The Connected Business: How businesses use technology

Highlights

Mar 15, 2013

Connecting the old fashioned way

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Start-up event highlights the benefits of face time in a connected world, says Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

Regulars

Samsung’s S4 heads for a Galaxy far, far away

The South Korean handset maker has raised the bar in the smartphone market

– Paul Taylor

Connected Business podcast:securing mobile devices

Goldcrest Films on flexible working in the film and post production industry, and Stroz Friedberg talks about managing the risks of mobiles and tablets

– Stephen Pritchard

Tech Blog

Tech comment and analysis

– FT Reporters

Mar 15, 2013

From copper mines to handbags

Capgemini’s Dider Bonnet explains how digital is revolutionising the business landscape

Mar 7, 2013

Atos’ ‘zero email initiative’ succeeding

Enterprise social networking platforms replace internal email

Path settles federal privacy complaint
Networking sites Pay attention to who is using social media

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‘Big iron’ enterprise IT still has a role

Traditional system infrastructure still necessary

A man passes by an advertisement about mobile banking

Mar 6, 2013

Guest column: in mobile banking, emerging markets show way

Models could be adapted for the unbanked in developed markets

Tech hub

Samsung puts firepower behind Galaxy
Only sales figures will prove the winner of this battle but some analysts predict the Galaxy S4 could sell as many as 10m units in its first month
Backlash hits Google as it axes Reader
The search group’s news feed service will be axed in July as part of ‘spring cleaning’, a move that provoked online outrage among its fans
Screen grab: Pressure on big internet groups
France has been accused of inhibiting the digital economy but is not alone in its attempt to get web companies to pay their share for content and network services. By Hugh Carnegy and James Fontanella-Khan
Samsung and the Galaxy S4
When a phone that translates nine languages while monitoring humidity and heartrate is not considered a gamechanger then the question needs changing
Technology drives Africa transformation
Google and other global corporates have made Nairobi their continental home thanks to Kenya’s government support and grassroots networks