Ten international experts announced for Data Summit
Ten experts in data science, including the BBC’s ‘face of space’ Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, have been announced as speakers at Data Summit, the two-day international conference that forms part...
Scottish tech firm’s success in California with first international contract
Glasgow-based proptech company arbnco has secured its first international contract after signing a partnership agreement with the University of California, Davis. UC Davis will trial arbnco technology to identify energy...
ScotlandIS accelerates tech sector growth in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise
ScotlandIS, the trade organisation for the digital technologies industry, announced today that it is “expanding its capability in both cybersecurity and data” through the development of two clusters, with the...
UK Government Digital Service Minister pays tribute to ‘vibrancy and strength’ of Scottish tech scene in flying visit to CodeBase
The UK Government’s Digital Service minister has paid tribute to the “tremendous vibrancy and strength” of the Scottish tech sector in a flying visit to Edinburgh innovation hub CodeBase. Oliver...
Leading Scottish fintech joins UK upscale programme
Edinburgh’s LendingCrowd is the only Scottish company to have been chosen to join the prestigious Upscale programme, now in its fourth year. The fintech lending platform is one of 30...
What would Steve Jobs have said?
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs famously said of iTunes being made available to Windows users: “It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell.” While Bill Gates, Microsoft’s...
Prince’s Trust halts donations from Huawei
The Prince’s Trust has announced that it will no longer accept donations from Huawei, the latest blow to the Chinese telecoms company in its fight against global accusations of espionage....
Edinburgh tech firm partners with Law Society of Scotland
The Law Society of Scotland has announced a partnership with Edinburgh-based technology company, Amiqus Resolution, to develop and deliver software products that will support law firms across the country. Amiqus...
£30,000 awarded to business-academic projects
The use of virtual and augmented reality to collect and analyse consumers’ biometric data, and match it to garment patterns, is one of three exploratory projects awarded £30,000 from Interface...
Hong Kong fintech firm establishes European base in Edinburgh
Hong Kong fintech firm Actelligent is establishing a UK and Europe base in Edinburgh, Scottish Development International announced today. The project, which follows efforts to encourage more Hong Kong-based firms...

