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July 31
- EE 4G UK rollout reaches Cornwall
- Dropbox bug deletes 8,000 photos belonging to one user
- 1Password launches extension for third party iOS 8 apps
- Best Buy CEO hails laptops as tablet market's saviour
- Samsung warns of challenging times after profits drop 15%
- HP: 70% of Internet of Things devices vulnerable to attack
- Tor network users may have been identified by hackers
July 30
- Boris Johnson vows to bring "connectivity" to all in London
- Twitter reports rising user growth for second quarter
- Ford dumps BlackBerry for iPhones
- Driverless cars to hit public UK roads by 2015
- European Commission urges education ministers to close IT skills gap
- BlackBerry buys Secusmart to bolster enterprise security offerings
July 29
- Digital marketing firm hit with £50k nuisance calls fine from ICO
- NTT Com Security adds Glasswall to armoury
- Sharks Cove: Pre-orders open for Microsoft's single-board Windows 8.1 PC
- Sainsbury's embarks on farming tech cloud trial
- OKCupid admits to experiments on users
- Windows Phone 8.1 lock screen beta app causes problems
- NHS IT project failure could cost taxpayers £700m
- London Police to use pop-up ads to flag illegal websites
July 28
- 5G network to arrive in London by 2020, claims Boris Johnson
- Google Glass rival developed by Lenovo
- UK police deny they'll seize mobile phones after all road traffic accidents
- Comet administrators facing disciplinary action
- Pirate Bay goes mobile
July 25
- Amazon announces financial loss despite 23 per cent revenue rise
- War grave archive goes into the cloud
- 50,000 sites hit by MailPoet WordPress plug-in security flaw
- Firefox for Android beta introduces more customisation
- UK TPS users still receive nuisance calls, research shows
July 24
- RingCentral signs up Imago as distributor
- Okta pursues European partners for cloud service
- Data breach at online travel firm nets £150k fine from ICO
- Smart shoes to help visually impaired get around debuted by Indian start-up
- Three UK men arrested over eBay-owned Stubhub cyber fraud
- Just one in seven households use porn filters
- BT's diverts fibre optic broadband to Isles of Scilly
July 23
- Apple denies NSA data-grabbing backdoors exist in iOS
- Microsoft opens up Azure to Packer & OpenNebula
- iOS 8 & OS X Yosemite to get separate release dates
- Microsoft questions UK Government's ODF adoption pledge
- Google slammed by Italian government over data protection
- UK Government must invest £20m by 2020 to address tech skills crisis
July 22
- EE fixes spam Orange "Magic Numbers" text message glitch
- Vodafone UK offers rural areas 3G coverage boost
- iPhone 6: Suppliers receive initial order for 80m units
- iOS 8 beta 4 brings new design & tips app
- Cortana UK beta release date for Windows Phone 8.1 set for this fortnight
- iPlayer weekend outage in UK finally fixed by BBC
- Google's Impact Challenge to develop life-changing ideas
July 21
- Users are being overcharged for PC repairs
- Windows 8.1 Update 2 release date rumoured to be 12 August
- The Pirate Bay traffic doubles despite ISP block
- Microsoft & Google face House of Lords grilling over UK tech skill shortages
- Flexible, ultra-thin batteries in works for wearable tech
- Snowden calls on peers to develop anti-surveillance tech
- Piracy warnings to be emailed to perpetrators
- iOS 8 will include Ask to Buy feature, Apple confirms
July 18
- BBM for Windows Phone beta app now available
- Three to offer free Wi-Fi to customers on the London Underground
- Facebook to let users buy goods via ads & page posts
- Google Glass review: Hands-on
- Microsoft to ditch Android from Nokia X phones
- UK government leads green car strategy
- Google and Microsoft to discuss Right to be Forgotten
July 17
- BT launches One Phone service for mobile
- Microsoft job cuts: 18,000 workers will be gone by June 2015
- Diageo rolls out ServiceNow cloud IT service management
- Apple & IBM enterprise partnership hits BlackBerry hard
- Jibo the social robot gets $300k funding in 24 hours
- BlackBerry 10.3 release to feature Siri-like voice assistant
July 16
- BT email service outage fixed after several days
- FBI warns driverless cars could be used as "lethal weapons"
- Varlink integrates EPoS Distributor sales division
- Emergency Data Retention Bill passed through parliament
- Bing's search now includes academic research
July 15
- GCHQ snooping tribunal hearing starts today
- KPMG & Imperial College embark on big data science push
- Hammer signs on as Dell OEM partner
- Microsoft challenges Google with Project Adam artificial intelligence
- Microsoft job cuts rumoured for later this week
- Microsoft confesses to 14% global device market share
- iOS 7 adoption rate grows to 90 per cent for July
- ICO demands funding reform to help it cope with deluge of data protection cases
July 14
- National Parks to benefit from better mobile coverage
- Google Glass MindRDR app: Does it work?
