Emtek Group has announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba’s digital payments company Ant Financial. The two companies will develop a suite of financial services, which includes a mobile payments platform that will debut on BBM.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 28, 2017. The company reported a smaller quarterly loss as operating costs nearly halved, narrowing its loss from a year earlier.
Square today announced that it has launched in the UK, making it easier than ever for millions of small and medium-sized businesses across Britain to take card payments and run their business.
IBM has launched the first enterprise-strength Blockchain as a Service, based on The Linux Foundation's open source Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0. IBM Blockchain, which lets developers quickly establish highly secure blockchain networks on the IBM cloud
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 on March 31, 2017.
A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 a.m. ET, which can be accessed by dialing 1-844-309-0607 or by logging on at here.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the appointment of Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, to its board of directors effective immediately. Microsoft also announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share. The dividend is payable June 8, 2017.
Google has continued the expansion of Android Pay, as the company launched its mobile payments system in Belgium. Users will be able to pay at over 85,000 retail locations with Android Pay, including Carrefour, McDonald's, Media Markt, H&M, and more.
VeloCloud Network today announced that it has closed a $35 million Series D round of funding, led by Hermes Growth Partners. Round participants included new investors Telstra Ventures and Khazanah Nasional Berhad...
Samsung today announced its partnership with several leaders in the banking industry as part of its strategic move to launch and expand its Samsung Pay ecosystem in Malaysia.
BlackBerry today posted an adjusted profit that beat expectations, even as revenue dropped sharply. Announcing its Q3 2017 fiscal results, the company reported a $114 million net loss on $289 million in revenue.
BlackBerry has announced that it will be reporting results for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 on December 20, 2016.
A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET.
Blackboard, a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced the acquisition of U.K. based Fronteer, including its flagship Ally product.
Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $13.0 billion. Microsoft today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016
Samsung announced today that it estimates a negative impact of approximately mid-3 trillion won in operating profit from the fourth quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2017.
BlackBerry announced Q2 Fiscal 2017 results today, posting a 31.8 percent fall in second-quarter revenue and it said it would end all internal hardware development, including its smartphones.
BlackBerry has announced it will be reporting results for the second quarter of fiscal 2017 on September 28, 2016.
BlackBerry has announced the redemption of existing Convertible Debentures and the issuance of new Convertible Debentures.
Google today announced it has acquired Orbitera, a startup that developed a platform for buying and selling cloud-based software.
BlackBerry today announced that it has received acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") with respect to a normal course issuer bid.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 third quarter ended June 25, 2016. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $42.4 billion and quarterly net income of $7.8 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share.
MasterCard has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 92.4% of VocaLink for $920 million (£700 million).
Samsung announced today that Brazil will roll out Samsung Pay on July 19, with major financial partners, making it the first market in South America to introduce the company’s mobile payment service.
Japanese company Line has set the price of its IPO at 3,330 yen per share, meaning it could raise as much as $1.3bn when it goes public.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months ended May 31, 2016, reporting a $670 million US net loss in the first quarter of its 2017 financial year.
Samsung today announced that it has agreed to acquire Joyent, a leading public and private cloud provider. With Joyent's superior cloud technology, Samsung will now have access to its own cloud platform.
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 on June 23, 2016 and the company has just announced that it will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders the day before.
Samsung today launched the company's mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, bringing Australian consumers and businesses a secure, fast, and simple way to pay.
BlackBerry‘s stock had its “market perform†rating reiterated by Wells Fargo in a research report issued on Monday. They presently have a $7.62 target price on the company’s stock.
Apple today previewed iOS 10, featuring a huge update to Messages that delivers more expressive and animated ways to message friends and family.
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 on June 23, 2016. A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET.
Nokia today announced that it has closed the acquisition of Withings S.A. earlier than had been expected. Through this acquisition, Nokia Technologies has established a new Digital Health business unit.
