Playground gaming integrated into Le Monde daily newspaper
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
kr3m is broadening its global outreach with the launch of a new, exciting project. The company's online gaming platform, "Playground," has been integrated into the digital services offered by Le Monde, the premier daily newspaper in France. This partnership represents kr3m's inaugural foray into markets beyond German-speaking countries, signaling the b...
App price and tax changes from Apple
Thursday, January 20, 2022 by Richard Harris
Apple has announced new price and tax changes for purchases and apps.
According to Apple, "When taxes or foreign exchange rates change, we sometimes need to update prices on the App Store in certain regions and/or adjust your proceeds."
In-App Purchase and App price and tax and changes
"In the next few days, prices of apps and in-app purchases (e...
Artificial Intelligence authentication in 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
Sanjay Gupta, Global Head of Product, at Mitek shares his 2022 predictions on the rise of touchless technologies, the impacts of digital banking, and the increasing use of voice and behavioral biometrics to verify identification.
Touchless technology will gain adoption in new industries
Technology designed to reduce friction in consumer behavior and improve t...
Sumo Logic launches new capabilities
Thursday, July 29, 2021 by Richard Harris
Sumo Logic has announced new capabilities that augment analytics-powered use cases and capture the end-user experience as part of its Observability solution. As the requirements for modern application Observability push past the limits of traditional, siloed APM, monitoring, and logging tools, Sumo Logic is continuously investing to address the evolving needs of custome...
Zombie Companies in 2021
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
In the investment world, there is a financial concept known as a “zombie company.” These companies are only able to remain in business because financial debt is artificially cheap. When rates rise to normal levels, they are not able to survive. In the IT world, the pandemic has exposed a new type of zombie company: a company that has not digitally transforme...
Report reveals one third users delete apps after getting locked out
Friday, November 20, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
ForgeRock announced the release of volume two of its global report, “The New Normal – Living Life Online.” The study polled 5,000 consumers throughout the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and Singapore to understand consumer preferences when it comes to online experiences, including how they log in and what app features they value most. The report a...
Kong Inc unveils private beta of Kong Konnect
Friday, October 9, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Kong Inc. unveiled the private beta release of Kong Konnect, a full-stack platform for cloud native applications delivered as a service. Running on any cloud or platform, Kong Konnect provides end users with instant access to a comprehensive suite of tools that enable reliable and secure service connectivity across their APIs and microservices. It helps developers, arch...
62 percent of IT practitioners work 10 hours more a week since COVID19
Monday, September 14, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
PagerDuty, Inc. released a new worldwide study highlighting that more than 80% of organizations have experienced a significant increase in pressure on digital services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These same companies cited a 47% increase in the number of daily incidents, resulting in 62% of IT and DevOps practitioners spending more than 10 extra hours...
Ballerina cloud native programming language launches
Friday, September 13, 2019 by Richard Harris
The growth of digital services, mobile apps, and connected devices are creating an explosion of endpoints, from APIs to events, data streams, microservices, serverless apps, and other digital assets. Developers today need a more modern and agile approach to connect to these endpoints than a traditional centralized enterprise service bus (ESB) can offer. Ballerina 1.0, n...
GlobalPlatform brings trust to the IoT ecosystem
Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Richard Harris
Given the increasing need for the internet of things (IoT) device security and trust, GlobalPlatform, the standard for secure digital services and devices, has appointed a Strategic Director with significant expertise in IoT development and deployment.
Chris Steck, Head of Standardization, IoT & Industries at Cisco, a full member of GlobalPlatform, will work...
Cloudnative applications get help from TIBCO updates
Friday, June 21, 2019 by Richard Harris
TIBCO Software Inc. announced new and enhanced capabilities for TIBCO Cloud Integration, TIBCO Cloud Mashery, and TIBCO Cloud Events offerings, harnessing the full power of the latest cloud-native and open source technologies. These capabilities directly address critical challenges faced by developers when working with cloud-native applications and enable orga...
Enterprise grade low code platform arrives from Kony
Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Richard Harris
Kony Inc has a lot to talk about these days. Along with recently being named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for AD&D Professionals, Q1 2019, they also sent notice to us that they launched Kony Quantum, a new brand with enhanced capabilities for its next-generation low-code app development platform that aims to deliver rich digita...
