iOS

Sub-US$100 smartphones to generate 40% of unit sales by 2020: Ovum
Most of the growth in the smartphone market will come from the sale of sub-US$100 devices in developing as well as developed countries. This price tier will represent more than 40% of global smartphone sales by 2020, up from 13% in 2014, Ovum said.
Maybank rolls out biometric authentication for its m-banking app
Maybank said it has introduced the ‘Quick Touch’ biometric authentication service for its Maybank2u app, allowing customers to access their accounts and check their balances using fingerprints on their mobile devices for authentication.
DNA Test: Apple Music – complete, but unnecessarily complex
Perhaps only Apple is able to pull off such a broad-ranging end-to-end platform that attempts to offer something for everyone, but all that comes at a price: Complexity.
Emerging markets drive smartphone sales up 19% in Q1 2015: Gartner
Worldwide sales of smartphones to end-users reached 336 million units, an increase of 19.3%, during the first quarter of 2015, according to Gartner Inc.
FinalCAD Android app launched to support growth in Asia
Paris-based computer-aided design (CAD) specialist FinalCAD, part of the Knowledge Corp Group, has launched its FinalCAD mobile app for the Android platform, saying this would help meet high demand in Asia.
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.
Apple and IBM deliver first wave of apps for MobileFirst
Apple and IBM have delivered the first wave of IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions, new made-for-business apps and supporting cloud services that bring IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone and iPad users in the enterprise.
Palo Alto Networks report on ‘unprecedented’ iOS and OS X malware
Palo Alto Networks has announced the discovery of a new family of Apple OS X and iOS malware exhibiting characteristics unseen in any previously documented threats targeting Apple platforms.
Enterprise mobile developers stuck in old mindset: Analyst
Businesses globally are still struggling with building user-friendly, enterprise-grade mobile apps as their mindset is still stuck in a desktop-based world. Many also lack the skills to build good mobile apps, according to industry analyst Van L. Baker.
Free mobile security for consumers from McAfee
McAfee has announced a full-featured version of its award-winning McAfee Mobile Security is now available at no cost in 30 languages, as part of an Intel Corporation initiative to make security a more integrated part of the consumer experience.
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