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Instagram is launching an online shopping feature that will allow users to buy products directly within the Instagram app, marking a major move into ecommerce and a bid to tap new revenue streams.

The UK has one of the world’s leading digital economies, making it more vulnerable to cyber-attacks from hostile countries, criminal gangs and individuals, which continue to increase and evolve as it becomes easier and cheaper to launch attacks.

Facebook scandals are nothing new these days but a new report suggests that federal prosecutors in the United States are conducting a criminal investigation into Facebook's data sharing deals with other tech companies.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has levied a £29,107,600 fine on Carphone Warehouse after finding staff were trained more in countering customer objections than assessing whether the product was appropriate.

Hermes UK is introducing innovative technology aimed at bringing people together by enabling the sender of a parcel to connect with its recipient through a personal video message. Hermes Play, which was created within Hermes’ Innovation Lab, allows the sender to pre- record a personal message which is then uploaded via the Hermes Send app.

Armour Communications has announced that its solutions, Armour Mobile and Armour Desktop are now available on Nine23’s certified enterprise management platform, FLEX.

Apple is now requiring all developers to use the company's two-factor authentication protocol to protect their Apple IDs. Apple has required new Apple Developer Program signups to have two-factor authentication enabled for a while now and this change is now being brought to all existing developer accounts.

Apple has released iOS 12.1.4 for iPhone and iPad bringing a fix for the widely publicised Group FaceTime bug that was revealed early last week.

The Fossil Group has announced that Google is purchasing $40 million worth of intellectual property that pertains to its smartwatch technology, currently in development.

Last month, Twitter announced the ability to switch between seeing top Tweets first or seeing the latest Tweets first. That said, the feature was initially rolled out to iOS first, promising Android users will get their turn soon.  The company has now turned on the feature for Android users.

Apple has announced that App Store customers worldwide set new spending records over the holidays, wrapping up a record-breaking year. App Store spending topped $1.22 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Productivity and password management tool, Cyclonis Password Manager, has earned AppEsteem Certification. In becoming AppEsteem Certified, Cyclonis Password Manager has successfully completed a rigorous and demanding review upholding and complying with AppEsteem's high standard

Samsung announced today that the Royal Netherlands Air Force has chosen the Samsung Galaxy S9 Enterprise Edition as their corporate smartphone of choice for 6,000 employees, with the Netherlands’ Ministry of Defense.

Qualcomm has won a preliminary order from a Chinese court banning imports and sales of several Apple iPhones in the region.

BlackBerry will report results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2019 at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, December 20, 2018.

Back in September, Apple unveiled Apple Watch Series 4 with watchOS 5 bringing revolutionary health capabilities, including the ability for users to take an ECG reading right from the wrist.

O2 customers throughout the UK have been left with no data connectivity or 3G and 4G services after a technical fault caused a UK-wide outage.

An ex headteacher has been fined in court for unlawfully obtaining school children’s personal data from previous schools where he worked.

Google has released the December 2018 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install. The December bulletin contains general security patches for some remote and local flaws affecting all Android devices, and also includes a number of updates and fixes specifically targeting Pixel devices.

BlackBerry continues its stellar work in healthcare and is now an HIMSS Certified Consultant, in order to help address the digital infrastructure needs of healthcare organisations around the world.