Author: CXM Editorial

Third of Brits Work from Home at Least Once a Week

Homeworking has increased by 25 per cent in the last five years, with 8.2 million British employees now working from home for at least one day per week, and relying on fast broadband. The findings, from a new study of 2,006...

eBay Is Using Social Platforms for Its UK Launch

EBay has a perception problem: People think of it as a storefront for used goods, when in fact, over 80 percent of what it sells on the site is new. To help it rebrand and shift people’s thinking, the online...

Everything We’re Expecting Apple to Launch on September 12

It’s official: Apple’s going to launch new stuff on September 12.On Thursday, the tech giant sent invitations to its annual big iPhone launch. It’s safe to say this is one of Apple’s most important launches in years. The most valuable company in...

Ten Tech News Stories You Should Know About

New tech stories. Take a look at what has been happening in the Tech world.     1. Check the top 5 ARKit demos released up until now. Get a glimpse of what the future of AR would look like.       2. A patent...

London FinTech Conference With Live Startup Crownfunding

A major FinTech conference coming to London this October is to provide delegates with the opportunity to invest directly from the conference floor as part of its grand pitching final. LendIt Europe, which claims to be Europe’s largest FinTech conference series,...

Amazon’s and Microsoft’s AI Assistants Are to Be Friends. What Would That Really Mean?

On Wednesday, Microsoft and Amazon made a surprise announcement: Cortana and Alexa, their respective AI-based voice assistants, will work together.   Or, as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos succinctly put it in a tweet: “Alexa has made a new friend.” For anyone following the rise...

HSBC and Barclays Are Creating a New Cryptocurrency Designed Only for Banks

Several of the world’s largest banks have today revealed a series of steps to advance a project aimed at making it easier for central banks to issue currencies on a blockchain. Called Utility Settlement Coin (USC), the project is designed to...

Millennials Really Are Making a Move on Tech Funds

At the age of 27, Andre de Haes raised 30 million euros ($36 million) for his London-based venture capital fund, Backed VC. Now 30, he and his 29-year-old business partner Alex Brunicki are among a cohort of young investors who are...

Why Personalised Advertising Is The Only Way to Go in an Age of Ad-blockers

Online advertising has hit something of a wall in recent years. People are fed up with pay-and-spray tactics, and ad-blockers are on the rise. And while the concept of ‘personalised’ advertising may tap into our fears about privacy, it is...

Apple Is Destined for Huge iPhone Growth in 2018

Research firm IDC recently published its expectations around Apple iPhone growth for both this year and the coming year. According to IDC, iPhone shipments will grow 1.5% year over year in 2017 (a marked improvement from the 7% drop that IDC says that iPhone...