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By Jim O’Reilly Google Glass, essentially a personal heads-up display in a lightweight headset, has been in use for around 18 months. Experimental work to use it during surgery and other uses has made this a well-followed item to even the nontechnical public, but the very visible head-band and the tapping method to activate the […]

By Jim O’Reilly Andy Rubin, who led the Android division of Google, and more recently its robotics programs, is leaving the company. The Wall Street Journal reports he plans to launch his own incubator for robotics hardware startups. Rubin joined Google in 2005 with the acquisition of Android Inc., where he was a co-founder. He […]

By Duncan Macrae Samsung has smacked down claims that a major vulnerability has been discovered in Samsung KNOX security for Android, just days after it received approval from the U.S. government. Samsung KNOX is an Android-based solution specifically designed to enhance security of the current open-source Android platform. The NSA, under the agency’s Commercial Solutions […]

By Tom Jowitt A common wisecrack about the Apple iPhone (and indeed many smartphones) is that users always need to be close to a power source due to the limited battery life. But now a new chip could dramatically extend the battery life of the smartphone and even save energy for mobile phone base stations. […]

By Steve McCaskill Cisco has invited startups and SMBs to come up with machine-to-machine (M2M) applications that can help improve the U.K.’s transport network in a bid to demonstrate the power of the Internet of things (IoT). The Connected Transport Challenge will task entrants with submitting proof-of-concept Station-as-a-Service (StaaS) applications that solve a number of […]

By Steve McCaskill New government research claims that half of Brits have fallen victim to cyber-crime, with 53 percent viewing online offenses as serious as those committed in the physical world, but just 32 percent have reported such incidents to the authorities, masking the true financial impact, which is currently calculated at £670 million a […]

By Steve McCaskill The world’s top female tennis players will be able to benefit from real-time data analytics during in-match coaching breaks, thanks to a new mobile application from SAP. The German firm is a partner of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and has worked with players and coaches for the past year to […]

By Michael Moore Vodafone has announced a major expansion to its 4G roaming network, meaning jetsetting customers can now enjoy superfast speeds in 23 locations across the globe. The operator Oct. 14 said that 19 new destinations across four continents had finally joined Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal to become part of its roaming 4G […]

By Michael Moore The next version of Google’s Android software is set to be named “Licorice,” according a series of hints published on social media by a senior figure at the company. Eagle-eyed industry observers spotted that Giovanni Calabrese had seemingly revealed the name through a number of posts on his Google+ account, which appear […]

By Michael Moore Online retail giant Amazon has said it is planning to hire a thousand new employees in the U.K. as part of a plan to expand its warehouse and distribution staff. The permanent staff will be based at Amazon’s eight U.K. distribution centers in Doncaster, Dunfermline, Gourock, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Rugeley […]

By Tom Jowitt Technology is reportedly playing its part in the fight against the Ebola disease that is currently ravaging parts of West Africa. In Nigeria, health workers are utilizing an Android app on their smartphones to help to reduce the time it takes to report the onset of symptoms with suspected patients. Speedy Reporting […]

By Michael Moore A strong and reliable WiFi connection has emerged as the most critical of all business factors for small and midsize companies, according to a new survey. A study of 500 SMBs by networking firm Netgear has found that three-quarters (75 percent) of SMBs say that having a wireless network has become essential […]