Tag: Communication

Welcome to Gemalto’s Enterprise Security blog

This new blog will include all of the news, views and discussions relevant to readers from large businesses. Enterprise security is becoming ever more crucial, and the subjects we’ll be covering will be important not only to IT workers or security chiefs, but indeed to everyone within large organisations.

It’s good to talk: communication is key to tackling cybercrime

Recently, @briankrebs highlighted a Trojan attack which showed quite how sophisticated some cyber attacks are now becoming. The case in question is being investigated by German police, and involves a new piece of malware which convinces online banking customers to willingly transfer their own money into the accounts of criminals. This particular case shows that, sometimes, even a layered […]

The latest Netsize Guide focuses on France

It’s our 10th edition of The Netsize Guide – can you believe it? Ten years of showering insight on the mobile industry and sharing our views. We have previously looked at mobile CRM and how it is affecting brands and retailers, and investigated the notion of Truly Mobile courtesy of interviews with global brands such […]

Happy birthday cell phone call

Today marks 40 years since the first mobile phone call was made. Picture the scene: Marty Cooper of Motorola stood in front of a bunch of reporters in New York and used a handheld device to call the fixed line phone of Dr Joel Engel, then of Bell Labs. While it was not the very […]

Mobile Marketing and the ubiquitous Text Message

There’s no denying the text message is a powerful tool of communication. The mobile phone has revolutionized the way we talk to each other, and the way people consume information. Cultural anthropologist Mizuko Ito noted in her 2005 publication Personal, Portable, Pedestrian that the real power of mobile lies in our ‘close and emotional ties’ […]

Mobile payments in the UK – contactless progress

Regular followers of our blog will know we are interested in contactless payments around the world, but also in the UK in particular. We ran our first Contactless Challenge in London following the 2012 Olympics, pitting two influential bloggers against each other. This was swiftly followed by a similar challenge in the US. Now, however, […]