IBM Verse uses social, analytics and cloud technology, and is aimed at transforming the way people work and collaborate
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2014
Microsoft To Close Nokia Store And Replace It With Opera
The Nokia Store will close next year but Opera Mobile Store will continue to provide apps for Nokia feature phones and the Nokia X
Project Squared Is Cisco’s New Free Collaboration Platform
Cisco releases free platform for mobile devices, Mac and browsers, complete with Box integration
Fujitsu Looks To Secure Card Payments With Biometric Data
Fujitsu PalmSecure ID Match adds two-factor authentication capabilities for retailers and organisations in regulated environments
Tesco Shoppers To Get Free In-Store BT Wi-Fi
Supermarket chain teams up with BT to offer free connection across UK stores
Only A Third Of UK Businesses Feel Able To Take On Cyber Attacks
British businesses were hit by more cyber attacks that ever before this year, McAfee study finds
Nokia Returns To Take On The iPad With All-New N1 Tablet
7.9in tablet running Android Lollipop and a 2.4GHz processor will be available early next year
90 Percent Of The World Will Have A Mobile Phone By 2020, Ericsson Predicts
Ericsson Mobility Report finds no hiding place for technophobes, with 2.7bn mobile phones currently active
Contactless Payments “Now Close To Becoming Mainstream” In The UK, Says Worldpay
Number of contactless transactions rose by more than 150 percent in the last six months, with supermarket adoption helping spur on growth
Oracle Staff ‘Angered’ By Job Cuts: Report
Oracle's secretive handling of a shift of jobs to Eastern Europe is the beginning of a wider round of cuts, according to the company's European Works Council
Intel To Merge PC And Mobile Chip Operations
Mobile division has struggled as Intel faces strong opposition from likes of Qualcomm and Nvidia
China Blocks Websites Ahead Of Internet Conference
The Chinese government has reportedly blocked access to a major content-delivery network ahead of the country's first major Internet event
Microsoft’s Big Data Cloud Broadens Support
The company's cloud-based Hadoop offering now offers support for customized Hadoop projects. First up, scripts that install Spark and R
Snapcash Lets You Snapchat Money To Your Friends
Snapchat partners with payments provider Square to provide fast payments alongside self-destructing selfies
Still Alive – Nokia Plans To Licence Its Brand Name To Third Parties
News of future third-party tie-ups comes as the company teases a mysterious black box set for launch tomorrow
Reviewed: BlackBerry Passport – All Square?
BlackBerry squares off against the smartphone and tablet market
8 Ways To Buy Gifts Safely Online This Christmas
TechWeek has teamed up with Trey Ford, global security strategist at IT security firm Rapid7, to bring you 8 top tips for shopping safely over the Internet this Xmas
Have Your Favourite Apps Been Hacked?
Study detects an increase in hacks of the top 100 mobile apps and exposes a lack of mobile application self-protection
EE Buzzard 2 Offers Simpler In-Car 4G
EE hopes Buzzard 2 will attract more users to its in-car 4G service
Families Without Internet Miss Out On Childcare Tax Break
A Treasury minister has reportedly admitted that nearly 200,000 families are likely to face problems registering for the upcoming tax break, which can only be applied for online
Which? Wants More Accurate Broadband Advertising
Consumer watchdog says many 'up to' broadband speeds can only be delivered to 10 percent of customers
Facebook Reportedly Developing Professional Edition
Facebook is secretly working on a version of its site with stricter privacy controls and office collaboration features
Apple’s App Store Signs Up Chinese Expansion Deal
Apple confirms deal with UnionPay, China’s only domestic banking card provider, to let customers pay for apps
Anonymous Hacks The Ku Klux Klan Following Ferguson Threats
#OpKKK takes control of two Twitter accounts and four websites following threats against Ferguson protestors
TalkTalk Replaces Vodafone With O2 4G MVNO Deal
TalkTalk says new MVNO partnership will boost business and consumer mobile services and could let it create hybrid mobile network using home routers
Dalek-like Robot Security Guard To Launch By Year-End
While unarmed, the K5 can monitor premises and collect useful data, predicting possible threats using data analytics
Mobile And Tablet Payments To Top Two Billion By 2017
Growth of banking and online shopping, particularly in developing markets, mean mobile payments are set to soar, Juniper Research predicts
Heathrow Learns From T5 Mistakes As Tech Powers Bid To Become World’s Best
Heathrow and Fujitsu hope the new network at Heathrow Terminal 2 will power greater automation and drive efficiency
Eight Year Boy To Address Cyber Security Conference
Security becomes a young man's game as Indian prodigy prepares to speak at cyber security conference
UK Productivity ‘Harmed By Lack Of Workplace Technology’
Ricoh report states that technology-enabled workers are able to work better, even when out of the office