Tizen, the open-source project backed by Intel and Samsung, on Monday released the software development kit and source code for …
India tax raid angers Nokia
Nokia said on Tuesday that it has filed letters of objection in India to protest actions by the country’s income …
iOS 6.1 users struggle with battery life
A number of users on Apple’s iPhone support forum last week reported a big drop in battery life after they …
BlackBerry launches BlackBerry10 platform, two new smartphones
BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates …
Orange, Baidu introduce mobile browser for MEA
Mobile operator Orange and Chinese Internet giant Baidu have developed a co-branded mobile browser for Android-based smartphones in the Middle …
My Phone, the smartphone for the elderly
Age UK has teamed up with Cognatel MVNO CyCell to develop a no-frills mobile phone for the elderly. According to …
Intel employees prefer to choose their own devices
The vast majority of employees would rather choose their own enterprise device than bring their own device to work, according …
Amazon, Google, Apple among least transparent companies in the world
Apple, Amazon.com and Google are among the least transparent companies in the world, according to a survey of 105 publicly …
Red Hat acquiring FuseSource
Boosting its line of open-source middleware, Red Hat is in the process of acquiring open-source integration software vendor FuseSource from …
Raco and Enterprise Mobile cooperate to simplify rollout of M2M services
Raco Wireless and Enterprise Mobile have joined forces to help companies that lack telecom expertise get M2M (machine-to-machine) services off …
Citrix moves into mobile network optimisation with Bytemobile buyout
Citrix is moving into the mobile network optimisation market with its announced purchase of Bytemobile. Bytemobile specialises in making data …
Scary times ahead for smartphone vendors, says analyst
The rest of 2012 will be very challenging for smartphone makers as they struggle to find ways to differentiate their …
Intergence to double GCC consultants
IT optimisation consultancy Intergence has revealed it will double the number of consultants operating in the GCC over the next …
Etisalat to stop Indian network after losing mobile licenses
Middle-East mobile operator Emirates Telecommunications, known as Etisalat, is suspending its network and services in India, following a court order …
QITCOM 2012 recognises strategic partners and sponsors
QITCOM 2012, the pre-eminent platform for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Qatar, joined with ICT industry leaders …
Racing towards the digital economy
Accelerated by government policies and increasing demand from consumers for more bandwidth and video-centric applications, Leo Xu, VP of solutions …
Smooth sailing
The transport and logistics industry in the region is making technology investments that span the entire length and breadth of …
NFC-enabled phone sales top 35mn in 2011
35 million Near Field Communications (NFC)-enabled phones were shipped in 2011, in what has been described as a “breakthrough year” …
Connection in progress
IP telephony is only part of the gains expected from unified IP communication The business case to move to a …
Microsoft Office 365 goes live
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the much-awaited Office 365 yesterday, after a beta program of about nine months, as the …