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New code to make browsers more app-like

Engineers at some of the biggest tech firms, including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla, are teaming up to create code for us in future web browsers. The team have come together to create WebAssembly, a bytecode that promises up to 20 times faster performance. Bytecode is a machine-readable instruction set …

The headset uses sensors to launch iPlayer

Devices on pace to reach 21.5 million units in 2015

Recon employees will be added to Intel’s New Technology Group to work on head-mounted displays

Devices see a year-on-year slowdown in growth

Stephen Elop steps down as head of the Microsoft Devices Group

Stephen Elop, former chief executive at Nokia, is to step down from his role as head of the Microsoft Devices Group (MDG). Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, has restructured the company into three main groups, resulting in the Microsoft Devices Group being absorbed by a new division. Elop first left Microsoft …

YouTube Gaming was first showcased at E3

Female CIOs are more risk-aware than their male counterparts, according to a new survey from Gartner. The survey stated that both genders believe that the digital world is creating new risks, but 76 per cent of female CIOs are more likely to express concerns on risk management, compared to 67 …

Resellers are targeting the cloud services and mobile sectors