The NHS should not expect short-term savings from self-care and online patient technologies, finds The Nuffield Trust
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Qualcomm Bug Bounty Offers Up To £12,000 For Snapdragon Flaws
Qualcomm is offering up to $15,000, approximately £12,000, to people who spot bugs in its modems and processors.
Home Office ‘To Integrate Surveillance Cams With Police Database’
The Law Enforcement Data Service is to include two existing police databases as well as the nationwide Automatic Number Plate Recognition system
Siri Bug Bypasses Apple iPhone And iPad Password Protection
A flaw in Apple's virtual assistant enables dexterous hackers to gain access to an iOS device's contacts and photos
Ofcom Bans BT-EE From Bidding For 2.3GHz Spectrum To Maintain Competition
Ofcom moves to stop BT hoarding mobile spectrum but falls short of the 30 percent cap demanded by Three
Facebook To Hire 500 UK Staff Next Year To Boost Engineer Workforce
The expansion comes on the heels of Google's approval of a £1bn UK investment
Symantec Acquires LifeLock For £1.9bn To Boost Norton Division
The security giant looks to turn its ailing consumer security software division
Tales In Tech History: Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is now 26 and its impact on the IT and business worlds has been immeasurable
Microsoft Office & Office 365
Cross Channel: Cisco Job Cuts And NetApp Focuses On Hybrid Cloud
Find out what's been going on in the world of the channel in our weekly round up
Sigfox Lands Mammoth Funding For IoT Network Expansion
French start-up gains £130m funding from Salesforce and others to expand its IoT global network
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Microsoft Office
What do you know about Microsoft Office?
GDS Appoints Anna Shipman As Open Source Lead
The government legitimises its commitment to open source
Firefox Focus iOS Browser Blocks Ads And Tracking By Default
Mozilla claims Firefox Focus will boost web performance by automatically blocking trackers
Top 10 iPad Business Apps To Make Work Easier
Searching for ways to better your business simply by using your iPad? Look no further
Apple Launches £146 Service To Fix iPhone 6 Plus ‘Touch Disease’ Flaw
An issue in the installation of a touchscreen controller chip has been identified as the core of the flaw
Intel Outlines AI Push With Lake Crest Chip And Google Partnership
The chip maker is keen to pursue the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning
Cheap ‘Poison Tap’ Tool Hacks Locked Computers
Unattended password-protected or locked PCs or Macs can be hacked with a simple $5 device
Three Suffers Data Breach As Hackers Steal Customer Data
A trio of men have been arrested in relation to unauthorised access to Three's customer database
How Barclays Avoids Downtime Chaos
Bala Chandrasekaran of Barclays, explains how the bank hopes to avoid a repeat of last year's Christmas banking disaster
Snooper’s Charter 2.0 Is Set To Become Law As Lords Pass Controversial IP Bill
ISPs set to be required to keep your internet search history on record for at least a year in order to help surveillance efforts
Vodafone Has 8.5m UK 4G Customers
Vodafone also claims 96 percent 4G coverage and 167,000 fixed broadband customers
Apple ‘Sends iPhone Call History To iCloud’
Law enforcement could get their hands on call data if it is sent to iCloud for 'no reason', claims Russian firm
UK Police’s 10 Year Digital Plan Focuses On Communications, Forensics
A 10-year strategy sees UK police forces taking wider advantage of digital tech, while training to handle its risks
Microsoft Finally Confirms Rumors Visual Studio Coming To macOS
The rumors were true. Microsoft's developer toolkit, based on the its acquisition of Xamarin, finally arrives on the Mac
GDPR ‘To Require’ 75,000 Data Protection Officers Worldwide
The privacy protection role is currently almost unknown outside the EU, a study finds
Dropbox Boosts Admin Security Tools And Adds New Data Locations
Dropbox continues business push with new tools for AdminX, more security options for Paper and expands its infrastructure to 11 more regions
Fujitsu CTO: Tech Industry Needs To Take Responsibility For Impact Of AI
INTERVIEW: Fujitsu’s CTO Dr Joseph Reger discusses ways to address negative issues artificial intelligence throws up
MongoDB CTO Discusses The Database Evolution
INTERVIEW: Eliot Horowitz, MongoDB CTO & co-founder talks IoT and the latest database trends ahead of the launch of MongoDB 3.4.
Advertising Standards: Broadband Speed Guidance ‘Not Working’
ASA: New guidance is on the way after a study finds consumers feel misled by current broadband ads