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• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  GSMA uses 3D printing to encourage girls into STEM careers

  At a 3D printing event in London's FabLab, girls were told by female IT industry speakers how to pursue a tech career

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  Tesco's online sales increase despite £6.37bn loss

  Supermarket Tesco has posted a yearly pre-tax loss of £6.37bn despite its online grocery business growing ahead of the market at 20%

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  HSBC website mistake guides customers to porn

  HSBC’s Hong Kong website accidentally featured an out-of-date link that directed people to a porn site

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  Software flaw puts thousands of Magento sites at risk

  A new vulnerability that could enable hackers to steal credit card and customer details using e-commerce platform Magento has been found

• April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15

  Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa

  Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa

• April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15

  Business intelligence and analytics overtakes security as banking IT priority

  More banks see investment in business intelligence and analytics technology as a priority than security

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  EC slams Google over comparison shopping and Android

  EC issues statement of objection to Google claiming it has abused its dominant position in internet search and mobile

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Barclays pays customers to bank online

  The importance of online and mobile banking in the future of UK banks is clear as Barclays starts to pay customers to use the channel

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Digital technology transforms wealth management industry

  Wealth management is a shrinking industry as technology makes it easier for the rich to manage their own money or find independent advisors

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Availability of tech blurs lines between retailers and brands

  The increased availability of technology has blurred the lines between retailers and their brands as they strive for customer engagement

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  BBC Engineering restructures to support flexible media needs, says CTO Matthew Postgate

  The BBC's technology department, BBC Engineering, will restructure to more effectively provision TV, radio and news, says CTO Matthew Postgate

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  Linux Foundation to host open encryption project

  The Linux Foundation is to host an open encryption project aimed at providing a free and easy way to protect online data

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Sales assistants need data protection coaching, says Furla

  Sales assistants in stores need to be coached on how to collect data from customers, says a representative from luxury retailer Furla

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  Digital agenda streamlines public sector in Norway

  While governments are eager to toot the horn of digitisation, real-world effects are still a few and far between, but Norway is aiming to change this

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  Sainsbury’s creates 480 digital specialist jobs, while cutting 500 jobs elsewhere

  Sainsbury’s is creating 480 jobs for in-house digital specialists to develop digital systems to meet the increasing technology demands of customers

• 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 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live

  The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, chief technology officer, TheTrainline.com

  A major cloud migration and a range of mobile initiatives are high on the agenda of the UK’s best-selling train booking website, TheTrainline.com

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Google Cloud Launcher accelerates off-premise open-source app deployments

  Google hopes to make it easier for users to deploy open-source apps in its cloud through the release of its Google Cloud Launcher tool

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Labour sets out digital government priorities in election campaign

  The Labour Party has set out its digital government priorities, criticising the coalition for failing to meets targets for 'digital by default' services

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Government deal means banks could close the last branch in town

  Banks and government compromise on branch closures as digital banking decimates traditional services – but deal ensures alternatives

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Gocompare puts banks on the defensive

  The UK could be on the cusp of dramatic changes in retail banking following the launch of a current account comparison service

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  MPs slam Defra for making rural payments 'digital by default'

  MPs have slammed the government’s decision to make rural payment claims from farmers a 'digital by default' service

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Rural payment problems caused by slow system performance, says minister

  Environment secretary Liz Truss has revealed that system performance issues forced the rural payments digital service to resort to paper forms

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Government contract transparency will reveal supplier fees

  The government has agreed to trial transparency of public sector contracts, which will require publication of fees paid to government suppliers

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  UK government adds five authentication providers to Gov.uk Verify identity management system

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) adds five authentication providers to the Gov.uk Verify identity and access management scheme

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  British Bankers’ Association wants regulators to constrain free movement of capital

  The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) says the ability to switch accounts at the touch of a button increases the likelihood of a run on a bank

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Amazon Web Services hosts Nasa climate-change images in the cloud

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) follows up pledge to support climate change research by publishing 85,000 Nasa images in the cloud

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Nordic nations dominate Europe's digital league table

  The EC's Digital Economy and Society Index ranked Denmark, Sweden and Finland as first, second and fourth most digital European nation

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Google warns of fake digital certificates

  Google has warned of unauthorised digital certificates issued for several of its domains that could be used to intercept data traffic

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?

