Technology

Although at first glance it may seem impossible to compete with corporate giants as a new fledgling business there are ways this can be done. You may not have the resources but you do have the flexibility and the agility to keep ahead in your own little niche. Now with the advent of new, fully functional and value for money credit card machines you can add a new business tool to help you grow your business faster. Companies such as SumUp have given you...

Are we one step closer to Marvel’s Iron Man becoming a reality? Perhaps not, but a British firm claims to have been granted the world’s first patent for a jet suit with striking similarities to the one worn by Tony Stark. Who is the firm behind the world’s first patent for a jet suit?  Gravity Industries, based in London, has a mission: to offer “the next frontier in human flight”. Since 2017, the innovative company has been developing all kinds...

It  seems like the IT sector in UK is growing  up to 2.6 times faster than the country’s overall economy, and while certain fears come into discussion due to the entire Brexit scenario, London still remains the second most connected place for tech on a global scale, right after US’ Silicon Valley. Among the branches that stand out in the IT industry, software development is what draws most attention and interest, due to its critical role in business affairs. From...

In the coming years, smart farming is projected to create a massive impact on the agricultural economy by bridging the gap between small and large-scale businesses. The trend is not only pertinent in developed countries — developing countries have also realized its immense importance as well. Wide-scale deployments of smartphones and internet of things (IoT) systems over the last decade have led to a rapid adoption of precision agriculture solutions. Suparatana Bencharongkul, the daughter of telecom billionaire Boonchai Bencharongkul, is...

Encryption software is software that encrypts and decrypts data. It uses cryptography to prevent third parties from accessing information. Since there is a lot of securities issues around the digital space, cryptography has been adopted primarily to protect digital information on different devices and the information sent to other devices too using the internet. The encryption software usually executes a certain algorithm that encrypts data and is made in such a way that it is difficult to recover the data...

The world's first fully digital wallet has launched today enabling people to go completely digital with their money as well as storing loyalty cards and digital keys for smart lock-enabled homes, hotel rooms and cars. The 4G smart wallet, dubbed Paymo, manages all payments and receipts with a built-in camera and fingerprint scanner for security. It also stores travel cards such as Oyster and can be used to unlock smart lock-enabled homes, hotel rooms and cars. Chairman of Dynamical, Janko Mrsic...

One year after going after Facebook for violating messaging patents, BlackBerry is suing Twitter for patent infringement. In what could be a significant lawsuit, BlackBerry accuses Twitter of infringing on its intellectual property (IP) and has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the social network giant. Basis of Blackberry’s patent infringement case The lawsuit is BlackBerry Ltd v Twitter Inc, US District Court, Central District of California, No. 19-01444. It says that Twitter is co-opting BlackBerry’s inventions as the former...

Some see AI as a substitute for human achievement and some view it as a tool to help people produce their best work. Beyond Limits CEO, AJ Abdallat, holds the latter view. “AI is a tool that no forward-thinking business can afford to ignore,” Abdallat stated. “In the future, humans will be working with AI to invent and improve products, processes and procedures.” In 2017, a similar point of view prompted BP Ventures, the technology investment arm of British Petroleum,...

What do you think is the average search numbers for Google per day? Can’t think of a number, right? Well, the number is in the billions but what is more amazing is the accuracy of those searches. People are getting exactly what they are looking for in a split second. There were times when search engines provided related information but with the introduction of artificial intelligence in the SEO industry, the searches have become more streamlined and accurate than ever....