There are tools and techniques law enforcement can use to get data from a smartphone, but the question of when police can search a phone remains to be decided. (RT @teeltech: Smartphones Before the Court: Searchable Wallets or Pocket PCs?

Finextra Leadership: Sberbank’s digital adventurer Finextra The unit’s first project is mobile NFC payments. Testing is already underway for a Secure Element-based wallet, with a Host Card Emulation offering in the pipeline.

Cloud-based wallets, QR code wallets and other software-based wallets seem to be shoving Near Field Communication hardware out of the spotlight.

It’s time for mobile payment solutions that can broaden the reach of mobile money.

From mobile wallets to digital banking. Here is the real driving force behind alternative payments. http://t.co/oAyNGnpwTQ

In a case closely watched by technology companies, justices ruled unanimously that the government should not have issued a patent to Alice Corp. in the 1990s because the company simply took an abstract idea that has …

Pure Storage buys 100 patents from IBM iT News Pure Storage has struck a deal with IBM to buy over 100 storage and related technology patents, and additionally signed a cross-licensing agreement for future patents.

Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Walls Wired In more recent years, though, especially in the innovation economy, patents have been used to create walled gardens that not only keep competition out, but actually prevent users from ever being able to…

Teva Reaches Settlement in ProAir® HFA Patent Case MarketWatch …

The Queensland Government expects to save millions of dollars over the next three years after striking a AU$26.5 million deal with Microsoft to bring Office 365 to 149,000 of its employees across the state.