Author: Digital News Asia

M-commerce, payments and IoT to boost mobile innovations in APAC
IDC expects the Asia Pacific mobility market to continue experiencing strong growth in 2015 as mobile takes centrestage for business growth in both consumer and enterprise markets.
ECM Straits Fund invests in Istanbul’s Annelutfen in US$4mil round
Annelutfen, an Istanbul-based e-commerce business for baby and mother products, announced that last month it completed a US$4-million investment round led by Elixir Capital’s ECM Straits Fund.
Intel announces 5th-gen Core processor family
Intel has announced the 5th Generation Intel Core processor family, its latest 14nm (nanometre) processors, which it claimed delivers improved system and graphics performance, more natural and immersive user experiences, and enables longer battery life compared with previous generations.
VirLock, the first shapeshifting ransomware
ESET said it has analysed a new member of the ransomware family detected by its telemetry under the name Win32/VirLock.
HP services for Oracle to help enterprises transform digital customer experience
HP has announced HP Digital Customer Experience services for Oracle which it said would help companies plan, build and manage customer experience business solutions for more personalised, consistent interaction with their customers across store, web, mobile and social channels.
SAS and HELP CAT to offer joint certification for big data
SAS Institute and the HELP College of Arts and Technology (HELP CAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that would see them offering a joint certificate for the latter’s Diploma in Business Information Systems and Bachelor of Science (Hons) Business Information Systems programmes.
Backdoor discovered in Android phones by China’s Coolpad
Palo Alto Networks has revealed details of a backdoor contained in millions of Android-based mobile devices sold by Coolpad, one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers based in China.
iOS and Android targeted by Man-in-the-Middle attacks
Akamai has issued an alert on the Xsser mobile remote access trojan (mRAT), which targets iOS and Android devices and which may involve cellphone tower eavesdropping for location-specific attacks.
The ‘6Cs’ to disrupt IT marketplace in 2015: 451 Research
The IT industry agenda in 2015 will be dominated by containers, convergence, cloud security, closets, crowd workers and coexistence, according to New York-based IT research and advisory company 451 Research.
Vserv and XL Axiata in mobile advertising pact
Vserv has announced a partnership with PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL), which it said will integrate Vserv Smart Data platform with XL Axiata to help drive higher ROI for mobile entertainment companies.
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