Geovation Scotland to open in Edinburgh
The creation of Geovation Scotland, a collaboration between Registers of Scotland (RoS) and Ordnance Survey (OS), has been announced by Kate Forbes, the Digital Economy Minister. “It gives me great...
‘Scotland’s businesses can lead the fourth industrial revolution’
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a term many businesses have become all-too-familiar with, and though only coined as a phrase in 2015 by German engineer and economist, Klaus Schwab, the...
£1m milestone reached by Scottish digital development loan
The Scottish Government’s Digital Development Loan fund has awarded £1m to Scottish SMEs less than a year since its launch in June last year. The £2m fund, which is managed...
Ajenta: instrumental in solving problems faced in rural areas
Ajenta are excited to be part of EduTech 19, participating in the discussion around the future of primary and secondary education. Since our inception, Ajenta have been instrumental in solving...
We need to maximise the value of data to help grow the economy says Scottish Government digital minister Kate Forbes
The public sector needs to unlock the potential of the ‘mountain’ of data it holds in order to boost economic growth and improve services, Scotland’s digital minister said today. Kate...
Facebook overhauls messaging as it ‘pivots to privacy’
Facebook has announced an overhaul of its core social network, taking the first concrete steps to refashion itself as a private messaging and e-commerce company and move on from a...
Scotland can lead the data revolution ‘through ethics and inclusivity’
Scotland is uniquely placed to become a world leader in data ethics but the industry “must start asking the difficult questions now”, according to the results of a meeting between...
High tech innovation campus on the Clyde to be ‘shipbuilding industry of the 21st century’
Plans for major investment in a new ‘Clyde Waterfront Innovation Campus’ (CWIC) in Govan are being taken forward by Glasgow University, in a move the Principal Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli...
Amiqus wins ‘pitch of the day’ at Scotland’s tech investor showcase
Edinburgh-based software company Amiqus has won pitch of the day at Scotland’s annual tech investor showcase, for the second time. Having won at Engage Invest Exploit (EiE) in 2017 with...
The Next Big Thing (part two?)
From raising a million and speaking in Beverly Hills alongside Will.i.am, to liquidation and the Number 14 Leith bus; a cautionary tale from Scotland’s start-up scene If, in Internet years,...
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