Apple and Google adopted strong default encryption in late 2014.
Apple Inc has said it will issue a software update very soon to cut off the ability of spies and hackers to grab email and other sensitive data from Mac computers.
The move opens a new front in Google's battle with Microsoft by offering an alternative to its Windows XP operating system, which dominates the netbook market with a roughly 80 per cent market share.
Signs of "green shoots" in India came in the form of an ABN-Amro Bank purchasing managers' index based on a survey of 500 companies.
A Chinese spying operation has obtained sensitive data from hundreds of government computers in more than 100 countries, according to a new report.
China poses the biggest challenge to India's IT outsourcing industry, which is expected to grow by an average 15 per cent over the next two years, according to the chief executive of India's biggest business processing outsourcer.