Maria Trombly is a talented writer and a thorough reporter with a strong sense for news who delivers on her commitments on deadline. She has an excellent reputation among Wall Street and technology executives and can be counted on to… Read the rest

Maria’s a quick, accurate and innovative reporter whose stories manage to be newsy, useful AND interesting — a rare combination.

Without the Trombly Ltd. reporters, I could not operate. They give me a local presence in markets around the globe, and are always willing to seek out new local sources. When mistakes are made–and every reporter makes mistakes from time… Read the rest

Over the years, Apple has earned a less-than-stellar reputation among purchasers of enterprise desktops. Macs were seen as overpriced to begin with. And Apple didn’t offer huge discounts for bulk purchases, like the PC makers. Plus, Macs didn’t come with the… Read the rest

All of China’s bank-led payment platforms and third-party payment providers would have to ensure their customers use their real names when paying online under regulations the People’s Bank of China proposed Jan. 5.

Use of nicknames or false names poses… Read the rest

Passengers on the Indian Railways, the world’s second-largest rail network, now may use their mobile phones to book their tickets through a new offering from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp.

The agency, an information-technology venture under the Ministry… Read the rest

China UnionPay has enabled more than 3.8 million merchants to accept Near Field Communication-based payments as part of a push to expand mobile-payments acceptance in China, a spokesperson for the card organization tells PaymentsSource.

The company has enabled point-of-sale terminals… Read the rest

Mobile e-commerce is taking off rapidly in China, according to a report released Oct. 26 by the Beijing-based iResearch Consulting Group.

China’s total mobile market, including not only e-commerce but also games, advertising and other value-added services, reached 10.83 billion… Read the rest

The Beijing branch of China Telecom Corp. Ltd. has begun enabling customers to make payments using their China UnionPay cards over its mobile network as part of a pilot that launched Oct. 20.

According to the company, interested… Read the rest

Google’s two-factor authentication system is now available in 150 countries and 40 languages, the company recently said.

The service — which was previously available only in English — allows individual users to opt for a second login step, which sends… Read the rest

Don’t deploy iPads in the enterprise without considering these security measures

1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks, says security expert… Read the rest

It may be tempting to assume that growth in virtual worlds has ground to a halt. After all, There.com has shut down, and Second Life is losing land area and has stopped publishing most usage statistics. Attention has shifted to… Read the rest

Consumer-friendly technologies like Web-based e-mail and instant messaging, Twitter and Facebook have all brought compliance challenges, with companies typically reacting after something has gone wrong. With virtual environments and meetings, however, companies can get ahead of the trend, setting… Read the rest