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Mobile apps and software

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Central Saint Martins hosts Three’s 5G trial for London Fashion Week

  Three’s trial 5G network will enable the world’s first augmented reality fashion show at Central Saint Martins, while consumers can test out a prototype network at its flagship store

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Apple Business Chat powers Npower’s smart meter switch

  Energy supplier is using Apple Business Chat to help users through the process of switching onto new smart gas and electricity meters

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Legacy systems holding banks back from meeting demand for instant accounts

  Banks are struggling to meet customer demand to open accounts instantly because of legacy IT systems and processes

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Click & collect will grow 45% over next five years

  Clothing and footwear lead growth as UK’s click & collect market is set to hit £10bn by 2023, research suggests

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Vodafone announces winners of Techstarter accelerator

  Vodafone has announced the winners of its startup accelerator programme, aimed at helping young companies developing technology for social good

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Lloyds Bank rolls out open banking functionality to mobile app customers

  Lloyds Bank customers can now see current accounts from multiple banks through their mobile banking app

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership

  Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced it will be adding battery charging banks to its stores as part of startup partnership

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Don’t bank on Google Bank, bank on banks becoming Google-like

  The journey to Google bank is happening as the UK 's Lloyds Bank signals its intent to move to a platform inspired by the workings of the Google engine room

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Cisco Live Europe: Intent-based networking meets the IoT head-on

  Networking and communications technology supplier Cisco plans to bring intent-based networking techniques to bear on the internet of things

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  Santander announces latest branch closures as digital channels take over

  Bank to close 140 more UK branches as in-branch transactions fall and digital banking accelerates

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  NHS England launches public roll-out of NHS App

  The all singing and dancing NHS App is now being rolled out publicly across England following a private beta phase with more than 3,000 patients

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Scottish Police Authority awards £21m mobile services deal to EE

  EE will oversee a three-year deal to transform police mobile capabilities in Scotland, alongside Motorola Solutions, Samsung and BlackBerry

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment

  German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  More than half of customers will shop for food online by 2021

  Just over 40% of customers currently do their grocery shopping online, but with that number expected to rise to more than half by 2021, are retailers doing enough to meet customer expectations?

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Banking apps overtake online banking

  Mobile apps are the most popular channel for banking as consumers swap online platforms for smartphone software