LTE phone shipments will grow tenfold to reach 67 million units in 2012, making it a breakout year for the …
Apple battles Nokia, RIM and Motorola over nano-SIM standard
Next week, two proposals for a new, smaller SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM – one backed by Apple and the other …
Cloud will create more jobs than internet did: study
Cloud computing has a greater potential for employment growth than the internet did in its early years, according to a …
Google+ could catch up on Facebook, say app developers
Recent surveys of mobile app developers found that 66% of them feel Google+ could catch up to Facebook. When asked …
Middle East ISPs slack during business hours: research
Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the Middle East are underperforming during work hours and hindering users’ business efficiency, according to …
Deciding to buy a router is like deciding on visiting the dentist: says VP of Cisco’s Consumer Products
“Very few people around the world really understand the need for a good router, even fewer know what router they’re …
Motorola Mobility launches Motorola DEFY+ in the UAE
Motorola Mobility recently announced that the the new Motorola Defy+ is now available across major retail outlets in the UAE. …
Developer interest in Android slowly eroding: survey
While Google does not have to worry about app developers fleeing Android en masse, they might be concerned that developer …
Apple to issue dividends, repurchase shares from $98b cash balance
Apple will use its massive cash balance of US$98 billion to issue dividends and repurchase shares, it announced yesterday in …
Kaspersky Lab warns against heavy IT consumerisation
According to a recent worldwide study by “O+K” conducted in association with Kaspersky Lab, 16.7% of all Internet users around …
PayPal unveils mobile payment system for small businesses
PayPal is targeting small businesses, service providers, and casual sellers on the move with its new PayPal Here service which …
Toshiba to launch SD memory cards with 90MBs write speeds this year
Toshiba will launch high-speed SD memory cards this year in Japan and abroad that can read data at up to …
Facebook, Apple, Twitter sued for using privacy-invading mobile apps
Facebook, Apple, Twitter and 15 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications. …
Hotels in the region are behind on IT: Atlantis
Hoteliers in the Middle East need to get out of the “traditional hotelier mindset” and start using technology to cater …
Extreme Networks takes on BYOD challenge
Extreme Networks this week is rolling out Ethernet switches and a network management application designed to address the BYOD phenomenon at enterprise campuses. Extreme’s Intelligent Mobile …
Apple’s new A5X chip may be for iPad only, analysts say
Apple delivered a performance breakthrough Wednesday with its new A5X processor for the iPad, but it’s possible that this chip …
MEA to have highest mobile data traffic growth
The Middle East and Africa will have the highest regional mobile data traffic growth rate (36-fold) over the next four …
Expect shortages of new iPad, say analysts
Apple will not be able to meet demand for the new iPad when it goes on sale later this month, …
Huawei unveils series of ‘world first’ solutions
Huawei used last week’s Mobile World Congress to announce the world’s first mobile broadband cloud acceleration solution, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) inter-band …
Google takes on iTunes store with Google Play
Google has finally created the last missing piece that it needs to compete with Apple in the digital content retail space: a …