AimBrain joins the ForgeRock Trust Network with biometric solutions
Thursday, December 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
AimBrain announced its place on the ForgeRock Trust Network, which recently celebrated the traction made by the end of its first year. ForgeRock Trust Network is a global partner programme designed to provide organizations with access to a comprehensive range of authentication, risk and fraud management, identity proofing and identity enrichment solutions, all of which ...
Sell any digital service using AppDirect's new platform
Thursday, October 18, 2018 by Richard Harris
AppDirect has announced major platform additions that aim to empower businesses to sell, monetize, and manage digital services - alongside physical goods - across any channel they say.
It is a significant challenge for businesses to manage and customize how they sell, as older systems struggle to scale with the growing number of new product types and the multit...
IT operations platform OpsRamp announces Fall 2018 release
Friday, September 14, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
OpsRamp has announced its Fall 2018 release with a new Topology Explorer, enhanced Service Maps, and comprehensive cloud database monitoring. The release expands on the use cases that modern digital operations teams use to discover, manage, and optimize their hybrid IT infrastructure.
OpsRamp’s latest release helps enterprise IT teams deliver IT operations-as-a...
Monitoring Kubernetes and Docker just got easier thanks to Sumo Logic
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Sumo Logic has new platform capabilities that aim to make it easier to automate and manage application architectures that use containers, such as Docker, and orchestration software, like Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
Modern applications are driving digital services that are reliant on continuous improvement practices to ensure their customers’ experiences rem...
Device API access control gets easier with new MNO tool
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
GlobalPlatform has defined a specification that enables mobile network operators (MNOs) to access certain aspects of the mobile device operating system (OS), which are by default not accessible for security reasons. The specification has received input and support from MNO industry body GSMA and device manufacturers, who recognize that MNOs need this advanced access to ...
Software testing using Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 by Richard Harris
As the complexity of software continues to increase and release delivery cycles shorten, software testers need to provide quality feedback to developers nearly instantaneously. In this age of continuous testing, companies are adopting a new mantra: Test smarter, not harder. There’s simply no other choice, given the torrential pace of new software launches. Today, ...
Inmarsat phone apps: Developers and satellite technology
Monday, October 30, 2017 by Richard Harris
Although you may not know it, we often use space satellites to communicate often in our daily lives. From GPS to weather predictions apps, without satellites the information that we have at our finger tips (or more specifically, our mobile phones) would be cut drastically. It follows that along with the constant innovation of mobile technology, satellite technology comp...
Carriers team up to provide better mobile authentication
Thursday, September 14, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Mobile users are faced with the challenge of managing dozens of difficult-to-remember passwords for many applications. Even with the best user practices, hackers can social engineer passwords from users, leaving consumers and enterprises vulnerable to identity theft, bank fraud, fraudulent purchases and data theft.To help tackle this issue, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile an...
PagerDuty brings machine learning to management platform
Monday, September 11, 2017 by Richard Harris
PagerDuty has introduced new capabilities in machine learning and advanced response automation that enable businesses to orchestrate the right business-wide response to any situation. This is done by eliminating inefficiencies across the digital operations lifecycle, and applying best practices to any operational issue. The updated PagerDuty Digital Operations Managemen...
Slow apps and websites can ruin your reputation
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
App and web users are growing more demanding and less forgiving, according to the results of a consumer survey from Apica. In a clear call to action for organizations around the world, Apica's survey found that three quarters of respondents expect websites and apps to perform faster than they did three years ago. Apica conducted the survey among internet users in the UK...
PagerDuty expands into APAC regions along with new Australia IT report
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
PagerDuty, a provider of digital operations management, has announced the launch of its local team in Sydney, Australia. The global expansion will help the company further grow its presence in the Asia-Pacific region and address the increasing need for digital operations management software. The company also announced the appointment of David Wall, former head of APAC s...
10 years after the iPhone launch here is how people feel now
Thursday, June 29, 2017 by Richard Harris
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the launch of iPhone, Axway has published results from a survey that examines the role that smartphones play in enhancing consumer lives with improved services and experiences, and how consumers would like to see the smartphone evolve in future. The survey of 1,200 U.S. consumers found that consumers value data security and priva...
