Both Google and Apple are being grilled by the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law in the United States, about how they protect data of individual customers, specifically location data. Closer to home a European data protection advisory panel has suggested to the EU that the location information which both platforms capture should [...]

The humble barcode is approaching its 40th birthday, but are newer technologies about to steal its market, or is it still an unbeatable machine readable solution for data capture?

Physical security at large sporting or entertainment events has never been more critical than it is today. The inconvenience of bag searches and the associated long queues test the patience of us all, although we take comfort knowing it’s for our protection. But spare a thought for what happens behind the scenes at these events. [...]

Motorola have launched the much anticipated ES400 Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) targetted at the mobile worker that may have looked at utilising consumer orientated SmartPhones. The ES400 boasts a drop specification which meets US Military requirements for ruggedness, surviving 300 consecutive 0.5m drops and is also resilient to; end exposure to dust, moisture and rain. [...]

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless connectivity technology which allows you to exchange data between devices over approximately 10 centimeters (around 4 inches). NFC is in fact a form of RFID, an advance on Bluetooth and the ubiquitous Personal Area Network (PAN), it isn’t new technology, it’s just newly packaged. While RFID is achieving [...]

My previous post here touched on the developments of remote mobile worker technology and how advances have made it easier for businesses to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with their customers.  I’d now like to delve further into this topic as you may be surprised to know just how this is achieved. For those who [...]