Anyfi Networks claims its software is the best option to take your home Wi-Fi with you on the go. The Swedish firm formed in 2006 with the goal of using existing Wi-Fi networks for public use,instead of investing more money into building ...
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Mobile payments are expected to be worth $730bn by 2017 with high street purchases driving growth, according to a study from Juniper Research. The report: Mobile Payments for Digital & Physical Goods: Opportunity Analysis 2012-2017 ...
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Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise in an attempt to boost its mobile capabilities. The price Citrix paid for Zenprise has not been disclosed, but sources suggest Citrix could have offered up to $50m for ...
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Public Wi-Fi is beginning to find its way into every corner of the UK. It is no longer the domain of the American-style coffee shop, with pubs, retailers and even theme parks offering their own connections. However, this is not enough for ...
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The global mobile phone market is showing signs of slowing, despite the continuing boom in smartphone sales. New research from IDC claimed worldwide shipments of mobiles grew by just 1.4% in 2012, which it predicts will translate to 1.7bn ...
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Advanced analysis of the Morcut Mac OS X malware that targets computers running Apple’s Mac operating system (OS) or Microsoft’s Windows OS has revealed that it also targets virtual machines and Windows mobiles. The malware, ...
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Retailers need to address the growing trend of mobile commerce to keep up with the needs of their consumers. This was the belief of Olivier Ropars, senior director of Europe mobile commerce at eBay, who told Computer Weekly that fewer ...
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In the last five years mobile data has grown significantly and now generates just under 700 petabytes per month. According to internet firm Akamai, there is now four times as much data as voice traffic on mobile networks. In the first ...
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Was it only six years ago that Windows Mobile was a big part of the cellphone business? That was a time when only programmers thought of a mobile phone as a computer. Now we're heading into the second or third generation of the smartphone, ...
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Prices are dropping on tablets running Android 4.1 OS, with Indian company Karbonn Mobiles announcing a tablet priced at around $125 and using Google's latest OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Smart Tab 1 tablet is the second with Android ...
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The Isle of Wight College (IoWC) has used deployed a Brocade wireless network across its campus. Based in Newport, the college plays host to more than 8,500 students, along with 520 staff, and as the only further education institution on ...
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MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor, the China-based mobile CPU developer have worked with Karbonn Mobiles of India to offer a low cost Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean' tablet. In India it is priced at Rs. 6999 (approximately $125). ...
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UK users download the most data on their mobiles, according to a new report from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. The International Communications Report for 2011 compared 17 countries around the globe, but found the average 424MB download by ...
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Microsoft has announced it intends to "retire" its instant message chat tool Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype's messaging tool. The announcement comes just 18 months after Microsoft announced plans to acquire internet telephony ...
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CBR rounds up expert opinions after Ofcom revealed that the UK is the leading country for internet shopping and the top European country for mobile data usage. Internet shopping is now more popular in the UK than any other major country, ...