Google (now Alphabet) last month unveiled Eddystone, a software platform for Bluetooth beacons that demonstrates a serious push into the Internet of Things. Beacons are small devices that use Bluetooth technology to send notifications and other actions to a passing smartphone or other Bluetooth enabled device. It had looked as though beacons were at risk … [Read more…]
Alphabet Inc. is the new parent company in Google restructuring.
Having sold some 379,000 shares in November Twitter’s Jack Dorsey has just purchased 32,000 shares at a cost of $875,000 as demonstration of confidence in the company. Other board executives also purchased shares in what appears to have been a co-ordinated move. The move seems to have worked with Twitter’s share price rising 7% over … [Read more…]
Microsoft will roll out its hololens augmented reality headset to developers in 2016, with a commercial release planned later.
Amazon’s new Dash Button fridge magnets are now available for purchase, letting users order refills of household products with a single click.
Amazon has signed former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson and his former cohosts Richard Hammond and James May to star in a new car show.
Hitachi has developed new AI technology designed to come up with solutions to contentious scientific or economic issues based on big data.
Google has revealed that one of its self-driving cars was involved in a crash that injured four people- but it was entirely the fault of another car…. and it has the evidence to prove it.
More than half of employers fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers, including the technology and digital sector, according to a new survey by the CBI.
UK cities and businesses are being encouraged to apply for a £10m fund in a competition to use connected technology to boost their local area, such as environmental improvements, economic opportunities, and more efficient transport, healthcare and energy.