Stu Robarts

Contactless payments using mobile handsets are predicted to grow 7 billion by 2018.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust will digitise its paper care records to improve care quality and reduce costs.

Google is expanding its Cloud Platform Partner Program to provide more resources and support for businesses that use its cloud platform.

IBM has purchased Cloudant, a JSON based service that allows developers to store large amounts of data for access from applications.

PCs shipments will continue to decline from 2014 to 2018 following the biggest tumble on record.

Following a strong performance in Europe, salesforce.com is opening three new datacentres in the UK, France and Germany.

HGST has announced the launch of the Ultrastar C15K600 family of HDDs in response to a predicted increase in demand for Performance Enterprise HDDs.

WD has launched a new line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity HDDs optimised and benchmarked for surveillance use.

Blackberry has launched a host of new or updated services for business focusing on security and reliability.

Google has announced plans to roll-out its super-fast Internet service to another potential 34 cities in the US.

Organisations that have migrated to the cloud save over 15 per cent on IT spending as a percentage of revenue, according to new research.

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal must re-examine if BSkyB should provide its sports channels to third-party providers for broadcast at reduced wholesale rates.

Revamped storage service is rolled out across web and mobile devices with new branding and reward-based incentives.

Basis Science is reportedly in talks with a number of companies about a potential sale.

A new survey suggests that over one in four London businesses will register for a .london domain name when they become available.

Android and iOS continue to dominate the smartphone market, as joint shipments increased again in 2013.

HP has responded to questions and criticisms about its planned move to restrict server firmware updates.

Accountancy software firm Xero has made three key appointments aimed at catalysing its ambitions as a global market leader.

HP customers will soon require a valid warranty, Care Pack Service or support agreement to receive firmware or service pack server updates.

As part of a deal to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, Google will take a 6 per cent stake in the China-based PC maker.

Gartner estimates that a third of organisations will use biometric authentication for mobile devices by 2016, up from 5 per cent today.

A coding error on the UK's National Health Service website has caused hundreds of pages to redirect to malware or adverts.

UK internet registry company Nominet has announced that .uk domain names will be available from next year.

A new report from Gartner suggests that the use of 3D printing to produce living tissue and organ, or 'bioprinting', will spark a major ethical debate on its use by 2016.

New figures suggest that Samsung shipped over 300 million smartphones in 2013, over 30 per cent of all shipments.