Ways you can protect yourself on the Internet
Thursday, February 23, 2017 by Richard Harris
Editors note: Guest submission by Anas Baig, a Digital Marketer & Security Enthusiast.Anyone can fall victim to hacking, and this fact is as evident as the shining sun. Every time you go online, you are, by default, vulnerable to cyber attacks. Hackers can steal your credit card info, social security number, username and passwords, or even render your PC completely ...
All eyes on Mobile World Conference 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
As all eyes turn to the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona this month (27 February - 4 March, 2017), Ovum’s analyst team have gathered their views regarding what they expect to see at the world’s largest and most highly regarded mobile industry event.A key theme, which recurs throughout the report is the belief that MWC 2017 will mark a further shift in the evol...
Why it matters that otonomo just raised $12 Million in series A funding
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 by Richard Harris
otonomo’s technology offers a cloud-based solution that seamlessly and reliably connects millions of cars to hundreds of services and applications, enabling a new ecosystem of car data, plus an enriched and safer driving experience. The company seeks to advance the connected and autonomous car arenas to improve the drivers’ experience. This is done via otonomo’s marketp...
New Digital Connectivity and Communication Systems Diploma Offered by Telcoms Academy
Monday, July 18, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Telcoms Academy is launching a new tech diploma in Digital Connectivity & Communication Systems. This nine-month blended learning program brings together content that reflects the current industry competencies and knowledge needed for professionals and a range of learning formats that are structured to maximize learning.The flexible modular course structure allows s...
IBM Introduces API Harmony API Matchmaking Technology
Thursday, November 5, 2015 by Richard Harris
IBM has launched API Harmony, which offers intelligent cloud-based API matchmaking technology to help developers search public APIs and find interesting relationships among them. API Harmony uses cognitive technologies like intelligent mapping and graph technology to anticipate what a developer will require to build new apps, make recommendations on which APIs to use, s...
Fortumo Launches Carrier Billing on Windows in the Philippines
Monday, October 12, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Fortumo is working with Smart Communications, Inc. and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), the mobile subsidiaries of Philippine digital services provider PLDT, are launching carrier billing on the Windows Phone Store app store. Fortumo’s direct carrier billing platform allows users to make payments over a data connection by confirming purchases with one click...
WoodWing Inception HTML5 Authoring Tool Released Out of Beta
Friday, September 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
WoodWing is releasing its new Inception HTML5 authoring tool out of beta. The cross platform, cloud based authoring tool provides the ability to create and release responsive - device-independent HTML5 content for any channel, including the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution 2015, Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News, as well as WebCMS and print.WoodWing Inception pr...
Local Advertising Changes Could Provide Boon for App Publishers
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
Very few app publishers have the opportunity to take advantage of local advertising revenues. Part of the problem has been the ability for smaller local advertisers to tap into the reach of the plethora of apps that serve in-app advertising.While well known publishers like Pandora and Zinga have made some inroads into tapping into the local advertising market, it’s been...
TestPlant Releases to Test User Experience for Network Conditions
Thursday, March 5, 2015 by Richard Harris
TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software quality tools, has announced the launch of eggPlant Network which allows test and operations teams to emulate network conditions as part of the test and measurement of real user experience for digital services.The eggPlant platform is a set of tools which supports the design, development, testing and management of s...
Fortumo Launches Direct Carrier Billing in Pakistan
Thursday, July 3, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Mobile payments company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor Pakistan are launching direct carrier billing in Pakistan that will provide the ability for app developers and publishers to receive payments from more than 35 million subscribers of Telenor Pakistan. These Telenor customers now able to make online payments by charging purchases to their phone bill. Fortumo wil...
Design and Advertising Awards Organization Mobile Marketing Award Snapshot
Friday, January 24, 2014 by Richard Harris
Design and Advertising awards organization D&AD have commissioned a series of info graphics to showcase the winners of their various awards categories. The series has been designed by Information designer Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez. The Mobile Marketing graphic is based on data collected from the five-year history of the Mobile Marketing category. It shows the various...