Samsung announced today that Samsung Pay is giving U.S. users another way to slim down their physical wallets with the support of membership features.
Google has announced today that it will stop showing adverts from payday loan companies to protect its users from "deceptive or harmful financial products".
NantHealth today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.
BCE Inc., parent company to Canada's third-largest wireless carrier Bell Mobility, has announced a deal to purchase Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) for $3.9 billion CAD.
Nokia has announced plans to acquire Withings S.A., a pioneer and leader in the connected health revolution with a family of award-winning digital health products and services.
Back in March of this year, we reported how BlackBerry Secure Work Space users should not upgrade to iOS 9.3 due to compatibility issues.
Apple today announced that it will hold its 27th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 13 through 17 in San Francisco.
Micromax, TranServ and Visa, today announced a strategic partnership to offer a mobile payment solution for its customers in India.
Atom Bank, the UK’s first bank designed for digital and optimised for mobile, has announced its regulatory restriction has been lifted, and as of today opens its virtual doors.
Nine months after Apple Pay launched in the UK, Barclays and Barclaycard customers are now able to make contactless payments using Apple Pay.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 29, 2016 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of SAP SE recommend that shareholders approve a dividend of €1.15 per share for the fiscal year 2015 at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
BMO Financial Group and MasterCard today marked the beginning of a phased launch of the first biometric corporate credit card program in Canada and the U.S.
Google has today announced that Android Pay will be coming to the UK "in the next few months". Android Pay will support MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards from many of the UK’s major financial institutions.
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 on April 1, 2016. A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET
SAP today announced the following events taking place in February 2016. The Company will host a Capital Markets Day in New York on Thursday, February 4th, 2016 from 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm (CET).
BlackBerry announced today that it received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") to amend its current normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") in order to increase the maximum number of common shares that may be repurchased.
BT has completed its £12.5 billion acquisition of EE, creating the biggest telecoms provider in the UK. In a filing to the stock market, BT confirmed it has transferred shares over to Deutsche Telekom.
Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $9.4 billion; Windows 10 active on over 200 million devices.
Paperlit has announced that it has completed the purchase of Stonewash Limited, a privately-owned digital publishing service based in London for an undisclosed amount.
SAP and First Data today announced plans to eliminate the complexity from business-to-business (B2B) payments with the rollout of the AribaPay solution across Europe and Latin America.
LG 4Q 2015 earnings announcement is scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday, January 26 and will be followed by a Korean language news conference at 16:00 (KST) at LG Twin Towers, East Tower Auditorium (Floor B1).
BlackBerry has announced their Q3 Fiscal 2016 results today, reporting higher revenue and a smaller loss than analysts were expecting.
Slackhas announced it’s teamed up with its investors Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, KPCB, Spark, and Social+Capital and together they’ve thrown in $80 million for a Slack-first fund.
Samsung announced today that Samsung Pay now supports 50 popular merchant gift cards as well as a gift card store that enables users to buy gift cards from supported merchants.
Samsung has announced the launch of the Samsung Pay Transportation Card Service, which provides Samsung Pay users with a more convenient way to use transportation in Korea.
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 on December 18, 2015. A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET.
Finnish mobile company Jolla today announced that its latest financing round which aimed to end in November, has been postponed and the company needs to adjust its operations accordingly.
LG has unveiled plans to develop and deploy its own mobile payment service which will be called LG Pay. LG has currently completed agreements with two large Korean credit card companies, namely Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card.
Samsung has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. Samsung posted KRW 51.68 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 7.39 trillion in operating profit for the quarter.
After an initial review of its third quarter 2015 performance, SAP SE today announced its preliminary financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2015.
LogMeIn today announced that it has agreed to acquire LastPass, the popular single-sign-on (SSO) and password management service. LastPass will immediately bolster LogMeIn's position in the multi-billion dollar identity and access management (IAM) market.
Last week, a new BBM update became available for BlackBerry, iOS and Android smartphones. With the new BBM update BBM and PayPal are integrating peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfers.