  A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Rural payment problems cause U-turn for flagship 'digital by default' service

  Government forced into U-turn as flagship 'digital by default' service for payments to farmers resorts to paper forms following an IT failure

• 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 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  GDS gets local government remit in 2015 Budget

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) will have its remit extended to cover local authorities

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Facebook introduces friend-to-friend payment system

  Facebook has introduced a feature to its Messenger app that enables people to transfer money to their friends in a few clicks

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Budget 2015: First look at the policies for technology

  Chancellor George Osborne announced a range of Budget measures to help the growth of technology and digital government across the UK

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Six technology companies to hasten the demise of retail bank giants

  UK retail banks are under pressure from regulation, costs and increasing competition

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Post Office could be the Carphone Warehouse of banking industry

  Atom Bank is latest digital bank to propose Post Office branches as places where customers can make transactions

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Banking software supplier Misys launches Apple Watch app prototype

  Finance software house Misys launches a prototype banking app for the Apple Watch that will be available off-the-shelf

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Deal close with banks to maintain services in remote locations

  The government is close to agreement with the British Bankers Association on a set of rules for banks to follow before closing branches

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  BBC gives UK schools one million devices in digital education initiative

  BBC launches digital-first initiative to teach children programming and digital technologies, giving UK schools one million coding devices

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Ivor Nicholson, Nottinghamshire County Council

  Nottinghamshire County Council is facing £77m in cuts by 2018 and by rolling out new services, it plans to save £8m through technology alone

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Group claiming links to Isis hacks small business websites

  The FBI is investigating the hacking of a number of SME websites in the US and Europe by people claiming affiliation with Islamic State

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Google adds another string to financial services bow

  Google has moved further into financial services with the launch of a car insurance comparison website in the US

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  PayPal targets financial platform dominance

  The man tasked with making PayPal a giant of financial services told an audience of investors that software is eating into the sector

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Online freelance platform dominated by IT requests in Nordic region

  Online freelance marketplace is fast becoming IT workers' go-to job board for lucrative contracts

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Latest new UK bank launches virtually

  Challenger financial services firm Charter Savings Bank has been launched, taking advantage of the lower cost of a virtual presence

• February 27, 2015 27 Feb'15

  TSB is investing in bank branches, not closing them

  TSB is countering the industry trend of branch closures in the light of increased digital services by opening 30 new branches

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  £700m spent on Universal Credit yet to deliver value for money, say MPs

  The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £700m on Universal Credit so far, but has yet to convince MPs it is value for money

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  PrivDog SSL compromise potentially worse than Superfish

  Some versions of PrivDog software designed to block online ads compromise internet security in a similar way to Superfish

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  Digital cheque processing could prove fatal blow to hundreds of bank branches

  Banks have reneged on their promise to keep bank branches open, blaming changing consumer habits and digital technology

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  More than half of UK consumers call for multi-channel retail

  Over 50% of UK consumers believe online shopping would improve if retailers delivered consistency across all platforms

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Apple’s iOS still vulnerable to masque attacks, says FireEye

  Enterprise iPhones and iPads are still vulnerable to masque attacks, warn security researchers at FireEye

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Digital challenger bank Starling loses its CTO

  The CTO of digital bank Starling has left the company before it has even been granted a banking licence

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Open Data Institute receives $4.1m funding from Omidyar Network

  Open Data Institute gets new funding for growth as it publishes second annual report

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Jamie Oliver website “safe to use” after serving malware

  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s website is declared safe after hackers used it to serve up malware that could take control of visitors' computers

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  Scaling appropriately an issue for digital startups, says report

  Digital startups often scale their customer bases too quickly before they have had time to implement the appropriate infrastructure

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  Co-operative Bank to close quarter of branches, with tech picking up slack

  The Co-operative Bank is closing about a quarter of its remaining branches and digital technology will replace them

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  DWP starts national Universal Credit IT rollout

  The next phase of the national IT rollout for the controversial Universal Credit programme has started

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  Apple beefs up security for FaceTime and iMessage

  Apple has extended its two-step authentication to iMessage and FaceTime, but security experts say more could be done to protect users

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  HSCIC sets out five-year plan to make UK a world leader in healthcare apps

  Health and Social Care Information Centre sets out technology strategy to make UK a world leader in health and social care apps

• February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Cabinet Office’s Maude: local GDS ‘very high priority’

  A local authority version of the Government Digital Service (GDS) is “very high priority”, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  ShopDirect selects IBM managed service with SoftLayer hybrid cloud

  Shop Direct is using IBM’s SoftLayer hybrid cloud in a 10-year outsourcing deal to provide analytics, mobile and social applications

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Is the Digital Services Framework making agile procurement difficult?

