EU watchdogs permit Privacy Shield to run for one year

The new EU-US data-sharing agreement will be able to run for at least a year, European regulators have announced. The Privacy Shield allows companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States. EU governments approved the pact…

New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes

It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass - the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices. Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 metres.…

Microsoft to miss ‘one billion’ Windows 10 target

Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018. In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone. The software…

Death robots: Where next after Dallas?

The use of a robot to deliver an explosive device and kill the Dallas shooting suspect has intensified the debate over a future of "killer robots". While robots and unmanned systems have been used by the military before, this is the first time the…

‘Water-resistant’ Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test

A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect of being about 5ft (1.5m)…

US court raises Netflix sharing anxiety in password ruling

A US appeals court ruling that password sharing is illegal is set to influence how other judges handle complaints about the activity. The case involved a man who had been convicted of using someone else's login to access his ex-workplace's……

DIGICEL PLAY JUMPS TO 20,000 SUBSCRIBER MILESTONE IN JAMAICA

Digicel Play has announced that its service has passed the 20,000 subscriber mark in Jamaica, less than sixty days after reaching 10,000 customers. To celebrate the occasion, the company traced its 20,000th customer, Rosalin Marshall, to Portmore…

DIGICEL LAUNCHES SAMSUNG GALAXY S7

Today, Digicel launches the newest additions to the Galaxy family of products, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge capable of transforming the lives of consumers in the Caribbean and Central America. With a sleek design, a more advanced camera,…

DIGICEL AND BROADSOFT EXPAND UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATION

Digicel Group has announced that it is expanding its Broadsoft BroadWorks® platform and UC One® Unified Communications portfolio of services, which will see customers across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific region benefiting from…

IDB, OAS warn Caribbean to strengthen cybersecurity

Leaders of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to step up their efforts on cybersecurity following the release of a new study,…