Orange is today announcing the commercial launch of Orange Money in Ivory Coast, the first country to benefit from this service within the Group. With Orange Money, customers will have access to an entire range of services making it possible to carry out day-to-day banking operations and transactions in total security. These include: · Depositing and withdrawing money ...

"Location, Location, Location" Is this going to be the theme for wireless apps to come in the US? With the proliferation of GPS embedded phones, more and more applications are inevitable from personal friend tracking and social networking to enterprise/government security, health and law enforcement and just mapping. Our region's experts on this topic are generously going to join us for a ver...

As if RIM’s BlackBerrys weren’t secure enough, they’re initiating a takeover bid for Certicom, a security firm based out of Mississauga, Ontario. Certicom has worked with RIM in the past to provide public-key and elliptic curve cryptography technology to BlackBerrys, but they’re holding onto upwards of 350 juicy security patents, ones used by even the

RIM has posted a Knowledge Base article describing a critical security flaw within the BlackBerry Desktop Software. The flaw has been confirmed by Secunia, a leading vulnerability intelligence provider. Here’s the problem as described by RIM: The BlackBerry Desktop Manager includes the Roxio Media Manager for managing media synchronization between the BlackBerry smartphone and the Microsoft ...

The acquisition would help Research In Motion boost its security and help fight off a growing number of Apple iPhone devices in the enterprise market.

Research In Motion made a hostile takeover bid on Wednesday for wireless VPN security company Certicom, offering around $1.19 per share, or $52.4 million for the company. The Canadian firm said it had tried to reach out to Certicom's management and had been unable to come to an agreement.  RIM said the offer represented a 75 percent premium on Certicom's shares as they stood on...

“The theft or destruction of Nativity scenes is a rising problem. Every year we hear how the sanctity and harmony of the holiday season was ruined by a few scrooges,” said Todd Morris, the CEO of BrickHouse Security. “We are happy to come to the aid of Churches, temples and schools looking for a way

BlackBerry maker lowers its outlook and launches $53M hostile bid for wireless VPN pioneer Certicom

Veridigm, Inc., a UK-based investment Company, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mobile Media Unlimited, Inc. (MMU). Commenting on the acquisition, Gary Freeman, President, said, "Our acquisition of MMU is now complete. The principals and majority security holders of MMU closed on the controlling stakes of Veridigm equity in late November. MMU continues to raise significant in...

Few days ago Nokia has announced it's smart home platform as the basis for next generation security, smart home solutions and household energy management systems. Nokia Home Control Center enabling the home owner to build a technology-neutral smart home that can be controlled with a mobile phone, using a unified user interface. Nokia and Europe's biggest energy companies RWE enter into a...