Microsoft today announced that it will change the reporting of its financial results to reflect the company's strategy and ambitions.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months ended August 29, 2015 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
Yesterday we reported how Apple had to remove a variety of malware-infected apps from its App Store after false developer code, called XcodeGhost, found its way into a number of apps.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley maintained a Hold rating on BlackBerry Monday and set a price target of $8, after it conducted a wireless survey for the company.
BlackBerry have announced that they will be reporting results for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 on September 25, 2015.
Google has announced that they have begun the roll out Android Pay in the U.S. Android Pay is a simple and secure way to pay with your Android phone at over one million locations across the US.
Using the web clip feature in the enterprise space can be pretty useful as custom icons are placed onto user’s devices. Users tap the icons to access the company’s web portal or services in one easy step, without navigating through their bookmarks.
Starting today, users will be able to authorize contactless transactions of up to £30 in the UK.
Wall Street analysts are expecting BlackBerry to report a loss for its fiscal second quarter of approximately $39.2 million dollars, or 7 cents a share.
Google has announced a major restructuring of the company. Google will now be owned by a publicly traded umbrella company called Alphabet, which will be run by CEO Larry Page.
Fitbit saw its revenue beat expectations and more than triple to $400m (£256m) in the second quarter of the year. Margins fell, however, due to higher spending on new products.
LG today announced a modest net profit of KRW 226.4 billion (USD 206.38 million) for the second quarter of 2015, in an extremely challenging environment.
Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette has upgraded his rating on BlackBerry stock on the strength of the company’s cash reserves and ability to further cut costs.
Amazon.com today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015. Operating cash flow increased 69% to $8.98 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.33 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2014.
Microsoft today announced that revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 were $22.2 billion. Gross margin, operating loss, and loss per share for the quarter were $14.7 billion, $(2.1) billion, and $(0.40) per share, respectively.
Google today announced Second Quarter 2015 Results with revenues of $17.7 billion and revenue growth of 11% year over year.
Apple Pay has officially launched in the UK. Apple Pay will allow iPhone users to "tap-and-pay" with their smartphones and Apple Watch for the first time, marking the first time the software will be available outside the US.
BlackBerry have announced an update to BBM Money that for the first time brings Instant Mobile Payments to users of the app on all major platforms in Indonesia.
Barclays launched their bPay payment wristbands last year, and are now expanding the service by launching key fobs, an updated wristband and stickers that can be attached to any flat surface, including a mobile phone.
Amazon today announced the Alexa Fund, up to $100 million in investments to support developers, manufacturers, and start-ups of all sizes who are passionate about creating new experiences designed around the human voice.
BlackBerry today provided an update on its planned share repurchase program to purchase for cancellation up to 12 million BlackBerry common shares, or approximately 2.5% of the outstanding public float.
In a report published Wednesday, Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha maintained an Underperform rating on BlackBerry with a price target of $6, after the company reported disappointing results.
BlackBerry announced on Tuesday that quarterly revenue came in at $658m, down from $966m in the year-ago quarter, and a slight decrease from $660m in Q4.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months ended May 30, 2015 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015. Just after it, the company will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders at 10am ET in Waterloo, Ontario.
BlackBerry will be reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 on June 23rd, 2015. A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 am ET
BlackBerry shares recovered from a sudden drop in value on this morning’s pre-market. An unexplained move in extended trading before the market opened in New York saw shares lose more than 15% lower than they closed on Monday afternoon.
BlackBerry today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program to purchase for cancellation up to 12 million BlackBerry common shares, or approximately 2.6% of the outstanding public float.
Securities firm RBC Capital Markets has cut in half its estimate of the number of BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Classic handsets which the company had managed to sell in the previous quarter.
Meerkat, the live streaming app that lets you stream videos live to your twitter followers has now released its API for developers.
