While Google’s acquistion of Motorola Mobility is huge news, it draws the bigger question as to what it means for …
Google buys Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion
Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, …
Mobile apps fail at security: viaForensics
A study from digital security company viaForensics paints a stark picture of the vulnerability of smartphone user data. viaForensics evaluated …
Study finds Android app-makers careless with some data
A lot of the software written for Google’s Android mobile phones falls short when it comes to user privacy and …
APEJ security software reports 7.5% growth in 2010
The IT security market in the Asia Pacific region except Japan (APEJ) was busy last year with security experts stepping …
Banking and finance sector can no longer ignore social media: Khoury
With the growing adoption of smartphones and the simultaneous surge in Internet use across the globe, banking and finance institutions …
Apple files suit against Motorola Xoom in Europe
Apple isn’t just going after the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Europe, it’s also attacking the Motorola Xoom. Apple’s lawsuit, which …
Visa pushes merchants to adopt chip-based payments
Visa today announced plans that will let qualifying merchants in the U.S. eliminate the need to annually validate their compliance …
Apple gets injunction barring Samsung Tab in Europe
Apple yesterday confirmed that a German court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 …
IBM launches new services model for municipal planners
Based on a pilot project with the city of Portland, Oregon, IBM is offering a new services and software model …
Worldwide mobile connections and data services revenue to increase in 2011: Gartner
Worldwide mobile connections will reach 5.6 billion in 2011, up 11% from 5 billion connections in 2010, according to Gartner. …
Google accuses Apple and others of “hostile” patent campaign
Google’s chief legal officer today accused rivals Microsoft, Oracle and Apple of “a hostile, organised campaign against Android,waged through bogus …
BNZ launches banking app for Android devices
With close to 10,000 hits per month coming into its mobile website from Android users, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) …
HTC sues Apple in the UK
Apple is being sued by Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC in the UK. Bloomberg reports that no other details of the …
Sprint to sell WiMax service wholesale
Sprint Nextel is a wholesale customer of Clearwire’s WiMax service but will itself become a wholesale provider of the service …
Android market share nears 50% worldwide: Canalys
It’s a new month, which means that another research firm has released data showing us that Android and the iPhone …
Mitek to extend MIC tech to insurance and health care
Mitek Systems’ Mobile Capture imaging software, a provider of mobile banking capabilities for bank customers is turning the technology toward …
Android Trojan records phone calls
A new Android Trojan is capable of recording phone conversations, according to a CA security researcher. While a previous Trojan …
Apple topples Nokia, Samsung as top phone maker
Apple blew by once dominant cellphone makers Nokia and Samsung to become the top smartphone vendor, with over 18% market …
Employees enjoy work-related mobile apps: Sybase
Employees enjoy using work-related mobile apps, especially on smartphones and tablets that they choose themselves, according to a new survey …