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  • Why developers are turning to API services

    As application development increasingly hooks into outside services, tools to manage all those APIs are sprouting up

  • How NFC is transforming the weekly shopping experience

    Retailers have been talking about enabling consumers to pay for groceries using their mobile phones for years but, in reality, the mobile payments revolution is still some way off.

  • Indoor positioning market heats up with Apple acquisition of WifiSLAM

    The news this week that Apple has acquired indoor positioning company WifiSLAM is a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is hotting up.

  • BlackBerry delivers, but tough battle looms

    The recently rechristened BlackBerry has delivered on its promise to breathe new life into its aging, iconic product line for diehard fans, but faces an uphill battle against the iPhone and devices based on Google's Android operating system.

  • Wireless charging can help drive NFC growth

    At CES 2013, the Wireless Power Consortium displayed dozens of devices that were designed to the Qi wireless charging standard, suggesting that 2013 may be the year wireless charging becomes a feature consumers expect to come standard in new smartphones.

  • Cool gadgets and hot tech that will shine at CES 2013

    With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, smart appliances, and smartphone apps figure to fight for center stage.

  • The impact of the 'Internet of Things' on corporate IT

    The Internet of Things (IoT) is a broad concept plotting to make vast amounts of the physical world interactive, IP-enabled, and ?smart?, according to Forrester Research analyst Andrew Rose.

  • IBM: In the next 5 years computers will learn, mimic the human senses

    IBM today issued its seventh annual look at what Big Blue researchers think will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages known as "IBM 5 in 5" the company has had some success in predicting the future of password protection, telemedicine and nanotechnology.

  • Upgrading RAM on the new iMac is practically impossible

    The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-inch iMac's repair score to 3 out of a possible 10, calling servicing the computer 'an exercise in disappointment.'

  • Flexible working not only for Generation Y employees

    Flexible working is sold or depicted as essential to CIOs and organisations if they want to attract and harness the talent of the next generation of workforce. Dubbed Generation Y they have attracted an almost mythical status, as if their dexterity with Facebook will drive up revenue, or banality on Twitter will bring innovation, or their YouTube clips lower costs.





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