Shifting demographics and premium tiers driving next wave of SVoD growth

Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) is maintaining its momentum, with Netflix and Amazon continuing to lead the charge in the first half of 2017, despite increased maturity. This is according

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Bots: The good, the bad and the ugly

Chatbots are more than 50 years old, but the technology is still evolving. Despite recent advances, the history of chatbots hasn’t been all plain sailing.

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Samsung quietly acquires Greek text-to-speech startup Innoetics for under $50M

With the launch of Bixby and reported that Samsung is building its own competitor to Amazon’s Echo, the consumer electronics giant has now made an acquisition that could help power its

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What is the current state of mobile security? Part 2

If you’re like most people, your phone is by your side throughout your day. Thanks to payment apps, mobile GPS and mobile banking, our phones now double as a wallet,

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DOCOMO carrier billing now available for App Store, Apple Music, iTunes and iBooks purchases

NTT DOCOMO customers are now able to pay for App Store, Apple Music, iTunes and iBooks purchases across Apple devices via carrier billing — providing a safe, secure and versatile

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Qualcomm calls out Apple now for ‘improperly interfering’ with the chip maker’s contract manufacturer agreements

Qualcomm Inc. reported that it has been informed by Apple Inc. that Apple is withholding payments to its contract manufacturers for the royalties those contract manufacturers owe under their licenses with

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Transformation of organisational, innovation and revenue models is critical to the digitisation of telcos, says GlobalData

The explosive growth in the consumption of digital media, content, applications and storage poses excellent opportunities for telecom services providers.

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Cyber security concerns are high over personal data safety as survey shows 83% fear financial data hack

F5 Networks has released the results of a new study into the UK’s app-centric society and consumer behaviours. The research reveals over a quarter of Brits (26%) do not check app

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If the C.I.A. can compromise smartphones as Wikileaks says, is it still possible to protect your privacy?

In the largest leak of C.I.A. documents, Wikileaks has disclosed  the tools that the C.I.A. uses to hack computers, phones and smart TVs around the world.

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Mobile World Congress 2017: My highlights

Barcelona was the scene of another festival of technology, as the world’s most influential companies, journalists and engineers travelled to Mobile World Congress (MWC). MWC tends to be associated with

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