New festival will highlight Scotland as a global leader in digital heritage innovation
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has unveiled the programme for a new digital heritage festival. Taking place from Monday 8 to Saturday 20 October at The Engine Shed, Scotland’s building conservation...
Fintech focus for the latest in VisitScotland’s INNOVATETHENATION series
VisitScotland Business Events will hold its latest INNOVATETHENATION event at CodeBase, in Stirling’s digital district, during the inaugural FinTech Scotland Fortnight 2018. INNOVATETHENATION, organised by the business events team at...
Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to Galileo
The UK Government has said it will start work on an alternative satellite system to the European Union’s Galileo project, to ensure its national security if it is barred from...
Edinburgh’s TVSquared launches in Japan ahead of 2020 Olympics
TVSquared, the Edinburgh-based ad performance analytics and optimisation company, is launching in Japan. The move comes as advertising spend in the country is expected to reach more than $15bn this...
Edinburgh wearable tech startup in partnership with Homeless World Cup
PlayerData, the sports wearable startup, has partnered with the Homeless World Cup Foundation. The company’s technology will be used at the 16th tournament for people affected by homelessness, in Mexico...
Scottish businesses to benefit from ‘most advanced IoT network in the UK’
Businesses in Scotland are to benefit from the most advanced ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) network in the UK as part of a £6m project, the Scottish Government said today. The...
Scottish agritech firm unveils vertical farm that will ‘revolutionise global horticulture’
Intelligent Growth Solutions, (IGS), the Scottish agritech business, has unveiled its first indoor vertical farming demonstration facility, based at the James Hutton Institute in Perthshire. The IGS facility uses ground-breaking...
Scottish Government joins the Open Identity Exchange
The Scottish Government has joined OIX, the organisation that aims to accelerate the adoption of digital identity services based on open standards. OIX, the Open Identity Exchange, is a “technology...
Travelling time and the problem of productivity
The law in Europe on paying for travelling time has become clearer over the years. The Thue[i] and Tyco[ii] cases provide that travelling to and from work assignments at the...
Slack’s latest fundraising values company at $7.1bn
Slack, the workplace messaging platform, has announced that it has raised $427m in a new round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.1bn. The series H equity round comes...
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