The ubiquitous barcode has revolutionised the retail industry since its arrival on a packet of Wrigley’s chewing gum in 1974. The black and white striped sticker encodes information about the product that can be easily scanned, speeding up checkout and...

Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Spare a thought for the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer. Nearly four years on the job, the ailing internet giant is still struggling to deliver a credible path to growth. And following...

We have got used to Google as a massive global success story. However, sometimes the detail is more interesting than the top line. On February 1 an announcement by the firm’s holding company Alphabet gave investors their first real insight...

The World Economic Forum Meeting at Davos, Switzerland this year is all about navigating a path through the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. Preceding industrial revolutions centred on machinery, electrified mass production, and computers. The fourth premise is on emerging breakthrough technologies...

Cybersecurity software has been a major focus in pop culture since the release of the 1995 film, Hackers starring Angelina Jolie. Computer break-ins have since been a significant theme in countless movies and television programs. The entertainment industry has provided...

In late September 2015, the Presidents of China and the United States reached a number of agreements on cyber security, cyber espionage, and cybercrime. They provide for a new high-level contact group as well as assurances to investigate and resolve...

In February 2014, Chinese President Xi Jingping declared his intent to do everything necessary for China to become a cyber power. Since then Xi and his government have been hyperactive on all relevant fronts: political, legal, economic, organisational and diplomatic....

Telecommunication companies were up in arms in February after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made net neutrality the law of the land by classifying broadband internet as a utility, seeming to ensure there would be no pay-to-play fast lanes. Not...

pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Last month, the European Commission (EC) filed a formal antitrust complaint against Google for abusing its dominant market position in internet search. pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Last month, the European Commission (EC) filed a formal antitrust complaint against...

As China seeks to further boost the e-commerce sector, it is likely to attract new capital and create new jobs and entrepreneurs. Recently, the State Council, China's cabinet, announced that it would boost the development of e-commerce by cutting red...

The banking sector has witnessed many technological changes in recent years that offer more personalized services.  The shift towards getting more digital just got more exciting with the introduction of many user-friendly technologies. As banks try to make banking quicker...

ASEAN is at the moment drifting aimlessly in cyberspace. But it could take advantage of its own rapid growth in internet penetration and the harsh cyber-security lessons of other nations, to create an inclusive, coordinated and adaptive ASEAN Cyber-Resilience Blueprint...

Over 3 million South Koreans have downloaded a Germany-based smartphone messenger app, Telegram, while 400,000 users of Kakao Talk — the nation’s most widely used messenger app — terminated their account, in protest against government attempts to crackdown on dissenters....

  Information technology, and the hardware and software associated with the IT industry, are an integral part of nearly every major global industry.   Information technology, and the hardware and software associated with the IT industry, are an integral part of...

Use of Internet through broadband connection plays an important role in information societies. Important characteristics of broadband technology are marked through its speed, low cost, and more secure. Through its use, individuals get better services. Most of the developed countries...