- Free Wi-Fi network goes live in Glasgow
- Apple can trademark store layouts, rules EU
- Government broadband delivery targets "lack ambition", claim SMBs
- Apple denies Chinese government tracks iPhone location data
July 11
- Danwood outlines £5m investment
- Apple iWatch production could be pushed back to November
- Jaguar Land Rover's intelligent car learns driving skills
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines vision for the future of the company
July 10
- Google unblocked in China as Tiananmen Square anniversary passes
- European Commission embarks on EU-wide broadband deployment push
- BA reverses ban on passengers with uncharged devices
- Android factory reset does not wipe smartphone data
- Government pushes emergency law to allow data snooping
- Google Glass brainwave-monitoring app cuts need for voice commands
- UK demands EU drops right to be forgotten law
- BT awarded compensation from mobile operators
July 9
- Druva charts growth path for EMEA
- NetSuite facing legal action over "broken" ERP promises
- Google announces winners of “Giving through Glass” competition
- Mitel appoints Graham Bevington EVP for EMEA
- World Cup 2014 semi final smashes Twitter records
- Uncharged iPhones & iPads banned from US & UK flights
- Eyeo taken to court by German marketers
- Restaurant owner sues Google for Maps hack
July 8
- AppRiver inks distie deal with Blue Solutions
- iCloud review
- iOS 8 beta 3 released for developers
- Bill Gates backs remote controlled 16-year contraceptive implant
- Google Glass wearers can steal your passwords with new software
- Box secures a further $150m funding as it edges closer to IPO
- 25 fake government websites closed down
- Amazon's wearables store opens in UK
July 7
- Tribunal date set for firefighter sacked over tweets
- Does Google employ too many smart people?
- Google co-founders talk search speeds, driverless cars & potential M&As
- IBM to clean China's air with big data analysis
- Snowden: Just 10% of NSA data is terrorism-related
- Sainsbury’s security exec Mark Sprules joins SecureData
- iPhone location patent may change settings automatically
- Government promises faster Wi-Fi on trains by 2018
July 4
- BMW workers give thumbs up to 3D printed glove
- Apple nabs Swiss watch executive for iWatch launch
- EFF sues NSA over hoarding details of zero day flaws
- Cloud-based artificial insemination helps cattle farmers reap rewards
- Researchers demonstrate Internet of Things hack
- BBC puts local radio stations in the cloud
- MiniLock drag-and-drop encryption app coming to browsers
- Google responds to BBC “right to be forgotten” blunder
- Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday to feature 2 critical fixes
- Project Ara prototypes given to 100 people by Google
- Google blocks confidential email from Goldman Sachs
- Facebook acquires Liverail for $500m
July 3
- New .uk domain name passes 100,000 registrations
- Microsoft calls halt to cybercrime ring takedown following website outages
- Uber deemed to be acting lawfully following TfL investigation
- Government opens £1m fund to help businesswomen make most of superfast broadband
- Android RAT malware invades mobile banking apps
- HP airs concerns over Government SMB IT deals
July 2
- UK ISPs block 1/5 websites on child protection grounds
- GCHQ taken to court by ISPs over network spying
- Socialbro cloud-based Twitter analytics suite free to SMBs
- Home Office looks to G-Cloud for future IT
- Hotel booking site taken down over data breach fears
- BBC confirms appointment of new CTO
July 1
- Tegile names Bill Cordero VP worldwide channels
- Virgin Media Business shines light on future of technology in UK economy
- Government invests £150m to kickstart UK robotics industry
- Facebook's mood-changing news feed tests prompt apology from researchers
- Windows 9 could remove desktop mode from mobile devices
- BT lifts lid on UK-wide scale of DDoS attacks
- Amazon steps up benefits for UK Fire OS app developers
- Google Glass banned from UK cinemas
- Mobile data fees cut in half for holidaymakers
- Privacy-focused Blackphone smartphone starts shipping