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When it comes to mobile spectrum, it's time for Three to get over itself
Networking Editor 17 Jan 2018I was hugely pleased today to see that despite the possibility of another legal roadblock in the Court of Appeal, telecoms regulator Ofcom is going to move ahead and lay the groundwork for the ...
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At the FA Cup Final, Wembley goes beyond Wi-Fi for mobile coverage
Networking Editor 25 May 2017In this guest blog, Anthony Sutton from Cobham Wireless discusses how venue owners can maximise visitor satisfaction by improving mobile network availability. It’s match day! You’ve managed to get ...
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Total smartphone service: put public Wi-Fi in the mix
Networking Editor 17 Jun 2016The recent announcement that UK regulator Ofcom plans to make additional spectrum available for Wi-Fi is great news for consumers, writes DeviceScape's Dave Fraser. Because Wi-Fi operates in ...
We look at the latest technology gadgets and consumer tech toys and what they can offer to business IT.
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Volunteer organisation Stemettes launches careers development app OtotheB
Business Editor 15 Feb 2016The science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers volunteer organisation has launched an application helping girls through their Stem journey. The Stemettes application, entitled ...
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NRF Big Show 2016: New York retailers showcase in-store and online technology
Business Editor 18 Jan 2016As part of the NRF Big Show 2016 in New York, e-commerce platform provider Demandware took me on a tour of some of the retailers in the Big Apple using its technology. The level of technology usage ...
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The Gitter development community - using a dev discussion platform for collaboration
Business Editor 11 Jan 2016Founder of development community platform Gitter explains why developer forums could help out other industries in the future. Open source software communities such as GitHub are designed to allow ...
In early November 2015, insurance giant Aviva held its internal hackathon designed to allow the firm's employees to test out ideas for solutions that could potentially benefit Aviva's customers. ...
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The disconnect between children and their technology - teaching kids why code is important
Business Editor 06 Jan 2016A common sited problem in teaching kids about technology is the difficulty in helping them make the connection between the tech they use and the code they're learning - something story character ...
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Elo Touch solutions - why luxury lends itself to interactive technology
Business Editor 30 Dec 2015Manufacturers of touch-screen technology explain why the luxury market is buying into interactive in-store equipment. Elo Touch solutions is a touch-screen manufacturer that often finds itself ...
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A visit to the Sainsbury's digital lab - using technology to solve customer problems
Business Editor 13 Oct 2015How the digital team at Sainsbury's uses creative thinking and agile methodologies to build software that solves consumer problems. In September 2015 the Sainsbury's digital lab ran a hackathon, ...
Retailers are struggling with the online and physical divide, but retailer The Dandy Lab has implemented a store to combine retail and technology in the physical space. Spitalfields used to be a ...
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iHealth launches healthcare tracker for digitally excluded
Business Editor 07 Sep 2015There are healthcare monitors designed to track everything about your body and habits - but what about those who aren't digitally savvy? Look at all of the health trackers on the market at the ...
At this year's Expo Milano, a six month universal exhibition of world-changing concepts, Accenture and Coop partnered to show exhibit-goers the future of supermarket technology. Every few years a ...
This is a guest post by Sean McGrath senior reporter at Microscope. Striking a balance between mobility and security is something of a Holy Grail in the enterprise world. How do you enable ...
Retailer Argos has partnered with the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to offer an "instant redemption" service for old unwanted gadgets. The trade-in service will be available in its ...
Back in October 2014 I was running through the pouring rain towards Imperial College London to meet one of the entrepreneurs of a startup called Surreal Vision. Moments later I was sitting in the ...
Many retailers are still unaware that polymer bank notes are on their way to the UK, so how will they identify a real one during the purchasing process?
These days it seems like every new phone that hits the market has to have a gimmick. For example the new curved Samsung Galaxy S6 or the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with its fancy 'AnyPen' technology. ...
With all the hype surrounding the Apple Watch, it is easy to forget that health and fitness watches are not a new thing. Runners, cyclists and triathletes have been using smart wearables for years, ...
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The Apple Watch signals the end of the wearables market
Business Editor 16 Apr 2015There has been debate over the number of pre-orders made for the soon to be available Apple Watch, with an estimate coming in at over two million - more than the number of Android wearables sold in ...
Do Samsung's cutting-edge edges give it the edge?After a disappointing run of results for its mobile division driven in part by indifferent response to recent product launches, Samsung needed to ...
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Could stores reallocate resources using electronic shelf labels?
Business Editor 26 Mar 2015At this year's Retail Business Technology Expo I was introduced to a company called DisplayData, which put me on to a nifty little device called an electronic shelf label, or ESL. Electronic ...
An introduction to home 3D printing options, the Velleman 3D Priner and the makersCAFE 3D printing was a big mover at International CES in Las Vegas this year. Not only were smaller firms all ...
In this guest post David McClelland shares his thoughts on the announcement of the Raspberry Pi 2. Performance boost plus Windows 10 support for new Pi PC. The new Raspberry Pi 2 was announced ...
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Logitech ConferenceCam Connect - why communication has changed
Business Editor 28 Jan 2015Logitech this week launched its new conference camera, the ConferenceCam Connect, aimed at small conference rooms catering up to around five people. According to Logitech representatives, 21 ...
SMART technologies, the company which brought interactive whiteboards into our classrooms, has developed a new dry-erase whiteboard capable of sending images to your smartphone. The digital capture ...
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29 thoughts I had while trying to set up a new Windows 8.1 machine
Business Editor 21 Jan 2015Everyone has their Achilles heel of technology, and although I've been very familiar with the Windows operating system until now, Windows 8 machines are far too stressful for me to get my head ...
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CES 2015: A summary of this year's Consumer Electronics Show
Business Editor 09 Jan 2015As a first-time attendee of CES I distinctly remember thinking on my flight over to Vegas: "What have I let myself in for?" It turns out the answer was a week of no sleep, motivational videos ...
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CES 2015: Hands on with Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge smartphone
Business Editor 09 Jan 2015The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge's curved touchscreen is in my opinion one of the strangest design choices for a smartphone to date. The device has been available for some time now, but seeing it in ...