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M2M

CES 2016 – Nvidia Drive PX 2 Is ‘Most Powerful’ Smart Car Supercomputer

DRIVE PX 2 platform uses the equivalent power of 150 MacBook Pros to make intelligent cars a reality, with Volvo already signed up

Mobile Apps

Facebook ‘Deliberately Crashed’ Own Android App

Facebook's latest psychological experiment involved breaking its own Android app to see how users would react, according to a report

Broadband

Superfast Broadband Reaches 1.9m Scottish Homes And Businesses

BDUK reaches 500,000 milestone in Scotland as total figure nears 2m - including Gretna Green

Innovation

CES 2016 – Volvo Lets You Speak To Its Cars Using Wearables

Drivers can now unlock their vehicles and much more using a Microsoft Band 2

Security

BlackEnergy Trojan ‘Used In Ukraine Power Grid Attack’

BlackEnergy malware was used to black out power in parts of Ukraine last month, according to Eset researchers

Enterprise

Capgemini Acquires Oinio To Boost European Salesforce Power

Munich's Oinio to help Capgemini offer Salesforce-based agile innovation to enterprise customers at scale

Cloud

AWS WorkMail Email And Calendar Service Moves Into General Availability

WorkMail email service goes public with future updates including a single Global Address Book and email journaling feature

Mobility

Intel Buys Drone Company For Auto-Pilot Tech

Ascending Technologies makes software and algorithms that allow drones to sense and avoid obstacles

Mobility

CES 2016 – MediaTek Targets Wearables, IoT And Connected Home

Chipmaker promises more power, better displays, and longer battery life than ever with new releases

Broadband

Low Power 900MHz Wi-Fi ‘HaLow’ Standard Targets IoT

Wi-Fi Alliance hopes HaLow can offer the low power, long range connectivity offered by other communications technology

Cloud

Accenture Scoops Up Dutch Cloud Team CRMWaypoint

Acquisition will go to strengthen Accenture’s ‘Cloud First’ agenda and Salesforce powers

Windows 10 Now Running On More Than 200m Devices

Microsoft claims Windows 10 is the fastest growing operating system it's ever released, with "unprecedented demand" from the enterprise market

Chromebooks

CES 2016 – Acer Rolls Out Ultra-Customisable Chromebook

IN PICTURES - 11in Chromebook accompanied by all-in-one desktop Chromebase 24 also running ChromeOS

Mobility

CES 2016 – Lenovo Launches Modular ThinkPad X1 Tablet

New version of Yoga tablet with an OLED display also gets revealed by Lenovo at CES

Mobility

BlackBerry ‘To Stay In Pakistan’

Pakistan's government has withdrawn an order for BlackBerry's encrypted messaging servers to be shut down

mobile OS

Is Windows 10 Mobile Arriving Next Week?

Update for Windows Phones users has been pushed back several times already

Networks

Ofcom Removes Licence Restrictions On White-Space Internet

New regulations clear the way for wireless broadband to use the same spectrum as digital television transmissions

Innovation

Mark Zuckerberg Vows To Build His Own AI

Facebook founder aims to build a simple AI to run his home as part of “personal challenge” for 2016

Mobility

Samsung Warns Of Tough Year Ahead

2016 could only see low growth for the world’s largest smartphone maker, Samsung CEO admits

Security

BBC Attack Was ‘A Test’ Say Hackers

Attackers who disabled the BBC's online services last week claim to have been 'just testing' their capacities ahead of attacking Islamic State targets

EE CEO Olaf Swantee Steps Down

Marc Allera takes helm following completion of EE acquisition by BT

Enterprise

Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent Deal Gets Final Go-Ahead

Nokia will gain control of rival network equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent from January 14

Legal

How To Prepare Your Organisation For EU Data Protection Reform

Mark Edge, UK MD, Brainloop, explains how businesses can prepare themselves for the full implementation of GDPR