Primary school children sign up to rainfall data-gathering volunteer programme
Primary school children have signed up to a rainfall data-gathering volunteer programme – to help national environmental monitoring efforts. Children from Bridge of Allan primary school near Stirling will capture…
Hotel booking sites sign up to new standards after government probe into ‘misleading’ sales tactics
Hotel booking sites have signed up to a new set of standards after a government probe into ‘misleading’ sales tactics. Leading online travel bookings sites – including TripAdvisor, Airbnb and…
STV Player is now ‘most popular’ commercial on-demand platform in Scotland
STV Player is now the ‘most popular commercial video on demand (VOD) platform in Scotland’ with viewing figures increasing by 36% in the first half of 2019. According to the…
Glasgow prop-tech firm receives Innovate UK funding to explore how tech can improve living conditions in social housing
Glasgow-based building performance technology company, arbnco, has been awarded £50,000 by Innovate UK to explore how its technology could be utilised to improve the health and wellbeing of tenants in…
Global communications tech firm opens office in Edinburgh
Cinos, a specialist provider of integrated audio-visual and communication solutions, has announced its continued growth with the addition of an office in Edinburgh. The Scottish team serves the emerging market…
Oracle helps elite yachts put the wind in their sails with data-driven performance insights
Elite yachting crews were able to adjust their performance in realtime after a global technology giant analysed live competition data generated by on-board and weather sensors. Oracle, the $180bn US…
MPs recommend outlawing ‘loot boxes’ from gaming apps
A new report from MPs has made a series of recommendations to protect children from ‘immersive and addictive’ technologies. So-called ‘loot boxes’ would be regulated under the Gambling Act and…
Stirling Council adds 10 mobile CCTV units in boost to public safety efforts
Stirling Council has boosted its public safety efforts through the deployment of new ‘state-of-the-art’ mobile CCTV cameras. The local authority has purchased 10 new mobile units to complement the 55…
Two Scottish islands added to list of remote locations served by personalised wellbeing and digital health programme
A service which facilitates the self-management of people with long-term conditions – through personalised wellbeing plans and digital health interventions – has been expanded to include two Scottish islands. Uist…
Edinburgh City Council launches 3D virtual tour of Mortonhall Crematorium to ‘demystify’ the cremation process
Edinburgh City Council has launched a virtual 3D tour of a crematorium to ‘demystify’ the cremation process. Grieving relatives will be able to look around Grade A-listed Mortonhall Crematorium, which…
Building Scotland’s reputation on the world stage for data and AI
The Data Lab is helping startups develop cutting-edge tech – fit for the pandemic. It’s been a difficult year for every aspect of our society, with the wider implications of…
Untangling the web
Scotland needs to get serious about cybersecurity. As a nation we invest heavily in supporting data-driven innovation and building the technologies of the future. But we spend far too little…
