Miigen, the social platform for senior life, aims to raise £500,000 in seed funding round
A Scottish start-up with global potential is embarking on a £500,000 seed round fundraising exercise today which aims to significantly widen its investor base and take it to the next stage...
Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 billion GitHub deal
Microsoft has announced that it is buying privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5bn in an all-stock deal to designed to strengthen its cloud computing business and challenge market...
Apple focuses on speed and parental controls in software upgrades
Apple has unveiled software upgrades that will let older iPhones run faster, help parents limit their children’s screen time, and make its Siri voice assistant work more like a rival...
Pricing software boosts carmakers’ profits by $1bn, according to court documents
Carmakers including Renault, Jaguar Land Rover, and Peugeot, have boosted revenues by over $1 billion in the past decade by using sophisticated pricing software, according to sales presentations prepared by...
Digital leaders prepare for Scotland’s flagship transformation conference
More than 300 delegates are expected to attend Digital Scotland 2018, the inaugural national conference exploring transformation of the nation’s public services and wider economy. Digital leaders from the Scottish...
Assure APM partners with ZoneFox to provide security solution
Edinburgh-based IT cyber security and performance monitoring solutions company Assure APM has today announced its partnership with award winning Scottish cyber security company ZoneFox, the Scottish company behind a unique security solution that locks down insider threats. ...
Digital district for Stirling and hubs for Callander and Alloa in new £90m city deal
The UK and Scottish Governments are investing more than £90m in Stirling and Clackmannanshire through an “ambitious City Region Deal, which will drive economic growth across the region”. Working in partnership...
Scotland’s national digital programme for SMEs receives £1.7M funding boost
Scotland’s national digital technology training programme, DigitalBoost, has received a continuation of funding of £1.7m from the Scottish Government to extend the service that has seen thousands of Scotland’s SMEs...
Skyscanner co-founder focuses on long-term as CTO takes over as chief executive
Gareth Williams, Skyscanner’s co-founder and chief executive officer, is to take up a new role as chair of the travel search engine. He will be replaced as chief executive by...
Scotland’s First Minister announces £31 million boost for global oil and gas manufacturing campus
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced £4.9 million in funding as part of a £31 million investment being made by Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), in its manufacturing footprint...
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