Global e-commerce sales made via mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, according to a joint study by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte. In a statement, ASSOCHAM said the availability of e-commerce applications on various devices ...
People are forever complaining about how the digital world has robbed them of something or other. Peace. Anonymity. Freedom itself. I just see possibilities. So I've been keen to follow a new kind of connection made possible by the ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
To coincide with changes to the Privacy Act that commenced recently, Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has emphasised the need to uphold strict privacy safeguards in order to progress the wider use of telematics and C-ITS ...
The big trends this year were an increased focus on cooperation and hand-offs between networks, an increased focus on privacy and security, and questions about how to make money from it all. Download Podcast Subscribe to Podcast ...
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Samsung is making a play for the “connected home” with a new service that will let people control things like their refrigerator, TV and heating system via a single smartphone app. It announced its Samsung Smart Home ...
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North Carolina is famous for its high-tech Research Triangle, but lately it seems that state government IT projects are bound for IT's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. As you may remember from an earlier Risk Factor story on state ...
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The direction of travel is definitely towards the cloud. So said Moshe BenBassat, CEO of workforce automation software vendor ClickSoftware, whose enterprise mobility solutions are available in both on-premise and cloud versions. ...
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Enterprise image and data management company CoActiv Medical has announced the issuance of a new patent in the US for its web-based image sharing technology EXAM-SENDER. CoActiv Medical's EXAM-SENDER technology automatically sends medical ...
Business owners know the essence of having a fresh, clean, and aesthetically appealing workplace. It gives the impression of professionalism which makes the customers keep on coming back and prospective clients to invest in. This is why ...
Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC, smartphone or tablet computer to websites ...
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Dr Phillip Hallam-Baker, a vice president and principal scientist in charge of web security software development at security software vendor Comodo, has published a paper calling for a more robust internet architecture that can combat web ...
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Global professional services company has entered a web broker entity agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the US, which will allow employers to connect eligible populations to the federally managed exchange. ...
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Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday. WellPoint, based ...
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Zscaler has added mobile security to its arsenal of cloud-based security services, which the firm is pitching as a flexible way to fix the risk of employee-owned devices bypassing conventional filtering layers. The firm's alternative is ...
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MessagePetz, the Wi-Fi-enabled smart Teddy Bears , have launched on crowd-funding site Kickstarter with early "bear" specials starting from $89. MessagePetz is a huggable, soft Teddy Bear that allows parents and children to communicate ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Teddy Bear, Wi-Fi