U.S. security concerns may still haunt the reputation of Huawei Technologies, but the Chinese company’s Founder and President Ren Zhengfei brushed off any involvement in state-sponsored cyber espionage in a rare interview on Thursday.
WhatsApp arrives on the desktop
WhatsApp is now available for the Web, in a form that pairs the mobile version of the app to a user’s desktop computer.
Trend Micro announces Asus partnership
As per the terms of the agreement, the smartphone manufacturer will preload Trend Micro’s Dr. Safety app on the latest Asus ZenFone 2 smartphones to help protect users from account fraud, privacy risks, phishing, lost devices, and unwanted contact, plus a feature that recommends safe mobile games for users.
Google Glass: down but not out
When Google said on Thursday it would end its Explorer program for Glass and stop selling the current version to consumers, a few premature obituaries were written for the head-worn device.
Etisalat launches multi-platform data plan
Starting today, Etisalat will offer its business mobile post-paid customers the opportunity to share a single data plan across multiple devices including smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Insular IoT
Samsung CEO Boo Keun Yoon drew attention to a do or die issue in his keynote the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 – that of interoperability among systems and vendors in Internet of Things technology.
Samsung buying BlackBerry could be a shrewd move
Samsung’s reported offer of up to $7.5 billion for BlackBerry may turn out to be only a rumour, but such a match could make sense for both sides.
Samsung’s first Tizen phone arrives in India
Samsung Electronics started selling its first Tizen smartphone in India on Wednesday, priced at $92.
Samsung, BlackBerry deny buyout rumour
Samsung Electronics and BlackBerry have both denied a report that they met to to discuss a proposed $7.5 billion buyout by the South Korean powerhouse.
The road to 5G
Is 5G a long way away? A lack of unifying standards, complex technology and spectrum auctions, alongside a lack of necessity will only see 5G go mainstream by 2023, but there is already a lot of hype around the technology.
IBM unleashes new Mainframe
IBM took the wraps off a new mainframe computer on Tuesday, promising it will help customers to detect more fraud in real time and plow through billions of transactions generated each day by smartphones and tablets.
Hailing innovation
Hailing a taxi in Dubai can sometimes be a bit of a chore. Dubai Taxi Corporation is leveraging new technology to take the pain out of travel and make taking a taxi in Dubai a comfortable and easy experience.
Lessons learned
2014 has already gone down in history as the year of the data breach. As we move into the new year, what have we learned from our past that will aid us in the futures.
Gartner: Tablet sales to climb 8 percent
Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233 million units in 2015, an 8 percent increase from 2014.
Gartner: Tablet sales to climb 8 percent
Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233 million units in 2015, an 8 percent increase from 2014.
Juggling act: Multi-vendor storage
Nikhil Premanandan, Marketing Analyst, ManageEngine, discusses the appropriate tools for managing multiple vendors within an enterprise storage environment.
‘Fire drills’ essential in IT security
IT security ‘fire drills’ should be conducted regularly in organisations, in order to understand the appropriate course of action in advance of a breach, says Neil Campbell Group General Manager, Security Business Unit, Dimension Data.
‘Fire drills’ essential in IT security
IT security ‘fire drills’ should be conducted regularly in organisations, in order to understand the appropriate course of action in advance of a breach, says Neil Campbell Group General Manager, Security Business Unit, Dimension Data.
ASUS Fonepad 7 is now available
ASUS Fonepad FE375CXG launches a new addition to the ASUS’s tablet lineup, the new-generation ASUS Fonepad 7 features the intuitive ASUS ZenUI, a 64-bit Intel Atom Z3530 1.33 GHz quad-core CPU and Android 4.4 KitKat operating system with 3G phone functions.
Tap and go
Manish Punjabi, Channel Marketing Manager MEA, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, pens down the channel opportunities in Near-Field Communication (NFC).