  Suppliers of agile development services to government have spoken out against the Digital Services Framework, used for commissioning firms to work on public projects

• 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

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  GDS creator Francis Maude steps down as MP

  Cabinet Office minister and creator of the Government Digital Service (GDS) Francis Maude will step down as an MP after nearly 30 years in parliament

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Santander offers corporate clients cloud storage

  Santander’s cloud storage offer to corporate clients shows how banks could fight back against the IT giants encroaching on their market

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Sprint 15 confirms plans for government as platform

  A cross-government approach to public service provision would drive platform-based government, heard this year’s digital overview Sprint 15

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Apple and Google are big but banks have advantages, says Santander boss

  Chairman of Spanish banking giant Santander is confident banks can fight off the challenge in financial services from tech giants

• February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15

  HM Revenue & Customs receives record number of digital self assessments

  This year saw the largest recorded number of digital self assessment registrations, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

• 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

  Google sees 2014 revenues hit $66bn

  Google has seen its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 increase by 15% year-on-year.

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Full steam ahead for P&O Ferries e-commerce website

  P&O Ferries has seen a 20% increase in users of its new e-commerce website, which it launched in December 2014

• 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 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Nesta invests in apprenticeships website for young people

  Nesta has invested half a million pounds into a website to help young people connect with employers and colleges to find apprenticeship schemes

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Argos to open digital stores in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

  Argos has teamed up with Sainsbury’s with plans to open digital stores within 10 existing supermarkets.

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Sky to reorganise news desk for digital age

  Sky News is planning to reorganise its digital and television news operations to address the changing digital world

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Apple Pay success shows role for technology firms in finance

  2015 will be the year of Apple Pay, according to the firm's CEO. But will it encourage other tech firms with eyes on the financial services sector?

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers

  Phil Pavitt, the new global CIO of Specsavers, has fixed his sights on helping the high-street optician take a great IT leap forward

• 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 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Halifax launches online banking for children

  Halifax has launched an online banking service aimed at helping 11 to 15-year-olds better manage their money

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  River Island takes part in retail tech startup accelerator

  River Island is the latest company to get involved with a technology startup accelerator

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  UK senior citizens boost online banking popularity

  Britain’s senior citizens are contributing to online banking’s popularity with about 2.3 million people aged 70 to 100 banking online

• 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 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Senior judge calls for technology to transform courtrooms

  A senior judge has called for the introduction of technologies such as video and online filing to bring the criminal courts into the 21st century

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Case study: BCBG Max Azria checks out customer engagement chic

  Fashion retailer BCBG Max Azria is stepping out in omnichannel chic with digital in-store solutions and localised web presence

• 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 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Starbucks launches wireless charging in the UK

  Starbucks has launched wireless charging points in 10 shops in London

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Canary Wharf Group opens third tech startup space

  London’s Canary Wharf Group has opened a third dedicated space to technology startups as part of its Level39 initiative

• 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 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  GDS hints at future approach to government-as-a-platform

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) has hinted at a new approach to meet Whitehall’s government-as-a-platform goals

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Ugg Australia trials RFID smart mat to digitise its stores

  Ugg Australia is trialing a smart mat system which allows shoppers to view more products electronically

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Gamestop’s Technology Institute engages digital customers in stores

  Gamestop has been investing in its store and digital channels through the Gamestop Technology Institute (GTI), which it launched in March 2014

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  TechUK reveals top 10 web vulnerabilities

  TechUK has published a guide on the ten most common web vulnerabilities and how to defend against the most prevalent threats

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  TGI Fridays rolls out tablets and trials social media check-in

  TGI Fridays rolls out Microsoft tablets across its restaurant chain and experiments with data from social media check-in technologies

• 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

  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