Undoubtedly 2012 has been another big year for mobile. From high-profile launches to security scares, from hot tablets entering the enterprise to huge players trailing with their tails between their legs, mobile is certainly the direction ...
Tags: mobile, security scares, tablet, IT infrastructure
A new bill in Congress would require mobile phone makers, network providers and application developers to disclose to customers any monitoring software installed on their mobile devices. The Mobile Device Privacy Act, introduced Wednesday ...
Tags: new bill, Congress, mobile phone makers, network providers
As their company's stock continued to slump, Facebook executives had to face not one but two other pieces of tough news this week. Just as an angry third-party developer blasted Facebook's allegedly high-handed negotiation tactics in an ...
Tags: Fake Users, Angry Developer, Facebook, Bad Week
More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympic Games' web servers came from mobile devices – a huge demonstration of the consumer switch to mobile at the highest–profile sporting event of the year. Users ...
Tags: mobile devices, web servers, mobile app, Gerry Pennell
International and mobile users have surprising impact online. ORLANDO, FL, August 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Amidst the hype surrounding the first fully digital Olympics this past weekend, millions of viewers around the world tuned in ...
Tags: digital Olympics, computers and mobile devices, multi-camera streams
Senior business and IT management executives at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) have been “fined” after a major network outage earlier this month, the exchange confirmed. TSE president and CEO Atsushi Saito is taking a 30 ...
Tags: IT, Network outage, Tokya Stock Exchange, network
The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)has fined a marketing firm GBP440,000 for spamming its customers with text messages. Tetrus Telecoms,owned by Christopher Niebel and Gary McNeish,has been under investigation for 18 months after ...
Tags: ICO, fines, Tetrus Telecoms, Christopher Niebel
Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)to its entire global user base. For the past several ...
Tags: Facebook, HTTPS, security benefits, account hijacking attacks
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economy £120m over the Christmas period, according to web retailer eBay, who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from ...
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economyGBP120m over the Christmas period,according to web retailer eBay,who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from using ...
Tags: eBay, 4G service, mobile download, 12Mbit/s mobile connections
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economy £120m over the Christmas period, according to web retailer eBay, who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from ...
CIO-There are a lot of myths about Canada-most related to the country's climate-but these misconceptions actually leave some wondering if Canada might be a good location for a data center. Why Canada Is on the Data Center Radar Michel ...
Tags: Canada, Data Center, good location, Radar
The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)has published new guidelines that underline businesses'sole responsibility for the protection of data,even if it has been outsourced to third-party cloud network providers. As more businesses ...
Tags: ICO, data protection, cloud service, encryption key, UK
Government plans to install super-fast broadband throughout the whole of the UK by 2015 are unlikely to be achieved. That's according to a report from the Country Land & Business Association (CLA), which comes days after the government ...
Tags: super-fast broadband, CLA, Broadband, Maria Miller
HTC has unveiled two new smartphones that run on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system.The brightly coloured Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S will be available in 50 countries from November via 146 network providers. Weighing 130 ...
Tags: HTC, Smartphone, Microsoft, Windows 8, Nokia