Mozilla updates Firefox for iOS with back end and front end improvements - including a new menu and tab options
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2016
Airbus Partners With Anti-Drone Company To ‘Defend’ Airports And Prisons
Airbus and Dedrone will work on long-range sensors and jamming technologies to take out 'illegal' drone pilots
Ten British Startups Pushing Boundaries In Green Technology
From electric vehicle charging to turning coffee beans into fuel, here are some of the most innovative and successful green tech companies in the UK
BlackBerry DTEK50 Is ‘World’s Most Secure Android Smartphone’
BlackBerry DTEK50 falls back on it security credentials in bid to stay relevant in competitive Android smartphone market
Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach
ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT and rivals might not benefit
Cisco: Ransomware Is Only Going To Get Worse
Ransomware will exploit server vulnerabilities, proliferate across networks and use encryption to hide itself, says Cisco report
OpenStack Gets Core Infrastructure Initiative Green Light
OpenStack earns CII best practices badge for security, quality, and stability
Security Firms And Police Fight Back Against Ransomware
No More Ransom offers decryption keys to encourage ransomware victims not to pay
UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach
ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying issues
European Science Community Launches £4.5m Hybrid Cloud Tender
Ten top European research bodies, including the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, support the tender
O2 Confirms Customer Data For Sale Online
Details were reportedly stolen using credentials leaked from a gaming site three years ago
DNC Email Scandal Shows What Must Be Done to Prevent Breaches, Leaks
ANALYSIS: Once again the Democratic Party has been seriously embarrassed by an email leak scandal. But without the leaks the data breach might have been much worse
Google Will Tell 999 Responders Where You’re Calling From
Google launches Emergency Location Service in the UK, allows higher accuracy during mobile 999 calls
Hackers Collect £15,000 For Pornhub Exploit
The attack provided complete access to Pornhub's database and exposed two PHP flaws
Amazon Wins UK Government Approval For Drone Tests
A cross-governmental team, supported by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority, will aid Amazon in its delivery drone research
BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO
Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it from BT just yet
BlackBerry Packs Good Dynamics Apps Into Microsoft Azure
Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Verizon Acquires Yahoo’s Core Business For £3.86 Billion
Yahoo's core assets finally sold off as Mayer claims: 'Yahoo is a company that has changed the world'
ViaSat Brings Satellite Broadband To Air Force One
ViaSat promises US President will have the same level of connectivity on Air Force One as they do in the White House
Estonia Wants UK ‘Data Embassy’ To Protect Citizen Data Amid Cyberattack Fear
Threat of cyberattacks prompt Estonian officials to investigate possibility of using UK data centres for citizen data
FCC Urges Telco Action On Nuisance Calls
US telephone companies are still allowing unwanted mass calls and texts in spite of regulatory changes, the FCC says
BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board
BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation would be disruptive
LinkedIn Open Sources Mobile Data Framework
The mobile framework for iOS scales better than Apple's Core Data and speeds up data-intensive apps, LinkedIn says
Huawei Posts 40 Percent Revenue Growth
H1 sales on steady growth as company expects £57 billion revenue for 2016
Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband
Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs
Universal Credit Completion Pushed Back To 2022
Welfare policy changes have added a further four years to the troubled project's timetable
Dell Rolls Out Flex Pay Hybrid Cloud Options In Europe
Try before you buy, says Dell, as six month hybrid trial gets EMEA support
First Third Party Sailfish OS Smartphone Goes On Sale
The Intex Aqua Fish is released in India as Jolla seeks to expand the Sailfish OS ecosystem
Verizon Prepares £3.7bn Yahoo Purchase
Yahoo's core business will be acquired to bolster Verizon content business, including AOL
Google Launches Betas Of New Machine Learning APIs
Cloud Natural Language API and Cloud Speech API opened as betas for analysing large chunks of text and speech