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By Steve McCaskill Sharedband says its new “Boosty” device can improve the reliability and speed of home workers’ broadband by combining fixed broadband with a smartphone’s cellular connection. The company has been operating in the business market since 2003 and has 15,000 businesses, including hotels and retailers, as customers–the majority of which are in the […]

By Ben Sullivan The UK is slow in its adoption of cloud apps like Slack and Microsoft Office 365, and its businesses are failing to compete with U.S. counterparts because of it, a new report claimed this week. Findings from app management company Okta, which tracked some 2,500 of its customers using more than 4,000 […]

By Steve McCaskill British tech firms fear an exit from the European Union (EU) would be detrimental to their business, with 70 percent wanting to remain. A survey conducted by industry body TechUK found broad support for the European Union among both large and small firms alike, with just 15 percent definitively opposing continued membership. […]

By Matthew Broersma The UK’s telecoms and utilities sectors are “significantly exposed” to the risk of cyber-attacks compared with other industries, in the wake of high-profile hacking incidents, such as the TalkTalk breach. This is according to a new study incorporating analysis by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (Cebr). The study, commissioned by […]

By Michael Moore Robotic delivery men could be coming to a house near you soon, following the launch of a landmark trial in London. Estonian start-up Starship Technologies has revealed its delivery robots will be heading to the streets of Greenwich in southeast London as part of a six-month trial period that will also see […]

By Michael Moore The Mayor of London’s promotional arm says the U.K.’s status as Europe’s main technology hub has been further cemented by a new study which found that the country, and London in particular, is now the continent’s most-desirable destination for technology workers. The capital came out on top in terms of which city […]

By Ben Sullivan Cloud computing users in the United States are getting the best price in the world for cloud services, while European users are paying on average between 7 and 19 percent more for the same services. This is according to 451 Research, which this week released its Cloud Price Index report, analyzing the […]

By Michael Moore Google’s Android Pay will go live in March, according to reports, as the company seeks to compete with Apple Pay in the mobile payments space. The Telegraph claims that Google is set to announce that Android Pay will be available in Britain from the end of next month as it looks to […]

By Duncan Macrae The University of Greenwich, London, has suffered a massive data breach with personal details of students published online. Names, addresses, dates of birth, mobile phone numbers and signatures of hundreds of London-based research students could be found online with a simple Google search. Health Problems Revealed Lecturers’ comments about students’ course progress […]

By Ben Sullivan Visa Europe has expanded its tokenization service to support cloud payments from banks’ own mobile payment apps, as demand for paying with mobile devices increases. The expansion of the company’s Visa Europe Payment Tokenization Service (VEPTS) allows banks and other organizations to integrate tokenization into services where payment details are stored on […]

By Duncan Macrae More than half of UK businesses (54 percent) plan to employ a chief IoT officer within the next year. This is especially so in the education (63 percent), retail (63 percent) and telecomms (64 percent) sectors, research commissioned by cyber-security specialist Webroot and data center organization IO has revealed. IoT Investments This […]

By Michael Moore Global mobile watchdog GSMA has unveiled its Embedded SIM Specification, which it says will help accelerate the growth of the connected car market by providing a framework for manufacturers to follow when developing new devices. This new specification, which already has the backing of major manufacturers such as General Motors, Jaguar, Land […]