Mobile & Wireless

Vodafone Gets Closer To Businesses With Regional Support And Sales Units

Vodafone is restructuring its business division into local divisions, backed up by a major national unit for enterprises

9 years ago

BlackBerry Boosts BBM Privacy With Free Self-Destructing Messages And Recalls

BlackBerry abolishes subscription fee for 'retract' and 'timer' to give users "more control" over their BBM communications

9 years ago

FBI Offers To Crack More iPhones For US Local Authorities

The mystery technique used to crack Syed Farook's iPhone is expected to be patched before long

9 years ago

Slack Secures £141m In Fresh Funding For Business Collaboration Push

Three year old Slack is now worth £2.7bn as it looks to continue rapid rise from startup to business tool

9 years ago

Mobile And Wi-Fi Network Location Tracking ‘Places Users At Risk’

New studies highlight the user risks associated with round-the-clock tracking activity carried out by mobile and Wi-Fi companies

9 years ago

Teardown Shows iPhone SE Recycles Older Models’ Components

iFixit analysis reveals Apple’s latest smartphone recycles many components from iPhone 6S and even 2013 iPhone 5S

9 years ago

BlackBerry Service And Software Revenues Rise But Results Miss Expectations

BlackBerry doubles software and service revenues but gives no hardware figures as recovery continues

9 years ago

Samsung Brings Remote Support To Your Phone

Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users among the first to enjoy upgraded service from Samsung+ support app

9 years ago

British Shoppers Are Being Ripped Off By Mobile Phone Shops

Watchdog claims that shoppers are often paying more than double what they should for mobile phone contracts in the UK

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Technology’s Believe It Or Not

How good are you at spotting the real technology story from the fake? Find out with our quiz and don't…

9 years ago

Ofcom Will Issue VHF Spectrum Licences For IoT

Ofcom says VHF bands are suitable for IoT and will create a new business radio product later this year

9 years ago

Microsoft Is Letting Windows Phone Be (For Now)

Lack of focus on smartphones evident at Microsoft Build as company focuses attention elsewhere in 2016

9 years ago

Smartphone Sales Set To Stall In 2016

1.5bn devices will be sold this yet but growth is at lowest level ever as market saturation begins to bite,…

9 years ago

Microsoft Looks Beyond Mouse And Keyboard With Windows 10 ‘Anniversary Update’

Free ‘Anniversary Update’ will be available to all Windows 10 users from this summer

9 years ago

Ofcom: EE Is Fastest, Most Reliable Network In UK Cities

Ofcom tests all four mobile operators in major cities to give consumers a 'flavour' of network performance in urban areas

9 years ago

How To Stay Ahead Of The IoT Invasion

Rob Greer, CMO & SVP of products, ForeScout Technologies, explains how to deal with the current and impending IoT security…

9 years ago

Vodafone Blames Huge Rise In Ofcom Complaints On New Billing System

Vodafone takes most complained about accolade for mobile, EE for broadband and TalkTalk for landline in latest Ofcom complaint figures

9 years ago

Boosty Combines Wi-Fi And 4G To Boost Broadband Speed, Targets Operator Partnerships

Sharedband CEO Paul Evans tells TechWeekEurope that technology powering Boosty could eventually be built natively into broadband providers' routers

9 years ago

Foxconn Finally Agrees Sharp Takeover

£2.4bn deal comes in far lower than original agreement following several wrangles

9 years ago

IT Life: Microsoft In The UK

Microsoft UK CEO Michael Van der Bel talks about his career in technology, admiration of Dyson and the power of…

9 years ago

Samsung Releases Ad-Blocking Mobile Browser

Enjoy an ‘uncluttered’ mobile Internet experience on Samsung devices now

9 years ago

Internet Of Seals: Vodafone Connects Marine Mammals To IoT

Harbour seals in Orkney will be connected to Vodafone's M2M network with tags that will help researchers understand why populations…

9 years ago

Oracle Sets Google Java Damages At £6.5bn

Oracle and Google are set to return to court over the use of Java in Android in May

9 years ago

Samsung Pay Arrives In China

World’s biggest mobile market gets a competitor to Apple Pay

9 years ago

Apple Works On Fix For Buggy iOS 9.3

Apple solves activation bug but iOS 9.3 users now complain they can't open links on iPhone and iPad

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger ‘Plans’ In-Store Payments

Next evolution of Facebook Messenger looks to add direct payments and secret conversations

9 years ago

Why The Country Is Going Cashless

Gary Watts, head of innovation at MBNA, looks at what makes going cashless such an attractive prospect for Britons

9 years ago

Ofcom Proposals Will Make It Easier To Switch Mobile Networks

Ofcom says a customer's new mobile phone provider should handle all aspects of the switchover amid concerns it is too…

9 years ago

Apple Updates OS X 10.11.4 And iOS 9.3 To Boost Security

Among the security updates is a critical vulnerability in Apple's Messages app that could have exposed users to risk

9 years ago

Android Pay Will Launch In UK Without RBS, Barclays And Santander Support

Google confirms Android Pay will launch in the UK "in next few months", but some bank customers and American Express…

9 years ago