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• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Andrew Brem takes up chief digital officer role at Aviva

  Insurance giant Aviva has announced Andrew Brem as its chief digital officer

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  UK government backs consortium's search for IOT standard

  The UK government has awarded £1.6m to a consortium of 40 British firm, tasked with finding a standard specification for the internet of things

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  PayPal launches one-touch payment technology for mobile apps

  PayPal and Braintree have launched an open beta for developers to allow app makers to accept PayPal payments with one touch

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Labour commits to GDS and says it wants to keep contractors

  The Labour party has said it will build on GDS's work and retain the team's staff if it wins the 2015 general election

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

  “I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Consumers spending £1bn more online than last summer

  Online shoppers are spending £1bn more online than they did last summer, partly due to buying holidays on the web

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Google Chrome warns of deceptive software downloads

  Google is to update its Chrome browser to warn users about deceptive software downloads

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Click and collect drives e-commerce growth for Asda

  Shoppers at Asda are continuing to choose to buy their groceries online and pick them up in-store

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Amazon launches credit card reader for small businesses

  Amazon has launched a card reader and mobile app for small businesses

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Company Magazine ditches print to go online only

  The womens’ monthly publication Company Magazine has announced it will become a standalone digital brand from October

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns

  Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree

  Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  House of Fraser rolls out beacon-enabled mannequins in Aberdeen

  House of Fraser is rolling out beacon-enabled mannequins that will allow the store to engage directly with shoppers or passers-by

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Android banking apps susceptible to hacking

  A vulnerability in Android applications built on the Apache Cordova platform has sparked new fears over mobile banking

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  60% of GDS staff contracts to expire within 12 months of general election

  Almost 60% of employees at the Government Digital Service (GDS) could be gone within 12 months of next year’s general election