Mobile & wireless

CIOs must see Smartphone as assets not threats

Embrace the mobile device, it's easier

Rather than worrying about bottling up mobile experiences, the real question is how can you embrace this phenomenon and make device choice part of your company's mobility strategy. more...


Mobile & wireless Indepth

Smartphone etiquette: Unspoken rules for the holidays

Smartphone etiquette: Unspoken rules for the holidays

Iphone addiction advice for CIOs

Toilet texting. Tweeting in church. What are the do's and don'ts for smartphone users this holiday season? You may be surprised at what most people consider good iPhone and BlackBerry manners, as revealed by a new survey. more...


Review: myBatteryLife for iPhone

Review: myBatteryLife for iPhone

Battery life in percentages

Users of MyBatteryLife might assume the app somehow extends the battery life of their iPhone or iPod touch. more...


Android 2.0: has the iPhone met its match?

Android 2.0: has the iPhone met its match?

Get past the hype: Here's the real deal on the Android chances to unseat the iPhone

Get past the hype: Here's the real deal on Android's chances to unseat the iPhone more...


Review: iBookshelf for iPhone

Review: iBookshelf for iPhone

Let the inner librarian loose with this iPhone App, quiet please!

The iBookshelf app is a relatively modest database application for the iPhone and iPod touch designed to help keep track of your books. more...


Trend Micro boss Eva Chen challenges IT security and iPhone threats

Trend Micro boss Eva Chen challenges IT security and iPhone threats

Studying security trends

Eva Chen runs the biggest software company in Asia, Trend Micro. She tells us about the challenges of IT security in the 21st century more...


What you need to know about iPhone and Smartphone security

What you need to know about iPhone and Smartphone security

CIOs offer tips for managing the spread of the iPhone

Smartphones share many of the same risks of laptops and are easier to lose. more...


Apple probes iPhone battery woes

Apple probes iPhone battery woes

Apple still no nearer solving its power problems

Continued complaints by iPhone owners about fast-draining batteries have prompted Apple to ask some users to install power-logging software on their smartphones in an effort to diagnose the problem, according to messages on the company's support forum. more...


Everyday iPhone disasters CIOs face and their remedies

Everyday iPhone disasters CIOs face and their remedies

Six major iPhone problems and thier fixes

Earlier this year, reportedly faulty exploding iPhones in Europe caused a whole lot of finger pointing at Apple and its suppliers—but more often than not, iPhones get sent to the repair shop because of user slip-ups. more...


Latest iPhone update causes Exchange headaches

Latest iPhone update causes Exchange headaches

CIOs discovering that users with latest iPhone software are compromising Exchange use by older iPhone users

CIOs discovering that users with latest iPhone software are compromising Exchange use by older iPhone users more...


Mobile & wireless news

iPhone closing in on BlackBerry smartphone crown

BlackBerry out in front in US but Apple gaining

RIM's BlackBerry was the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the US in December 2009 with 41.6 percent share of US smartphone devices. But Apple's iPhone OS ranked second with 25.3 percent share (up 1.2 percentage points since September), while BlackBerry dropped a percentage point in the same period. more...


Apple iPhone slips in market share

Smartphone sales down

As reported by the Wall Street Journal , an ABI Research paper claims that the iPhone's market share among smartphone has dipped to 16.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to a little over 18 per cent from the previous three-month period. more...


OFT believe Orange-T-mobile merger will damage UK competition

EU asked to hand over review to OFT

The planned merger between T-Mobile and Orange will significantly decrease competition in the UK market, says the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). more...


Google may open Nexus One complaints centre

After complaints over web-only help

A Google job advertisement indicates it may be planning to build a telephone customer support operation for Nexus One users. more...


Orange named best mobile broadband provider

YouGov says ISP tops 9 out of 15 categories

Orange has been named the top mobile broadband provider in the UK, by YouGov. more...


Highways Agency consider monitoring drivers by mobile phone

'Anonymous' software to analyse traffic movement

The Highways Agency has confirmed that it is considering a system that will monitor traffic by tracking drivers' mobile phones. more...


Ovum and PwC disagree on when economy will bounce back

Upturn this year or next?

The number of completed technology merger and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the UK fell by 60 per cent last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC), but 2010 will see a bounce back, the consulting firm is predicting. more...


Citrix will develop app to run Windows 7 on iPad

Will this make the iPad useful?

Running Microsoft's latest OS, Windows 7, on Apple's newest device, the iPad, is possible, says Citrix. more...


Fujitsu and Apple battle it out over the iPad trademark

Fujitsu: 'iPad is ours, not Apple's'

The Newly launched Apple iPad is already facing legal troubles. Not terribly surprising, as "iPad" is hardly original - and Apple has a history of stealing names that are registered trademarks of other companies. more...


Apple tablet does exist analyst claims

Device being tested at Apple HQ, says Flurry

An analytics firm has claimed that the much-rumoured Apple tablet is being used at the company HQ more...




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Legal risks of uncontrolled email and web use

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We surveyed 157 IT professionals to understand the difficulties and opportunities faced by email managers. From this we were able to highlight some easy-to-manange solutions to their most pressing problems.


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