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Technology startups

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Digital Catapult aims to accelerate AR and VR startups to long-term success

  Ten augmented reality and virtual reality startups can join 10-week Augmentor accelerator, with access to classes, facilities and mentorship

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment

  Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Telcos see multiple paths to internet of things revenue

  A report from Ericsson has revealed that telecoms operators are testing out multiple routes to monetising the IoT

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education

  Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  The dawn of open banking in Australia

  Financial services firms will need to embrace DevOps and modernise their IT infrastructure to compete with more nimble fintech companies in an open banking regime

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  CyLon continues to drive cyber security innovation with next accelerator cohort

  CyLon has selected the next group of innovative cyber security startups for its seventh London accelerator programme

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  UK and Indian governments agree tech partnership

  Agreement aims to identify organisations in the two countries that can work together and open up opportunities for tech entrepreneurs

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Twilio offers IoT developers programmable mobile connectivity

  Developers of internet of things applications and devices will be able to use the Twilio Programmable Wireless mobile communications platform to build mobile connectivity into their services

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

  The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Government to set up £13.5m cyber security centre

  Located at the 2012 Olympic Park, the London Cyber Innovation Centre could create up to 2,000 jobs in cyber security

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Policy yet to catch up with innovation in digital health sector, says report

  Barriers such as poor procurement practices and lack of consensus about “what good looks like” can hinder NHS innovation, but there are still opportunities for digital health startups

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Australia needs to plug innovation gap

  Being at the crossroads of technological change, Australia should decide if it wants to be a producer of cutting-edge applications or be contented with just being a user of technology

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  HS. focuses on global scaling for healthcare startups in new accelerator programme

  HS. is trying to enable healthcare startups to scale internationally as part of its accelerator programme

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Autonomous drones will fly into danger zones for emergency services

  Automated drones will use sophisticated visual systems and machine learning techniques to carry out search and rescue missions where humans fear to tread

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Pfizer tech startup accelerator will be a shot in the arm for healthcare innovation

  Pharmaceutical giant invites startups to apply for its second Healthcare Hub: London accelerator, with the chance to share £50,000 funding