The Alcatel OneTouch Watch, which recently went up for pre-orders in the UK, will launch in the country in mid-June. The watch will be available to buy for £99.99 from Currys PC…
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Microsoft Bing, like Google, will give more prominence to “mobile-friendly” websites
Microsoft has announced it will update search engine Bing to add support for a new search algorithm which will give more prominence to “mobile-friendly” websites. “Based on data from user’s interaction with…
Reddit rolls out new tools to take on online harassment issue
Reddit has rolled out a number of new anti-harassment tools in a bid to prohibit “attacks and harassment of individuals” through the platform. According to Reddit, the new anti-harassment tools will let…
China bans use of wearable tech by armed forces owing to security concerns
China has reportedly imposed a ban on use of internet-connected wearable tech by its armed forces in lieu of security concerns. According to a report on People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily, which…
Apple, A123 Systems close to a settlement over employee poaching issue
Apple and electric battery maker A123 Systems are close to settle a federal lawsuit over employee poaching. Back in February, A123 filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Apple and five of…
EE’s 4G data traffic surpasses 3G traffic for first time ever
UK mobile operator EE has announced it currently has more than 10 million customers using its 4G service across Europe. This is for the first time that the operator’s total 4G data…
Google denied 60% of right to be forgotten requests
Google’s latest transparency report reveals it rejected nearly 60 per cent of the right to be forgotten requests. It was on May 13, 2014 that the Court of Justice of the European…
Amazon rolls out new advertising platform for developers
Amazon has rolled out a new advertising platform dubbed “Advertise Your App with Amazon” for mobile app developers to promote their apps on Android devices and Amazon tablets. The new service will…
Kaspersky opens first European Research Centre in UK
Kaspersky lab on Tuesday announced it has opened its first European Research Centre in the UK. The research centre will be based at Kaspersky’s headquarters in Paddington, London and will provide both…
Facebook finalises nine launch partners for its “Instant Articles” program
Facebook has partnered with nine news publishers to roll out new feature dubbed “Instant Articles” which will allow them to publish news stories directly on to the social network’s mobile news feeds….
FreedomPop’s free calls, texts and data plans heading to UK this July
US mobile carrier FreedomPop is all set to make a UK debut in July this year. FreedomPop’s very first SIM-only plan will offer 200MB of data, 200 texts and 200 minutes of…
Cane for the blind goes smart with face recognition tech, GPS, Bluetooth
Students at Birmingham City University are working on a smart cane dubbed ‘XploR’ that not only fulfills its primary purpose for the blind, but also lets its user know when his /…
Google’s Android One initiative lands in Turkey
Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Android One program to Turkey. The search giant has collaborated with Turkish network provider General Mobile to launch an affordable smartphone in the region…
Microsoft rolls out Skype Translator beta for all users
Microsoft on Tuesday announced its Skype Translator beta is now available to anyone who wants to download it. Previously, the app, which was first launched in December 2014, had been available in…
Cyber breaches will cost global economy over £1.3bn by 2019: Report
Cyber breaches will cost the global economy more than £1.3bn by 2019, increasing to almost four times the estimated cost of breaches in 2015, a new study claims. According to Juniper Research,…