Information Technology

Samsung has launched its latest smartphones the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge this evening in Barcelona, on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2016. It is last year’s model, the S6/S6 edge, with more refinements. This is the problem all mobile phone firms have. There are few fundamental technology changes in the pipeline, so new smartphones are just refinements of ...

What is interesting about Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 is that the most exciting developments won’t be in mobile phones. As the mobile industry shows its technology in Barcelona this week (22-25 February) it will be health monitors smart watches, connected cars and smart cities which will grab the headlines and the interest, maybe. The mobile industry no longer only focuses ...

LG has launched the mix and match smartphone, ahead of Mobile World Congress which starts here in Barcelona tomorrow (22 February). As the mobile phone suppliers look at ways to innovate handset design, which has hardly changed in the last five years, LG has come up with the modular smartphone. If you want a B&O audio sound you plug in ...

The technology profession is the most recession-proof in the UK, according IT recruiter, Randstad Technologies. It says that analysis of data from the Office of National Statistics indicates that staff in the IT sector have survived the economic crisis of 2008/9 better than any other profession due to the growing demand for technology across the UK. It points to the ...

The BBC has chosen BT to provide its broadcast network from April 2017 in a seven-year deal worth over £100m. The move is interesting because it will use an internet-based network which is claimed to provide greater flexibility for the broadcaster. It will allow the BBC to introduce data-hungry formats – like Ultra HD (4K), 360-degree content. The new network will allow the BBC to ...

Cisco’s corporate venture capital arm is making an investment in Kii, the Japanese cloud services provider used by internet of things (IoT) device developers. Cisco sees potential in Kii’s cloud software approach to facilitating the development of both business/industrial and consumer-focused IoT applications. A new Kii cloud software, dubbed the Thing Interaction Framework, focuses on common IoT use cases around sensor-cloud-app interactions (like ...

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.54 trillion in 2016, just a 0.6% increase over 2015 spending of  $3.52 trillion, according to Gartner. 2015 saw the largest US dollar drop in IT spending since Gartner began tracking IT spending. $216 billion less was spent on IT in 2015 than in 2014 and 2014 spending levels will not be surpassed ...

Every year, 22,266 USB sticks and 973 mobiles phones go to the dry cleaners in pockets. Only 53% of memory sticks get returned to their owners. The figures come from a survey by security software firm ESET. “People need to pay closer attention to protecting their data,” said ESET security specialist Mark James. “Data is of high value on the ...

Technical people feel more pressure to retire earlier than workers in other industries, says technical recruiter Randstad Techologies. Nearly half (49%) of all tech workers plan to retire early, which is set to cause disruption as senior talent could leave the workforce en masse. This is far more than the average across the UK (35%), with more tech workers planning ...

The Digital Catapult has revealed its predictions for the UK’s data industry in 2016. The Digital Catapult is the UK government’s main technology business initiative for IoT applications. It believes 2016 will be a critical year of partnerships as more companies realise that IoT business opportunities require an increasing ecosystem play. Alex Gluhak, lead technologist – Internet of Things, Digital Catapult, ...