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Banks Trade £22m Using Blockchain Platform

Sign of the future? Two banks have successfully completed a securities lending transaction using blockchain

7 years ago

WhatsApp Yet To Resolve EU Data Sharing Concerns

Irish data regulator confirms WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns

7 years ago

Spotify Files To List Shares, Valuing Itself At More Than $23bn

The leading music streaming service admits it has stiff competition from the likes of Apple, Amazon and Google

7 years ago

Bill Gates: Cryptocurrencies Have ‘Caused Deaths In A Fairly Direct Way’

Murder on the Bitcoin express? Microsoft co-founder Gates wades into cryptocurrency debate

7 years ago

Amazon ‘Pays $1bn’ For Smart Doorbell Maker Ring

The acquisition could boost a new Amazon service that allows couriers to deliver parcels and food orders inside of users'…

7 years ago

Apple Confirms Major Cloud Deal With Its Fiercest Rival, Google

The deal, said to be worth up to $600m, sees users' iCloud data hosted with Apple's top competitor in the…

7 years ago

MWC 2018: Huawei Shows MacBook Pro Killer, Large-Screen Tablets

Huawei's MateBook X Pro features a giant 13.9-inch touch Gorilla Glass screen with minimal bezels, taking a cue from recent…

7 years ago

MWC 2018: New Nokia Phones Build On Successful Relaunch

The Nokia brand, relaunched at MWC only a year ago, has already reached No. 11 in smartphone shipments worldwide -…

7 years ago

MWC 2018: Samsung, Nokia, Sony Flagship Smartphones To Hit Barcelona Starting This Weekend

Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+, a full-screen Nokia Android phone and a successor to Sony's Xperia XZ Premium are among…

7 years ago

Google Phases Out Android Pay, Introduces ‘Google Pay’

Google Pay will combine Google's multiple payment applications, allowing users to make transactions with their device or online

7 years ago

Psion-Inspired Gemini Smartphone Ships To Crowdfund Backers

The device, demonstrated at CES earlier this year, is now on its way to initial backers and start-up Planet Computers…

7 years ago

Belgium Orders Facebook To Stop Collecting Data On Non-Users

The social network must also delete all the data it has collected on Belgian citizens who aren't users - or…

7 years ago

German Court Says Facebook Privacy Practices Are Illegal

Facebook doesn't give users enough information before granting itself broad access to their personal data, finds a Berlin regional court

7 years ago

‘Tech Addiction’ Campaign To Wean Youngsters Off Smartphones

'Put it down'. Campaign by former Facebook and Google staffers to convince youngsters to take a break from tech

7 years ago

Google Parent Alphabet Feels The Impact Of Heavy Spending

Google veteran replaces Schmidt, as costly promotions for Pixel2 smartphone and YouTube TV impact results

7 years ago

Facebook Hires Former IBM Watson Exec As New AI Boss

Yann LeCun steps down as boss of Facebook's artificial intelligence group, replaced by a former IBM executive

7 years ago

IBM, Maersk Target Global Trade With Blockchain Joint Venture

No more mountains of paperwork? Global supply chain to be bolstered by blockchain joint venture

7 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Promises Major Shakeup Of Facebook Newsfeed

More personal posts and less commercial content will be promoted on users' Facebook Newsfeed, CEO says

7 years ago

Arrival Of Open Banking To Spearhead ‘Technological Revolution’ In Finance

Open Banking: New rules that require banks to share information with third party providers come into effect. But what does…

7 years ago

Government May Tax Tech Companies Over Extremist Content

The government may impose a tax on companies such as YouTube and Facebook to 'incentivise' them over taking down militant…

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

Long before Skype or WhatsApp achieved their domination, AIM was the pioneer of instant communications (IM)

7 years ago

German Competition Watchdog Calls Facebook Data Collection ‘Abusive’

The preliminary ruling, ahead of a final decision next year, could mean limits on how Facebook collects and processes European…

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Napster

Napster may have been shortlived, but its impact on the music industry was monumental

7 years ago

Twitter Increases 280 Character Tweet Limit For Everyone

Twitter says longer Tweets encourage more engagement without sacrificing brevity

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Myspace

Facebook's last serious challenger Myspace is still going, although much diminished from its heyday in 2007

7 years ago

Rogue Twitter Employee Takes Down Donald Trump’s Account

Customer service employee deactivates Trump's Twitter on last day on the job

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: Obscure & Obsolete Social Networks

What do you remember at Friends Reunited, Bebo, Myspace and the like?

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Friends Reunited

Britain's answer to Facebook arrived years before the social network giant, and was a survivor of the dotcom bubble

7 years ago

Twitter To Clearly Label Political Adverts

Heightened sensitivity about political interference on social media results in new rules from Twitter

7 years ago

Social Media Data Shared By GCHQ WIth Foreign Governments

Facebook and Twitter accounts are being analysed by intelligence agencies, warns Privacy International

7 years ago