UK Tech

The PS4 Launch Neglected Female Gamers

Belinda Parmar | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Tech
Belinda Parmar

In an event that lasted longer than Les Misérables and featured a cast just as big, not a single woman took to the stage to talk. Instead we were treated to an endless sausage fest of Sony execs droning on and games developers talking about how 'ambitious' the work they were doing was.

Why Is the Press Reluctant to Promote Startups?

Hannah Lippitt | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech
Hannah Lippitt

Despite the ongoing media hyperbole about startups, entrepreneurships and how these creative, disruptive businesses are going to change the everyday nature of our lives, it seems that we as a nation are extremely slow on the uptake of new technology and quite cynical about trying anything new.

Facebook: Should I Quit? Or Should I Just Go On a Diet?

Arion McNicoll | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Tech
Arion McNicoll

I am on a Facebook diet. I have been since January 1. It is rare for me to stick to a new year's resolution, but this one has remained mainly because I am actually enjoying it.

Blow For Osborne After 4G Airwaves Fetch £1.2bn Less Than Expected

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK Tech

Chancellor George Osborne was dealt a blow on Wednesday after the auction of superfast 4G airwaves raised a smaller-than-expected £2.3 billion. La...

Apple Latest Company To Be Hacked

PA | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Tech

Apple has become the latest big company to admit it has been a victim of computer hacking. The multinational said there was no indication that any ...

Mobile Provider EE Reports Loss, But Remains Confident For 2013

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK

Mobile broadband and phone services provider Everything Everywhere has reported a pre-tax loss of £249 million on Tuesday, but bosses remain confiden...

TCO is One Reason Why Data is Headed to the Cloud

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK Tech
Preetam Kaushik

In the good old days, the primary (or usually only) choice was to have their own IT infrastructure installed on the business premises. But with the increasing bandwidths and network accessibility, cloud-based services have established themselves as a credible and cheaper alternative.

Don't Research What Your Customers Want - Experiment

Mark Little | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK
Mark Little

The customer is king: it's the first rule of business, but one too many have allowed themselves to forget. As the recent struggles of tech giants from Nokia to HP have shown, the age of big businesses surviving based on brand and breadth alone is well and truly over.

Russian Meteorite Could Have Hit UK, Scientists Say

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK Tech

The 10-ton meteor that caused chaos and devastation when it exploded over the Ural mountains could have struck Britain if the timing had been slightly...

20,000 Sent On Russian Meteor Clean-Up Mission

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK

Russian authorities have reportedly sent a 20,000-strong team to the Ural Mountains to help with the rescue and clean-up operation after a meteor stru...

Giant Asteroid Skims Earth At 'Eight Times The Speed Of A Bullet'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Tech

An 150-metre wide asteroid has passed by Earth just 27,700km (17,200 miles) closer than many communication satellites, and just one tenth the distance...

Boris Backing London's Tech is a Great Start

Russ Shaw | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech
Russ Shaw

As the Mayor emphasised, emerging businesses need to be financially supported and nurtured. London is already home to the greatest concentration of tech firms in Europe and to enable this to continue, high growth small businesses need investment.

Brands Without Borders

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Tech
Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall

Just as the digital age has broadened our horizons, and the airline revolution has allowed us to explore our planet as never before, so our desire to talk, trade and connect has grown stronger and stronger.

Brands Without Borders

Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Tech
Philip Bourchier O'Ferrall

Just as the digital age has broadened our horizons, and the airline revolution has allowed us to explore our planet as never before, so our desire to talk, trade and connect has grown stronger and stronger.

PlayStation 4: 20 February Must Show Sony's Ability to Reinvent Console Gaming

Patrick Garratt | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Tech
Patrick Garratt

The PS4 reveal in New York cannot just be about putting a disc in a box and making whiz-bangs happen in front of your couch. We need to see a pitch encompassing HD TV, tablets, the cloud, the desktop, mobile phones, Vita, motion control, the next evolution in disc-based content delivery.

Native Applications are Dead

Dan Weisbeck | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Tech
Dan Weisbeck

In this world of ever-growing choice around mobile devices and operating systems, there is an increasing desire for companies to stitch together a patchwork quilt of options to deliver a seamless, consistent and universal web experience for consumers.

Why Homework is Going Extinct

Nicholas Ferroni | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Nicholas Ferroni

Regardless of how amazing and engaging a lesson may be, if it is not reinforced in one way or another, it will sadly be forgotten and not entirely absorbed. The present-day student is definitely overwhelmed and even consumed by the various forms of technology.

UK Lacking IT Experts To Prevent Cyber Attacks

PA | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

A dearth of skilled workers is hampering Britain's ability to protect itself from costly internet attacks and it could take two decades to fill the ga...

Curiosity Rover Drills First Ever Mars Rock Sample

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 10.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa'a Mars Curiosity Rover has become the first robot to ever drill into a martian rock to collect a powdered sample from the red planet. It is be...

Asteroid 'Capable Of Flattening London' To Skim Earth

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Tech

An asteroid capable of destroying London will skim past the Earth on Friday, approaching closer than many satellites. Scientists say they are sure ...

British Man Arrested After 'Threatening US School Shooting' On Facebook

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.02.2013 | UK

A British man has been charged after threats to kill 200 people in America were made on Facebook, which led to thousands of pupils staying home from s...

Urban Connectivity - The Next Big Thing?

Kevin Baughan | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech
Kevin Baughan

Many people will have heard the Government and tech experts talking about the concept of connected cities. £100million in public spending has been set aside under the Urban Broadband Fund as part of a commitment to making high speed broadband available to everyone in the UK

Where Google Leads, Consumers Follow

Ben Wood | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech
Ben Wood

The industry has long prophesied the 'Year of the Mobile'. But mobile is not a device, it is a behaviour. It does not mean a handset; it means 'on the move'. It is in this context that Google has simplified its campaign structure so that all devices are automatically targeted.

Why You Should Animate Your Data to Liberate It

Andy Cotgreave | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK Tech
Andy Cotgreave

One of the most common misconceptions in industry today is that data - and in particular, big data - on its own, is capable of driving business value. Look across any sector you care to mention, in any corner of the globe, and you'll find countless 'experts' telling you that their data is the secret ingredient.

Charlie Thomas

More Than Half Of Small Businesses Using Illegal Software

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK

Downloading counterfeit software is rampant among small businesses as they try to save money - but is the practice costing them more than they might t...