Can better broadband really solve the housing crisis? The head of techUK thinks it’s a start
The idea that there is a housing crisis in the UK is not only not new, it’s so obvious that there’s really no need to offer any evidence to support…
DVLA has taken to Twitter to show off the future of driving licences with Apple Pay
The UK government abolished the paper part of your driving licence last year and moved driver information online, it said to “save motorists …
Penis Beaker, Biscuitgate and other reasons why Mumsnet is the best tech story ever
Mumsnet started just before the Dot Com Crash, a tech investment bubble that claimed many victims nobody cares to remember anymore. The company not…
Now you can complain to the government about your crap internet connection
We don’t have a hotline to David Cameron or anything, but the government has just opened up its public consultation on the current and future…
Have you registered your .cloud domain yet? Better hurry…
Nothing is more annoying in the world of web signposting than when someone gets there before you. Having the twitter handle @kirstystyles1 infuriat…
“Don’t grieve when your business needs to change, it’ll be too late”
Garth Saloner is Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business For large corporations there is a huge difference betw…
Bulb’s renewable energy startup is out of beta – and could save you hundreds of pounds
Bulb might well be the first energy supplier ever to ‘come out of beta’. It’s a phrase more at home in the startup world than the…
We spoke to IBM so you can school Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on quantum computing
Remember when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau batted right out of the park the suggestion from a reporter that he might not understand quantum computing…
Would anyone really boycott a company over a data breach? Just ask TalkTalk.
Apparently, it’s a yes, if you check out the latest figures from TalkTalk. It suffered a cyber attack last year that saw 160,000 accounts acc…
Duedil hacks Companies House to help your business stay on the right side of the law
Compliance and risk aren’t exactly the sexist topics – but you’ll certainly feel the full force of the law if you’re making…
This startup raised £8m to recycle energy from Wi-Fi, then use it to charge your wearable
You might have guessed that a tech startup led by a lord, and one who used to be science and innovation minister in the UK government, could be one…
What Sadiq Khan must do with his first 100 days to win over London’s tech community
Russ Shaw is the founder of Tech London Advocates, a private sector-led, not-for-profit that promotes London’s technology sector. He’s …
Facebook’s new project could accelerate mega-fast, gigabit Wi-Fi to an office near you
We’ve long been promised the “best superfast broadband in Europe”, “the fastest broadband of any major European countryR…
France is about to vote on a ‘right to disconnect’ from work
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that being ‘always on’ might not exactly good for your health or well-being. Well…
Will Western Digital’s buyout of SanDisk save them from the cloud?
It doesn’t feel like the deal that you’d bet your future on, but storage behemoth Western Digital has now cleared the regulatory hurdle…
Open Utility could become the ‘Uber for energy’ – but it won’t be easy
Open Utility has just come out of a six-month trial of its data-driven, peer-to-peer marketplace for renewable energy. Piclo is an energy trading p…
IBM cloud allows public into quantum computing
If you have an experiment or concept that needs testing with highly advanced quantum computing, your time has come! IBM has just gone public on its…
Is Big Data failing education?
The backlash against Big Data is continuing apace. It was supposed to be the answer to almost everything on a large scale but a report in the Washi…
G-Cloud spending hits £1bn
The government’s G-Cloud marketplace is proving to be a major success, as evidenced by the announcement that spending on it has passed £1bn i…
“Sadiq: transform London into a Civic Tech City”
Mark Cridge is chief executive of mySociety, a not-for-profit which builds web platforms that empower citizens worldwide to influence decision-make…
Cloud policies in disarray
Loads of companies have woken up to the benefits of the cloud but huge numbers have no strategy around it so they’re missing the cost benefit…
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