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• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Vodafone scheme to help SMEs get online

  Vodafone is to trial a series of digital workshops for SMEs aimed at equipping them with a stronger online presence

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  BA opens up API on flight information

  British Airways offers an open application programming interface (API) for flight information to encourage developers to create value-added travel applications

• July 06, 2015 06 Jul'15

  Italy’s Hacking Team gets hacked

  Unknown hackers have posted a torrent file-sharing link to more than 400GB of Hacking Team data, including source code, internal documents and emails that could reveal the identity of customers

• July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15

  Nordic retailers get physical to combat international digital giants

  Nordic retails must evolve if they are to prosper in a sector where competition from international online giants is fierce

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  Facebook wins first round in European privacy battle

  Facebook has welcomed a Vienna court’s rejection of a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit against the social networking firm for allegedly breaching European privacy laws

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA

  RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Google reports 12% revenue increase

  Google misses analysts' $17.5bn target but reports 3.7% profit increase through growth in mobile ad sales

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Poor customer engagement at banks opens door to competitors

  Customer experience levels at banks have failed to improve for the second year in a row and customers are more likely than ever to leave their bank

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers

  The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  Over-the-top services worth $14bn to carriers by 2020

  A study conducted by Juniper Research suggests that content paid for by carrier billing will be a lucrative money-spinner for communications providers

• April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15

  'Bored' RBS investment chairman Rory Cullinan resigns after daughter's Snapchat message goes public

  Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank chairman Rory Cullinan leaves after a Snapchat message to his daughter appeared in Instagram

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  IT is more important than marketing for banks

  IT spending will grow at the expense of other areas such as marketing as optimism in financial services increases

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy

  The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015

  The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Sharing Economy UK launched to champion digital businesses

  New trade body brings together digital businesses that encourage consumer and business asset-sharing, such as Airbnb and ZipCar

• February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15

  Lloyds Bank accepts ID documents uploaded on social media

  Lloyds Bank group customers can upload identification documents on technology used in social media, reducing the need to visit a branch

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Sweeping trend towards digital banking forces RBS branch closures

  Royal Bank of Scotland "taken aback" by ever-increasing take-up of digital banking and announces additional branch closures across UK

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  FCC’s Tom Wheeler offers up net neutrality plan

  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may rule in favour of a strong regulatory environment to preserve the open internet

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Media industry operates on a shoestring IT budget, says BT

  The media industry struggles to invest in technology, because investors are concerned with making new television and film content

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Scotland sees startup growth, but Wales lags behind

  Scotland’s technology sector has seen a large growth in startup companies since 2009

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Harrods invests in digital to entice customers

  Harrods is investing in digital screen and publishing technologies to engage with its customers

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Future of parliament report calls for digital engagement and online voting

  A report outlines how parliament should embrace digital technology to be more transparent, inclusive and better able to engage the public

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  UK leads in global ranking of social open data sharing

  The UK has been named the number one country to use open data for social and economic benefit

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  HMRC trials Gov.uk Verify in busiest month of the year

  Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is to trial the government’s Verify identity assurance scheme in its busiest month

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Tesco embarks on image recognition technology for product placement

  Tesco is looking to pilot image recognition software to improve product placement in its stores

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Atom Bank could be first real threat to traditional banks

  Digital-only bank could be the first real challenge to high street banks if it turns its low-cost operating advantage into better rates for customers

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Technology should complement traditional merchandising, says Hershey’s

  Retailers adopting innovative technology need to consider how it might affect traditional ways of merchandising at the point of sale

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Levi Strauss & Co thinks mobile first

  Levi Strauss & Co, the company known for Levi’s denim jeans, is thinking mobile first as part of its omni-channel retailing strategy

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  John Lewis to trial location technology for click and collect

  John Lewis plans to trial a micro-location technology to improve its click and collect service

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Cool and funky bank to launch in UK soon

  The UK launch of a web 2.0 and social media-based bank in the UK is imminent as Germany’s Fidor Bank applies for UK licence

• December 24, 2014 24 Dec'14

  Quiksilver expands e-commerce and sees 65% increase in revenue

  Sports brand Quiksilver has seen a 65% increase in revenue after expanding its cloud-based e-commerce platform

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Why are retailers breaking online delivery promises?

  The Christmas period has seen a wave of UK retailers’ technology failing to meet the basic needs of customers

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Technology needed to help ambulance services cope with increased demand

  The future of the ambulance and emergencies services needs more investment in networking

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

  US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Social media threats to business on the rise, says report

  Social media threats to business are increasing, according to the first in-depth analysis covering Fortune 100 companies

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Digital governments meet in London to commit to best practices

  Digital governments from across the world are meeting in London today as part of the inaugural D5 summit

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

  While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

  Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Asda opens technology centre in Leeds

  Asda opens a technology centre in its Leeds head office to provide a more streamlined service for online customers

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  HM Revenue and Customs hopes electronic forms will save £800,000 by March 2015

  Taxpayers completing forms for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will be able to do so online by the end of 2014

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Ministry of Justice searches for IT staff to join digital team

  The Ministry of Justice is recruiting people to join its team tasked with designed digital public services

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell says Microsoft “conversation has changed”

  CTO Liam Maxwell says the government's relationship with Microsoft has changed after meeting CEO Satya Nadella

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Amazon not the biggest threat to high street retailers

  Competition from online-only traders does not pose the biggest threat to high street retailers, with cautious attitudes a bigger risk

• November 07, 2014 07 Nov'14

  Police forces use private cloud to access Holmes database

  Police forces across the UK will access the Holmes major investigation system via a private cloud service

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Glenn Murphy, London & Capital

  Asset-management firm London & Capital shifts its focus to systems that add business value, says CIO Glenn Murphy

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Government asks for more information on digital currencies

  The government has released a Call for Information to invite views on the benefits and risks of digital currencies

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Problems surface as first users attempt to use Gov.uk Verify

  Problems have surfaced as users try to use Gov.uk Verify to prove their identities

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Banks see technology firms as biggest threat, says Infosys

  Google, Apple and Facebook the biggest threat to banks as technology firms offer consumers financial services

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Lloyds Banking Group confirms 9,000 job cuts and digital investment

  Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will cut 9000 jobs and close around 150 branches to focus more on its digital strategy