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Apprentices & Technicians Gain Recognition with IET

Sarah Lamb — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:49:07 +0000

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new awards scheme to recognise the best and the brightest apprentices and technicians. The scheme will see an apprentice, a technician and an Armed Forces technician walk away with £1,000 each, two years free membership of the IET and payment of their professional registration fees. [...]

Getting the most out of Windows 8 features – File History

Ed Jones — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:00:20 +0000

In the last post we took a look at Family Safety in Windows 8, the first in a series of articles helping you to make the most of all the new features in Windows 8. For those interested in providing an added layer of security for their children when on the PC and browsing the [...]

Use your Android phone as a sensor system

Zoe — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:54:19 +0000

MaxMon is a free Android app that lets you use an Android phone as a monitoring system. Rather than just using your personal phone to connect to the internet and find out what your sensor is reporting, the MaxMon app turns your phone into a data collecting device. The MaxMon app monitors mains power and [...]

Getting the most out of Windows 8 features – Family Safety

Ed Jones — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:30:20 +0000

Over the next few posts I’m going to run you through some of the awesome new features in Windows 8, and how to use them. The end goal, getting the most out of the operating system and getting to grips with all the awesome new features. Microsoft launched the latest in a long line of Windows [...]

Lloyds team win second Digital Wallet Foundry event

Zoe — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:35:23 +0000

Last week I attended the second Digital Wallet Foundry event, on the topic of Identity and Loyalty in digital payments, at Microsoft’s Modern Jago workspace in Shoreditch. It was the first time that I had visited Modern Jago and the space itself is absolutely gorgeous. Set in an old school, many of the original features [...]

Cool glasses that can record your adventures!

Steve Lamb — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:30:31 +0000

The name is a bit of a mouthful Inventio-HD 720P Video & Audio Recording Sunglasses though they work like a dream. I took them on a long weekend snowboarding trip to the French Alps. I’m sure they’d equally be at home while out on my bike or while climbing. The glasses have 8Gb of built-in storage [...]

Wayra Week – results announced and Tank Top TV interview

Zoe — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:12:48 +0000

Wayra is the technology accelerator of O2’s parent company, Telefonica and the last week of March was Wayra week – where 30 startups battled it out to win just 20 places at the Wayra incubator. The results have now been announced and are online at http://uk.wayra.org/en/wayraweek/6329/ganadores. I spoke to Liz Rice of winning startup Tank [...]

FDM Women in Technology Awards 2013

Zoe — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:43:14 +0000

Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the FDM Women in Technology Awards as a finalist. Although I didn’t win myself, I was bowled over by all the female talent there and the range of achievements – from founding award winning start-ups to creating artificial organs. Here is a roundup of [...]

What is the best certification for an Enterprise Architect to possess?

Ed Jones — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:45:15 +0000

The rise of the Enterprise Architect The world wide web and the advancement of technology over the last decade has forced enterprises to become more complex and integrated across multiple platforms to compete in an increasingly global marketplace. Due to this highly malleable environment, the way a company approaches their internal operational management and longitudinal [...]

Female Heroes in Gaming

NatashaChowdory — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:45:38 +0000

Just yesterday, my boyfriend sent me this and it got me to thinking… As a woman I have rarely played any video games, much the chagrin of my boyfriend and it’s due to a combination of factors – I get freaked out by the controls (probably explains why I haven’t passed my driving test yet) and [...]