. The number of ...
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The first smartphones to rely on Google's Chrome browser for Android will be Motorola Mobility's just-announced Droid Razr M, Droid Razr Maxx and Droid Razr HD, the company said Wednesday. The Droid Razr M, the only one of the trio that ...
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UK premium phone services regulator PhonepayPlus has fined a Moscow-based firm £50,000 for failing to provide accurate pricing information and charging without consent. Connect Ltd, trading as SMSBill, is the firm behind a malicious ...
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In a deal that should help Apple boost its enterprise security offerings, the iPhone maker is planning to buy mobile security company AuthenTec for $8 per share or a little over $356 million, AuthenTec said on Friday. AuthenTec provides ...
Barclays has launched a mobile banking app with similar functionality to its full online banking platform. It follows the mass adoption of its Pingit app, which allows users to make and receive payments with just a mobile number. The ...
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Smartphones running Google's Android operating system(OS)have been hijacked by a botnet,according to a Microsoft researcher. Researcher Terry Zink said he had come across spam being sent from Yahoo e-mail servers by Android ...
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As personal mobile devices flood the corporate workplace,you'd think every company would have its own app store,right? Not so fast.Despite the obvious benefits of efficiently and securely distributing mobile apps to employees to use their ...