Visa Europe has announced the launch of Visa Europe Collab, its new international innovation hub. Working with a network of partners from across the digital and fintech ecosystem.
LG today announced unaudited first-quarter net profit of KRW 38.4 billion (USD 34.91 million) and operating profit of KRW 305.2 billion (USD 277.45 million), up significantly from the previous quarter.
SAP today announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2015. SAP again delivered exceptionally strong growth in the cloud. First quarter non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 131% year-over-year.
Apple today announced ResearchKit, a software framework designed for medical and health research that helps doctors, scientists and other researchers gather data more frequently and more accurately from participants using mobile devices, is now available to researchers and developers.
Hutchison Whampoa will become the UK's biggest mobile phone operator after agreeing a deal to buy O2.
The 10.25 billion-pound ($15.3 billion) price includes an initial sum of 9.25 billion pounds in cash, with a deferred payment of £1 billion
The UK Chancellor has confirmed, in his final budget before the election, that 'Google Tax' will come into effect next month, from April 1. Companies that move their profits overseas to avoid tax will be subject to a "diverted profits tax" from April.
Alibaba is investing $200 million in Snapchat, a source familiar with the deal said, striking its latest Silicon Valley deal as the Chinese ecommerce company builds up mobile services.
The British Chancellor is set to close a number of tax loopholes used by Google, Amazon and other multinationals who have headquarters in Ireland.
Visa Europe, together with a number of its member banks, will be demonstrating a range of live mobile payment apps from across Europe at Mobile World Congress.
Visa Europe has announced that Visa Direct, formerly Visa Personal Payments, is expanding its offering into most countries where Visa has a presence, creating a global peer-to-peer payments service.
Visa Europe today announces its plan to launch a tokenisation service customized for the needs of the
European market. Tokenisation technology will be at the heart of new mobile payment solutions and has been hailed as one of the best data protection and fraud prevention methods available.
T-Mobile US today provided a preliminary view of key customer results for the fourth quarter of 2014, once again demonstrating the strength of the momentum and positive customer response to its Un-carrier initiatives.
Snapchat is looking to raise as much as $500 million in a new funding round that would value the mobile messaging company at up to $19 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.
Mobile Payment Services provider iZettle has announced the iZettle Card Reader Lite, the world’s first free-of-charge Chip & PIN reader.
A Texas federal jury has awarded $15.7 million to Rembrandt Wireless Technologies after finding that Samsung Electronics infringed on two Rembrandt patents covering Bluetooth technology.
Twitter is acquiring Niche, a New York startup that matches social media stars with advertisers, helping Twitter tap into the lucrative world of Internet celebrity.
In a surprise move, Apple has released the first beta of iOS 8.3 before it’s even officially released the final version of iOS 8.2. The new beta offers Wireless CarPlay support.
LINE Corporation, owner and operator of the free call and messaging app LINE, today announced their decision to establish the LINE Life Global Gateway, an investment fund that will target service providers operating in the areas of O2O, e-commerce, payment, media, and entertainment, as part of efforts to expand its LIFE platform business.
Average Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were 288 million for the fourth quarter. Twitter has announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
BT has agreed to buy EE, the UKs largest mobile phone network, in a cash and shares deal worth £12.5 billion. The deal, which BT said would create the UK's leading communications provider, will be partly financed by a £1 billion share issue.
Skimlinks, the content monetization platform for digital publishers, announced today that the company has raised $16 million in Series C financing.
Amazon.com today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Operating cash flow increased 25% to $6.84 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.47 billion for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2013.
Google has rolled out Gmail support for Google Wallet in the UK. From today, account holders in the U.K. can start sending money "quickly and securely" to one another via Gmail without any charges, even if the receiver doesn't have a Gmail address.
Facebook reported fourth-quarter profits of $701m (£462m), a 34% increase on the same period a year ago. Advertising revenue grew by 53% to $3.59bn, with nearly 70% of that coming from mobile ad sales.
