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HSBC Rolls Out Biometric Banking
Voice recognition and fingerprint scanning will give HSBC and First Direct customers extra security
Apple Praised By Google, Damned By Rigby Family For FBI Refusal
Apple criticised for refusal to unlock terrorist phone, but its stance also receives widespread support from rivals
IT Life: Table For Twizoo
Twizoo co-founder Madeline Parra talks about her career in technology and why she swapped storm chasing for restaurants
Cloud Storage Platforms StreamNation And Shutter To Shut Down
Deezer co-founder's cloud startup to focus on new 'Project Noah' as StreamNation axed because of slow uploads
Google Pulls Samsung Ad Blocking App From Play Store
Ad blocking app for Samsung phones pulled from Google's Play Store for breach of terms and conditions
M-Tickets Could Spell The End For Paper Train Tickets
Proposals to introduce ‘m-tickets’ could allow for mobile and smartcard ticket travel across the UK
Microsoft Snaps Up UK Startup SwiftKey For £174m
Microsoft gains yet another productivity app and AI technology in SwiftKey
Salesforce Says Latest Apps Let Users Run Business On Mobile Devices
Salesforce.com is introducing new and updated products based on its Lightning application technology that are designed to enable businesses to run their sales operations entirely on mobile devices
WhatsApp Tops One Billion Monthly Users
Facebook-owned instant messaging service looking for further expansion, says Zuckerberg
Samsung Brings Ad Blocking To Its Android Browser
Samsung Internet now lets users install content and ad blocking plugins
Facebook’s ‘Reactions’ Feature Will Challenge The ‘Like’ Button
Will 'Reactions' be 'Liked' by Facebook users as social network begins trial of improved feedback
Millions Of Contactless TfL Journeys Paid For By Mobile Phones
Launch of Apple Pay leads to massive spike in mobile payment journeys, TfL reveals
Apple Grows Services, Wearable Revenues As iPhone Decline Fails To Materialise
Apple sees rise in services, 'other products' and flat sales for iPhone and Mac, but iPad continues to fall
Samsung Mobile Apps Could Arrive On iOS
Fitness and entertainment apps among Samsung apps rumoured to be in development for iOS
Barclays ‘Confirms’ Apple Pay Support By April
Twitter user claims Barclays CEO Ashok Vaswani sent an email confirming Apple Pay support would arrive by April 10 at the latest
O2 Travel Alerts Service Hopes To Stamp Out Holiday Card Fraud
O2 "World first" technology will mean you no longer have to inform your bank when you want to use your card abroad
WhatsApp Scraps Annual Subscription Fees
Facebook-owned WhatsApp goes free as service wants to remove barriers to adoption and connect users to businesses
Contactless Payment For Travel Could Go Nationwide
Plans by the UK Cards Association hopes to have full payment system in place soon
Tinder And Grindr Increasingly Linked To Reports of Rape And Violent Crime
Alleged crimes connected to dating apps have increased by 700 percent since 2013
Apple ‘Develops’ iOS-Android Migration Tool After Operator Pressure
Apple is reportedly creating a data and setting transfer tool for iOS users who want to switch to Android following pressure from mobile operators
Lenovo Wants to Bring Google’s Project Tango To Life
Smartphones with 3D-tracking and modelling could be on their way soon
Apple Users Spend £750m On App Store Over Christmas
Apple sees record sales in two weeks over Christmas and New Year period
CES 2016 – Samsung Pay Coming To Gear S2 Smartwatch, More Countries
Samsung Pay will soon be supported by the Gear S2 and in more countries as company shows off even more smartwatches at CES
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
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
Facebook Free Basics Suspended In Egypt
More trouble for Zuckerberg's free internet access scheme as Egypt joins India in suspending it
Mobile Banking Users Warned Over Fake Android Apps
Up to 33 leading worldwide financial services targeted by ‘SlemBunk’ family of Trojanized apps, FireEye report claims
Brazil Shuts Off WhatsApp For 48 Hours
Two day shutdown ordered by judge following WhatsApp’s failure to share messages from alleged gang member
IBM And Apple Launch 100th MobileFirst For iOS App
IBM and Apple's enterprise partnership continues, with Watson integration and iPad Pro apps in the pipeline