Whenever somebody in this industry tells me that they’ve got something that will revolutionise the way I live, I always ask them, can my mother use it?
Possibility in the privacy pitfalls?
Last month, a former CIA technician leaked information on the National Security Agency’s data gathering surveillance programme dubbed PRISM. Joe Lipscombe investigates what relevance this holds for the Middle East.
Samsung WB250F Smart Camera
Samsung has kept this little compact camera relevant by packing it full of useful tech while still keeping the price down.
Do-it-yourself Big Data
Gulf Air shunned the expensive solutions of the big vendors jumping on the Big Data bandwagon, and became the first Middle East organisation to implement the technology by embracing open-source software with an in-house team.
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If 3,370,780 UAE residents use Facebook, and 80 percent of those replicate their passwords for other accounts, then the opportunity for cyber theft and hackers to infiltrate personal accounts is extremely high.
BlackBerry can rise from the ashes as a leader in MDM
BlackBerry the company will survive, but it’s time to throw in the towel on BlackBerry the mobile platform vendor.
Prism harming US cloud provider business, European Commission claims
US cloud providers could miss out on billions of euros of business from European customers due to data privacy fears around the Prism surveillance programme, the European Commission has claimed.
Internet fills the gap as some TV stations shut down in Egypt during transition
The Internet held up in Egypt as the military deposed the country’s president Wednesday, with both the former president’s aides and the opposition using Twitter and Facebook extensively to communicate with followers in Egypt and the rest of the world.
Nokia Asha 501 arrives in UAE
Nokia today announced that the Nokia Asha 501, the first of a new generation of smartphones to run on the …
Prism should make businesses think twice about cloud computing
Businesses worldwide need to re-think their use of cloud computing, in light of recent revelations around the Prism and Tempora surveillance programmes, according to independent privacy advocate Caspar Bowden.
US senators demand to know extent and benefits of spy programme
A group of 26 U.S. senators, cutting across party lines, are seeking “public answers” on whether the National Security Agency collected in bulk other data such as credit card purchases and financial information in the U.S. besides phone records.
Three quarters of consumers concerned about privacy online: report
New research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally are concerned about their privacy online.
Black to basics
The BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) offering has given customers the option to manage BlackBerry devices whether it is a government or a company network, and the company is now providing that feature so that customers can manage non-BlackBerry devices.
Actifio and Spectrami launch Middle East’s first Customer Experience Centre in Dubai
Copy data management company, Actifio, and dedicated Middle East partner, Spectrami, have launched a Customer Experience Centre in Dubai dedicated to enhancing the customer experience for their wide breadth of partners and users… More pictures inside.
Social media adds spice to financial services, say banks
Social media can make financial institutions seem less dull and better engage customers, according to officials on a panel at the AB+F Retail Financial Services Forum.
Review: Samsung WB250F Smart Camera
The upshot is that, if you want something a little more capable than your smartphone camera, and you don’t want to pay much for it, you won’t go wrong with the WB250F.
Virgin Radio hack could lead to targeted attacks on users, says researcher
Last week’s attack on the Virgin Radio Dubai website could have provided cyber-criminals with a springboard from which to launch …
How to protect your PC from PRISM surveillance
Thursday afternoon, a bombshell dropped: Two leading reports claimed that the U.S. government has been spying on emails, searches, Skype calls, and …
Prism leaker steps forward, cites ‘massive surveillance machine’
The person responsible for disclosing details on the growth of U.S. government surveillance programmes that exploded into public view last …
Gartner: 7 major trends forcing IT security pros to change
Enterprises are under heavy pressure to change their approach to IT security because of a “nexus of forces” that include …