Tagged: Verizon & News
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Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM News
08.06.2013 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that the social networking platform cooperated with US intelligence bodies like the National Security Agency (NSA) in allowing... -
EFF rage at alleged gathering of phone data of millions of US citizens News
06.06.2013 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has responded angrily to reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US is alleged to be gathering data on private US citizens. It... -
The technology business week: Aer Lingus grounds talk of San Francisco direct flights; Disney shuts LucasArts News
08.04.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Verizon denies joint plans with AT&T to bid for Vodafone in €200bn mega merger News
03.04.2013 US telecoms player Verizon has blasted speculation that it plans to co-operate with AT&T in a bid to buy UK telecoms giant Vodafone in a transaction rumoured to be worth in... -
It’s the annual iPhone launch guessing game time of year again … yay! News
22.08.2012 It’s that time of year again when every wag attempts to guess when the next generation iPhone device will launch based on each and every morsel of information. The latest... -
Gmail, Hotmail, MSN and AOL details found among data from Yahoo! password breach News
13.07.2012 Thousands of email addresses from a number of other services have been found in the data posted by hacker collective D33Ds Company, which were acquired through hacking Yahoo!...Categories: Web, Social Media, Security, Networks, Internet, Financial Results, Database, Data Management -
Apple co-founder Wozniak queues for new iPad (video) News
16.03.2012 As the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak doesn’t have to queue up or even buy his next iPad, but in what he describes as a ritual or a way of paying homage to the company he... -
Apple takes a bite of Chomp – adds app discovery News
24.02.2012 Apple is set to greatly enhance its app search and discovery capabilities, including new algorithms that will get to know users’ preferences via its acquisition of apps search...Categories: Wireless Communications, Search Engines, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
US Govt to probe Carrier IQ smartphone logging claims News
15.12.2011 It is understood that US federal investigators are investigating claims that Carrier IQ software can be used to track user activity and send information to carriers without the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Security, Phones, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Gemalto NFC technology to serve 76pc of US wireless market News
12.12.2011 SIM and smart card giant Gemalto has secured a deal with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon’s NFC joint venture Isis, in a move that will see it support up to 76pc of the US wireless...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Consumer Tech -
Vodafone reports five-fold growth in pay-as-you-go data usage News
08.11.2011 Vodafone’s Irish operations grew its customer base by 17,000 customers in its latest quarterly results, reaching 2.4m customers at the end of September. Vodafone Group grew...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Communications -
Gallagher leaves 3 to head up infrastructure firm News
21.07.2011 3 Ireland’s director of business and new initiative Damien Gallagher has left the mobile operator to head up infrastructure consultancy KN Network Services. Gallagher... -
Apple iOS remains No 1 choice for smartphone buyers News
18.07.2011 Apple iOS remains the No 1 preference for buyers, a ChangeWave survey claims, with 46pc of consumers surveyed planning to buy an iOS-based device in the next 90 days. This is... -
Intune Networks unveils its first commercial product News
23.05.2011 What began in 1999 as a research project in photonics at UCD has resulted in the world’s first web-enabled and virtualised networking system that could revolutionise broadband...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Communications, Cloud -
Motorola sues TiVo for infringing DVR patents News
28.02.2011 Communications giant Motorola is suing TiVo, alleging the TV provider infringed its patents for digital video recorder (DVR) technology.Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Legal, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
iPad 2 to launch this month, release date for March News
07.02.2011 Apple is getting ready to launch its next-generation iPad this month and will confirm a release date for the product for some point in March, according to rumours. -
One in two devices sold by Vodafone are smartphones News
03.02.2011 As Vodafone begins its femtocell strategy in Ireland, the company reported a 34,000 increase in customers in the past quarter and that despite the recession Irish people still...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Communications -
Verizon takes case against FCC over net neutrality News
21.01.2011 The new net neutrality rules imposed recently by the Federal Communications Commission have attracted a lawsuit by Verizon alleging the FCC exceeded its authority.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Telecommunications, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Government, Communications -
Verizon iPhone 4 deal could trip the march of Android News
11.01.2011 Android’s stellar rise, especially in the US, could miss a step after Apple and Verizon today revealed the iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon’s network with a host of innovations,... -
Motorola XOOM tablet wins ‘Best in Show’ at CES News
10.01.2011 LAS VEGAS - Motorola’s answer to the iPad – the first tablet computer to run Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ – has picked up the ‘Best in Show’ award at the Consumer Electronics Show.