More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
While it's true that LED LCD TVs seem to get all the attention--and the majority of sales--a quick look at our TV Ratings will show you that plasma TVs often top our Ratings, thanks to very good or excellent picture quality, virtually ...
Tags: LCD TVs, Consumer Electronics, TV
Zact, the industry's first smart mobile service provider, today released details from a recent U.S. consumer survey looking at some of the hot topics and concerns parents are facing when it comes to mobile technology and their children. In ...
Tags: Smartphone, Consumer Electronics
The online shopping market in Australia continues to grow strongly and in 2013 is expected to account for 7% of total retail sales. Total online spending is forecast to amount to $18.3 billion in 2013, with the average annual spend online ...
Tags: Aussie Retail Sales, Apparel
As digital commerce extends into mobile technologies, growing numbers of consumers are integrating smartphones into their purchasing processes. This worldwide trend is moving fastest in certain emerging markets, where switched-on consumers ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Mobile Shopping, Americans
The number of mobile malware apps has jumped 614 percent in the last year, according to studies conducted by McAfee and Juniper Networks. The Juniper study – its third annual Mobile Threats Report – showed that the majority of ...
Tags: Computer Products, Mobile Malware
Apple is to investigate an accident in which a woman in China died after using an iPhone 5 while it was charging. The incident occurred last Thursday, and Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the woman, Ma Ailun, was 23 years old, ...
Tags: Computer Products, iPhone 5
A row is brewing over benchmarks used to assess the performance of smartphone semiconductors after one of the tools had to be revised following claims of discrepancies over its results. The AnTuTu benchmark, which is used on Android ...
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The Visa credit card outfit has certainly got the retail scene abuzz with news it will launch a "digital wallet" in Australia by Christmas. The e-wallet, dubbed V.me, will henceforth store all your cards in digital form, probably on your ...
Samsung's army of Android mobile devices have finally overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of global mobile web usage, according to a survey carried out by web analytics firm StarCounter. In June 2013, claims the survey, Samsung bounded ahead ...
Tags: Mobile Device, Web Use, Samsung
Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
Oracle has unveiled a series of analytic applications for its flagship E-Business Suite ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite that it says gives customers a more effective, richer way to comb through operational data. The applications ...
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The cost of using mobile phones in another EU country is set to fall today as new EU rules come into force, limiting what mobile operators can charge for their services. The EU has been cutting what operators are allowed to charge over ...
Tags: mobile phones, BYOD
As mobile device shipments overtake those of PCs,cross-platform tool developer Xamarin hopes to get more enterprises to adapt their apps for Android and iOS with the help of its.Net Mobility Scanner. Xamarin's new tool shows how much of a ...
Tags: mobile device, apps, Android, IOS
Law firm DWF is to extend its use of mobile device management (MDM) solution MobileIron, to support the widespread use of apps in the enterprise. Richard Hodkinson, CTO of DWF, explained that the law firm has 1,000 mobile workers, who use ...
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