The European Commission(EC)has outlined a cloud computing strategy that aims to boost European business and government productivity. The strategy,dubbed Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe,aims to deliver a net gain of ...
Tags: EC, cloud computing strategy, create 2.5 million new jobs, Kroes
Everything Everywhere is set to launch high-speed 4G mobile networking in the UK with download speeds at a maximum of up to 40Mbps. Everything Everywhere – now rebranded "EE" – will launch the service before the end of the ...
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Chinese search engine firm Baidu has revealed it is to invest over 10 billion yuan (£1bn) in a new cloud computing centre. The company's CIO, Jennifer Li, made the announcement at the company's annual conference in Beijing, at the ...
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Chinese search engine firm Baidu has revealed it is to invest over 10 billion yuan (£1bn) in a new cloud computing centre. The company's CIO, Jennifer Li, made the announcement at the company's annual conference in Beijing, at the ...
Tags: GBP, computing centre, Baidu
MasterCard will work with mobile operator Everything Everywhere to develop mobile and digital payment solutions. The five-year partnership will see the two firms compete with the likes of O2, US-based Google Wallet, PayPal and Barclays ...
Tags: MasterCard, mobile operator, Everything Everywhere, digital payment
MasterCard today announced it had signed a five-year deal with Everything Everywhere to develop mobile payment systems. MasterCard had already formed a partnership in 2009 with Orange, when it began work on QuickTap, the first near-field ...
Tags: MasterCard, five-year deal, mobile payment systems, Orange, QuickTap, NFC
Google yesterday said it will pay up to$2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall. Pwn2Own,a rival contest sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,will award as much as$200,000 in a ...
Tags: Google, Pwn2Own, Kuala Lumpur, Chrome Hacking Contest
Google is to lay off 20%of the Motorola Mobility workforce with 4,000 redundancies worldwide,two-thirds of that number coming from outside the US. The company said it intends to ditch its standard phones as part of the move."Motorola ...
Tags: Google, Motorola, cut staff, mobile product portfolio—shifting
Apple is to acquire finger print sensor technology company AuthenTec for $356m (£227m), in a move to enter the mobile payments space. The technology enables smartphone users to securely identify themselves when making mobile ...
Tags: Apple, finger print sensor, AuthenTec, mobile payments, smartphone
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 ...
Tags: Barclays, online banking platform, mobile app, mobile banking app
Telefonica Digital today announced partnerships with internet giants Facebook and Google so users can make payments to the websites via their mobile phones. The operator,represented by O2 in the UK,will add any amounts paid to the sites ...
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This exclusive report for Computer Weekly readers by Juniper Research,offers a comprehensive briefing on the opportunities for NFC mobile payment technology in the retail industry. The report,written for senior IT professionals,covers the ...
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