Tech and Auto

The gaming industry has exploded over the past two decades, and there have never been more options for gamers in terms of genre, platform and online capability. A recent study led by ESA found that 155 million people play video games regularly just in the US, with four out of every five households owning a video game console of some variety. There’s no doubt that gaming is one of the most popular forms of home entertainment, but what type of...

Whether you want to sell niche products to a particular consumer, engage the masses with a range that undercuts the competition or get people to sign up for your services, you need an eCommerce site that is first and foremost, useable. Sounds obvious, but with consumer shopping preferences and the capacity of various technologies that cater to them evolving quickly, understanding what usability really means today could be the difference between your business thriving or sinking without trace. Think your...

A savvy student has designed a 'smart glove' which translates sign language - into speech. PhD student Hadeel Ayoub designed the BrightSign to help people with speech disabilities communicate without needing an interpreter. Hadeel, who specialises in digital and software design at Goldsmiths University, has been working on the BrightSign for the past two years as part of her PhD project. She said: "What it does is it translates sign language to text into speech in real time to allow...

The UK tech industry has bounced back from Brexit shock with a sharp rise in the community’s confidence since June. Almost half of tech businesses expect the environment to get better in 2017 compared to just eight per cent in the days immediately after the referendum. The dramatic improvement in confidence comes after the UK tech sector lobbied hard for the UK to remain in Europe and was rocked by the vote in June. Almost half of respondents now expect things to get...

Michael Mauser, Executive Vice President, HARMAN Drawing from its 60-plus years of experience in acoustic design and signal processing, tech firm HARMAN is demonstrating ground-breaking updates at this week’s CES Show in Las Vegas where over 150,000 visitors are expected to cast an eye on the future technologies on show. According to industry leaders HARMAN, who already supply audio systems to a host of vehicle manufacturers, consumers are expecting more technology in the car but they also want it to...

Comparing 4 of the Best E-commerce Platforms On the Planet E-commerce has grown substantially over the last few years and it certainly won't be slowing down anytime soon. Statistics In 2015 showed that e-commerce sales in the US were growing by 10% annually and worldwide sales were growing by 19%. For business owners, e-commerce has the advantage of being able to reach more customers both in their own country and globally. Shoppers love e-commerce too! It saves time and money...

Millions of motorists are suffering from a fear of parallel parking - or so called 'parallelophobia'. Almost a third of drivers admit the prospect of trying to manoeuvre their motor into a parallel space drives them to distraction, and 34 per cent confessed they think it’s the hardest parking technique. What's more, over half of drivers have gone past an empty space because it meant they would have had to carry out the procedure they fear the most. Three in ten...

Following the emergence of quick-fire dating apps such as Tinder, happn and Grinder, a clever business app has taken off using the same premise that aims to build productive business relationships rather than fleeting encounters. Meet Shapr, a free networking app (iOS and Android) that suggests a daily batch of 10 to 15 nearby professionals who are also interested in expanding their professional networks. It’s like LinkedIn, but a lot cooler and much less formal. If a formalised ‘networking breakfast...

A dilapidated Aston Martin is expected to sell for more than £350,000 despite being partially buried in leaves after languishing in a wood for more than 40 years. The Aston Martin DB4 was the first production car capable of doing 0-100-0mph in less than 30 seconds when it was launched in 1958. It was built to compete with sports cars from Ferrari and Maserati - but this particular model hasn't moved in almost half-a-century. The car was manufactured in the...