Day: 1 December 2010

Blackberry overtakes Apple iOS

BlackBerry OS overtook Apple’s iOS for the first time in the UK and the US in November in terms of mobile internet usage according to web analytics company, StatCounter. The company’s research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that for the first time in the UK the BlackBerry OS at 43.45% overtook Apple’s iOS which recorded…

eBay mobile sales up 146% on Cyber Monday

eBay has released some figures from Cyber Monday and for the first time they’ve included some mobile figures. The eBay shopping data results from Cyber Monday 2010 (November 29th) on eBay Mobile in the United States showed that mobile sales increased by 146 percent over Cyber Monday 2009, and globally, eBay’s mobile service is on…

Businesses very lax on mobile security

Businesses are proving to be extraordinarily lax when it comes to mobile security, with 64% of organisations allowing their users to store unencrypted company information on smartphone devices. Last week the Information Commissioner handed out the first of probably many more big fines to organisations, who didn’t take security seriously enough. It fined one business…