Children’s electronic toy maker Vtech hacked
Chinese electronic toymaker V-Tech has seen its app stroe hacked, exposing email addresses and passwords of 5 million parents and 200,000 children, but no credit card information has been stolen.
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Right to reply: Facebook’s free India internet only solves half the problem
The news this week that Facebook has now extended its Internet.org service to India has generated some negative press. Marco Veremis, CEO of Upstream, looks at the business case for why it is not necessarily the best solution to improving internet access in emerging markets.
Europe mobile trends: Early adopters continue to evolve
Sweden has the highest smart device penetration with 150% smart device penetration,while the UK surprisingly only ranking thirds, according to a new report looking into European app trends.
Star Wars goes VR: Disney joins forces with Google Cardboard
Disney has teamed up with Google to launch a new virtual reality experience on Google Cardboard, ahead of the premiere of ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ‘in Cinemas next month.
Millennials to lead mobile Christmas shopping spree [INFOGRAPHIC]
It’s going to be a digital Christmas, with 42% of all consumers (and 60% of millennials) planning to do more Christmas shopping on their smartphone or tablet this year than last year, according to a new survey.
Yahoo Mail shuts out customers with ad block enabled
In a controversial move, Yahoo is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser.
‘Tears of Joy’ emoji named word of 2015
Oxford Dictionaries has picked an emoji (or pictograph) as its word of the year for the first time, as social media takes an ever-greater role in modern life.
The rise of chat apps: 2bn mobile messaging users by 2018
Over 1.4 billion global consumers will utilise a mobile messaging application this year, and that number will rise to 2 billion by 2018, according to new research.
IBM’s Watson predicts top Christmas gifts
IBM has launched a retail app powered by its AI tool Watson to help make the holiday season easier for shoppers.
Sky Q takes on Netflix with mix of Live TV and VOD
Sky has launched a new service called Sky Q that blends live and on-demand TV as it tries to compete with the likes of Netflix.