Tech and Auto

Volkswagen sends clear message to the market with futuristic new showroom Car production in the UK remains on course to hit an all-time record by 2020, after official figures revealed 10.3% more cars were made in the first three months of 2016 compared to last year. As growth in the UK car manufacturing shows no sign of slowing, 443,581 cars were produced up to the end of March, equating to around one UK-built car being manufactured every 16 seconds. Home market...

Lotteries are one of the most common forms of gambling around the world. The appeal is that nearly anyone can play and buy the cheap tickets, for a chance to win life-changing sums of money. Nowadays, there are so many lotteries available to play online, and players don’t have to be restricted to playing their own country’s national lottery. Here is a run-down of some of the main lotteries across the world. "euromillion ballon" (CC BY 2.0) by  tarchamps    EuroMillions The EuroMillions...

If you’ve got a website, you’re at risk of being hacked – it’s as simple as that.  Many people don't even consider how to keep a website safe from hackers when creating it from the start. Individuals with top tech knowledge have a habit of infiltrating innocent sites and carrying out all kinds of malicious activities from infecting visitors with malware to directing them to dodgy/unlawful sites. Many hackers also break into servers in a bid to steal confidential information and...

Still not really sure what 'the cloud is'?  We've teamed up with UK IT Support Solutions Company, TSG to give you the lowdown. Although 'the cloud' is pitched as a simple concept, anyone seeking to implement cloud technology within their business soon discovers, there is a lot to learn and just too many choices to make. So what, on the face of it, appears to be pretty simple is actually both complex and dynamic regardless of whether you’re in the market for networking, storage, servers,...

According to Google’s Consumer Barometer, the percentage of people in the UK who use a smartphone rose from 51% to 71% from 2012 to 2015. In 2016 that is set to rise to well over 80%. Google’s research shows that smartphones are for more than just keeping in touch – many people (especially young millennials) use them for just about everything: work, shopping, Facebook, watching videos, recording videos, the list goes on… Google estimates that 90% of millennials go online...

The media is abuzz with the emergence of Finnish technology companies; and they’re markedly different from the norm. There is no doubt that consumers have been crying out for an alternative to traditional banking practices for a long time now, particularly when it comes to things like high remittance fees and transfers. But are FinTech companies bringing about revolution or evolution?   The Argument for Revolution From peer-to-peer lending, to wealth management, to crowd funding – there is nothing that is...

Can’t decide whether to invest in your IT equipment or rent instead? This post talks you through the all-important business considerations you need to make.

By Ross Macintyre Digital freelancing sounds pretty glamorous. The general consensus is that you charge more, work fewer hours and never miss a Jeremy Kyle. ‘You’re living the dream’ is the chorus from envious people who complain about their own working situation, then shrug their shoulders as they accept their fate in the career rat race (guys, do something you enjoy…). Digital marketing isn’t something that should be isolated from other activities, it just needs to be treated as another...

Choosing whether to buy a new car or a used version is a big decision, but a very exciting one. There are many factors to take into decision, such as cost, safety, efficiency, availability, boot space and many more. Those, of course, are practical issues, but sometimes emotion takes over, and excitement can rule your head when making such a big decision. With the new car market booming, there are more and more good quality second hand cars on the market....