New ‘walkabout’ app brings climate crisis closer to home
A new app which lets people discover how the climate crisis can be seen all around them – and not just in extreme events faraway – went live this week….
Government spending on cloud services soars during Covid crisis
Government spending on Amazon’s cloud computing division has almost doubled during the Covid public health crisis, according to new figures. The Scottish Government has shelled out £4.7m on the global…
Scottish university strikes deal with Chinese cloud giant
A Scottish university has teamed up with a Chinese cloud computing giant in a bid to strengthen its research capabilities and talent development through new technology. The University of Edinburgh…
Scottish data giant acquires Lanarkshire centre with £45m investment
Scotland’s ‘largest’ data firm and multi-cloud services provider has acquired a Lanarkshire data centre in a major deal with the help of a £45m investment. DataVita will now take full…
New website unveils ‘hidden history’ of Scottish fiddle music
A new online platform dedicated to historical sources of Scottish fiddle music has been launched to allow traditional music fans access to thousands of tunes. The new searchable database has…
New contact tracing ‘check in’ app used 700,000 times since launch last week
A new app launched last week to speed up national Covid-19 contact tracing efforts has already been used 700,000 times to ‘check in’ to venues across Scotland. That means the…
Volunteer army puts tech boots on ground
Pilot digital footfall scheme launched in Dunbar to save high street
New ‘check in’ digital service launched to improve Scotland’s contact tracing efforts
A new digital service was launched today to support businesses collecting personal information of visitors in order to speed up the national Covid-19 contact tracing system. More than 6,400 venues…
Scottish disability app wins global acclaim in United Nations-backed awards
An Edinburgh-based startup which builds tech solutions for disabled people has won acclaim at the United Nations-backed World Summit Awards. The accessibility app WelcoMe, designed by Neatebox, gives disabled people access…
Scottish college ‘first in UK’ to partner with Microsoft to equip students with digital skills
A Scottish college has become the ‘first in the UK’ to team up with Microsoft to give free digital skills training to students, businesses and local communities to help them…
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