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• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Interview: Alistair Duggin, head of accessibility, Government Digital Service

  GDS’s head of accessibility, Alistair Duggin, aims to help government departments design digital services that are accessible to everyone

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Disrupting IT in the Nordics, from banks to taxis

  IT is dramatically changing traditional industry sectors in the Nordic region. Computer Weekly examines the transformation

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Technology moving too fast for governments to keep up, says former Darpa chief

  Former US defence technology chief supports encryption and privacy, despite intelligence services’ fears

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Apple Pay gets a million new users a week but profit remains elusive

  Apple's mobile payments service is popular with consumers and banks but the company has yet to find ways to make 'meaningful' money from it

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Facebook triples Q1 profit as mobile ad revenue spikes

  Facebook reports advertising revenue of $5.2bn for the first quarter of 2016, with 82% coming from mobile ads, compared with 73% for the same period the year before

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• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Government accepts data ethics council proposal

  The government accepts the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s recommendation that a data science ethics council is established at the Alan Turing Institute

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  UFO broadband network sees promising results from pilot testing

  Trials of York’s Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO) broadband service is moving ahead, with early adopters proving enthusiastic about the speeds available

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Mobile apps and platforms core to adult learning

  Skills traditionally taught in the home, such as cooking, DIY and maintenance, are increasingly learnt via digital platforms, a report by Halifax Insurance finds

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Cloud services top priority in Australian and New Zealand enterprises in 2016

  Around 60% of IT leaders in Australia and New Zealand expect their cloud computing spending to increase in 2016, with hybrid cloud projects a priority

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Mobilising a workforce drives up performance and productivity

  Mobile workers are also more creative, satisfied and loyal, says EIU study

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Virgin to add one million FTTP connections by 2020

  Virgin Media embarks on a massive roll-out of FTTP broadband across the UK

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IBM all-flash family gets cloud and enterprise A9000 and A9000R

  IBM announces two all-flash arrays – the modular A9000 and rack A9000R, aimed at service providers and enterprises – and the mainframe-connected DS8888

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IT outsourcing starts year with a bang

  The IT outsourcing sector got off to a strong start in 2016, with sales volumes and values up

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Mainstream adoption of blockchain by banks is 10 years away

  Banks could be putting blockchain under the microscope in a lab environment for the next 10 years, according to Forrester

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IPv6 alone will not secure IoT, warns GE CISO

  It is important for all users of the internet of things to understand what they are getting into with IPv6, and to be aware of the risks and myths, says GE CISO Hanns Proenen