Digital Society 2017: Social Smart Cities – Envisioning a new operating system for digital cities
While it is exciting to see Scotland embracing Smart Cities, it’s important not to become purely technology-driven but instead first define the social outcomes we want these investments to achieve. An...
LendingCrowd posts record month with 200 deals in August
LendingCrowd, Scotland’s only alternative finance provider to SMEs, topped 200 cumulative loan deals in August and posted a record month for the P2P lender with around £2.5 million of funds...
Sustainably wins Best of Show at Finovate Fall in New York
Sustainably, a social good technology company for conscious consumers and businesses who want to localise and personalise their corporate social responsibility programmes, has won Best of Show at Finovate Fall,...
The global digital divide could become a ‘digital chasm’, says United Nations
More than half the world’s population – 3.9 billion people – do not have access to the Internet, according to a report on the digital divide to be discussed by...
Equifax’s chief information and security officers are ‘retiring’
Credit scoring company Equifax announced on Friday evening that its chief information officer and chief security officer “are retiring” in the wake of a breach which exposed the personal details...
UK Government Digital Service has been ‘sidelined’ says Francis Maude
The UK Government Digital Service (GDS) is becoming “sidelined and under powered,” according to former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, under whose watch it was established and flourished. GDS had...
Microsoft engineering VP appointed chief digital officer at HMRC
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has appointed Microsoft executive Jacky Wright as its new chief digital and information officer to “take forward its ambitious digital transformation agenda”. Wright, who is...
Data laws to be made fit for digital age, says UK Government
The UK Government has outlined “vital protections and flexibilities” for the country’s research, financial services, journalism and legal services as part of its plans to update data protection legislation. The...
Vodafone hints at full-fibre connections direct to homes and businesses
Vodafone is looking at investing in laying ultra-fast full-fibre broadband connections to homes and businesses in the UK if it can find partners to share the costs, according to its...
Facebook clamps down on ‘fake news’ and sensational headlines
Facebook is introducing tougher rules on who can make money from advertising on its network, responding to criticism that it makes it too easy for providers of fake news and...
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